Mission Pennant Banner: Complete

Last night I was up until 2:30am finishing the most fun craft project I've ever done. I finished a pennant banner for the nursery and had the greatest time. Here's my own mini-tutorial, although I can't claim to be the expert. Most of my inspiration came from this site. I just added a few ideas from other tutorials I saw.

First I bought adorable fabric at a local quilting store. I got 4 different patterns. Each was $10 a yard, so I just got a 1/4 yard each. That made it affordable.

I then cut a triangle cardboard pattern 7 inches wide and 9 inches long. That made cutting the triangles fast and easy- I could even cut them side by side to minimize waste. To cut I used a mat and my rotary blade.


I wanted my banner to be double sided so I pinned two pieces of each fabric together. As you can see I went with the brown, green, pink scheme again.


I then sewed a 1/2 inch from the edge down each side of the triangle.


I wanted to add a little extra to the edges so I got pinking shears and pinked the edges of the flags. This was the hardest part since my shears weren't super sharp and on some of the flags I had to cut the two pieces of fabric separate.


I then placed my triangles in order and pinned them into the bias tape. I used the Extra Wide Double Fold Bias Tape (in brown) like the above tutorial recommended.


I then sewed the flags to the bias tape.


And... voila!


This is view when you walk in the door. It was Ben's idea to hang the banner from one wall to another like that. I love it.


There you have it! So much fun, and surprisingly simple. Mission pennant banner: complete.