This year for Christmas I decided to make a few presents that I gave people. My favorite of these I gave to my mom. The idea for the holiday banner came from a few different locations but I put my own twist on it.
The letters are cut from felt and glued on with no sew type glue. Felt worked well because it doesn't fray, but the burlap is another story. I cut the squares out along one thread on each side so there wouldn't be any little pieces to fall off. This wasn't enough though. So, I used a no fray glue around all of the edges and it worked like a charm!
Sewing on the burlap proved easy enough though. I just used a wide zig zag stitch to ensure that each stitch held onto the burlap. A red ribbon was sewn onto the back of each piece to string them together. I just looped the two ends of the ribbon to create a way to hang it. And then of course I signed it.
After I made this one for my mom I decided to make some for a few other people that said "JOY". I then wrapped and gave them out without taking any pictures. oops!
Where were the cats when this was happening???
Oh... just hanging out in the Christmas tree! No big deal. We're lucky the whole thing isn't on the floor already.
I hope everyone had a lovely and peaceful Christmas this year! See you in 2013!!!
Cheers,
k
I love it, thank you so much for making this for me! You are the best!!! XOX
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