Cotton Pennant Garland
SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
- 1/4yd each of three print and two solid quilt fabrics
- 1/4yd Pellon® 40 Midweight Stabilizer
- Craft-size batting
- 1 sheet template plastic
- 3/16" cable cord, 3yds
- Hand sewing needle
- All-purpose thread to coordinate with pennant fabrics
- Water- or air-erasable fabric marker
- Extra fine Sharpie® marker
- Paper scissors
- Fabric scissors
- Basic sewing supplies
- Sewing machine
DIRECTIONS:
- Trace the pennant paper pattern on the template plastic using the Sharpie marker. Cut out the pennant with the paper scissors. Cut the last 1/4" off the bottom point to make a blunt end on the pattern.
- With right sides together pin two of the fabrics together at one end of the fabrics. Place the pennant template on the back of one of the two fabrics and draw around with the template with the fabric marker. Roughly cut out about 1/2" away from the drawn line. Cut a pennant-shape piece of batting roughly the same size as the roughly cut fabric pennants and pin to the back of the fabric that does not have the pennant drawn on.
- Cut the stabilizer into 12 or more rectangles 1 1/2"x4 1/2", one rectangle will be used for each pennant.
- Fold the stabilizer piece in half lengthwise and place it on the top right side of the fabric that has the pennant drawn on. Line the stabilizer piece up so the fold faces toward the middle of the pennant and the two long raw edges extend about 1/8" outside of the top drawn line. (To see the line, hold the pennant up to the light. The added stabilizer piece will be the channel the cord goes in when assembling the garland.)
- Sew right on the drawn line around the pennant leaving an opening at one side for turning. Trim the excess fabric away leaving a 1/4" seam allowance.
- Turn the pennant inside out and poke out the points. Sew the opening closed with the hand sewing needle.
- Variations:
- To make the pieced pennants cut the rough cut pennant in half (before sewing pennant sides together) at an angle and sew in a strip of contrasting fabric.
- A stripe can be made of the two solid fabrics and cut into a strip to add for a pieced pennant.
- Another option would be to cut two pennants of different fabric in half horizontally and sew together the bottom of one to the top of the other.
- Repeat all the steps to make more pennants mixing and matching the fabrics for variety.
- Slip the cord through the stabilizer channels at the top of the pennants.
JOANN HACKS:
- Use a straight pin to help pull out the points.
Star Garland
SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
- 1/4yd each of two print and two solid quilt fabrics
- Small pkg polyester stuffing
- 1 sheet template plastic
- 3yds 3/16" cable cord
- Crewel size 5 hand sewing needle
- Standard hand sewing needle
- All-purpose thread to coordinate with star fabrics
- White buttonhole thread
- Water- or air-erasable fabric marker
- Extra fine Sharpie® marker
- Paper scissors
- Fabric scissors
- Basic sewing supplies
- Sewing machine
DIRECTIONS:
- Trace the two star paper patterns on the template plastic using the Sharpie marker. Cut out the stars with the paper scissors.
- With right sides together pin two of the fabrics together at one end. Place a star template on the back of one of the two fabrics and draw around the star with the fabric marker.
- With a straight stitch sew around the star on the drawn line leaving an opening for turning on one side of a star point. Trim the excess fabric away leaving a 1/4" seam allowance.
- Repeat with the rest of the fabrics mixing and matching the fabrics to make a variety of stars. For reference ten stars fit on a five foot section of the cord.
- Turn the stars inside out and poke out the points. Lightly stuff the stars. Sew the opening closed with the standard needle and all-purpose thread.
- Thread the crewel needle with the buttonhole thread and sew through the very tip of one star point. Cut the thread ends to about 3". Tie the thread ends together near the tip of the star then tie the star onto the cord. Trim the excess thread. Repeat for all the stars. The stars fit well alternating a large star and small star each star 6" apart.
JOANN HACKS:
- Use a straight pin to help pull out the points.