Witchy Pennants
Hey ghouls and creeps! Are you feeling ready for Halloween? With a little less than a week left, I wanted to provide projects that are pretty simple but festive to get you into the holiday spirit, and to squeeze in some last-minute Halloween crafting! This week I have some pennants with witch-themed phrases that make the cutest wall decor!
Felt projects are pretty accessible even to the most novice crafter because felt is so forgiving. Instead of the fibers of felt being knit or woven together like most material, the fibers have been heat pressed, making the fabric you see before you. For this reason, felt won’t unravel, so you don’t have to feel obligated to finish every raw edge. The fiber content of the felt I used is polyester sourced from recycled plastic bottles, which is pretty cool if you ask me! You can also find felt made of animal wool or fur.
Combining a bold Halloweeny-color-pallet, with sassy-witchy-phrases, and a user-friendly material for the win! Let’s get started!
Finished pennant measures 9″X 12″, not including ties, with ties length measures: 16″.
The Witchy Pennants project is overall pretty easy. Cutting out the letters can be time consuming, but if you have a die cut machine the time could be greatly reduced. Sewing steps are also pretty minimal, and could be completed with a little glue if that is your preference.,
Step 1: Preparing to Cut Text: Print out the text templates from the PNG files below.
Cut the paper down around the text to a 9 1/2″X 6 1/8″ rectangle.
Cut four rectangles also measuring 9 1/2″ X 6 1/8″ of your Heat n’ Bond. Iron each Heat n’ Bond rectangle to a different color felt square.
Using tracing paper, trace the text outline from the template.
Lay the traced outline face down against the paper side of the Heat n’ Bond. Trace the outline again, so that the graphite from the original tracing transfers to the Heat n’ Bond paper. Make sure to peel the corners of the tracing paper back periodically to check to see if the text is legible. Once your text has successfully been transferred, repeat these steps for the other three pennants.
Step 2: Cut Out Text: Now that you have completed tracing your text on to your felt squares, you can begin cutting out your text! Try to keep scissor blades perpendicular to the felt’s surface so that edges are cut cleanly. Pro tip: Cut the word from the felt piece so you can more easily maneuver the scissors into all those nooks and crannies.
After cutting out all text for your pennant fronts, cut pennants from the unused felt squares. To do this, measure and mark the middle of one of the 9″ sides. Take a ruler and line up this mark to the corners on the opposite side of the felt.
Cut along the ruler edge with a rotary cutter to create your pennant! Repeat these steps for the other three felt squares.
Step 3: Iron on Appliques: Peel paper backing off the text. Then layout text on your pennant fronts.
Use a transparent ruler to use as a guide to locate the center of your pennant. This horizontal line is the baseline where both the top and bottom characters sit and extend to the edges of the pennant.
Once you have your text positioned, iron the text by lifting and resting the iron on top. Be careful not to move the iron back and forth.
Step 4: Finish Pennants: Now that your text has been thoroughly adhered to your pennant fronts, you can now complete the edge binding. Matching the text of the pennant, cut the binding pieces 9″X 1 5/8″ and two 9″X 5/8″.
Take the wider of the three pieces, and make two marks near the edge that are 2″ in from each end.
Fold the two ties into a “V” and place one at each mark.
Attach the ties to the bind by sewing a stitch line 3/8″ from the edge. Backstitch over ties for extra strength.
Mark a line down the center on the inside of the binding. Use this line to line up the back of the pennant before wrapping binding around raw edge.
Pin your binding in place, and stitch 3/8″ from the edge, catching the back and front.
Trim excess binding away on the front side, roughly 1/8″ from the stitching.
Then clip corners of binding so that the angle is uniform with the pennant side.
Congrats, You’re finished! Hang these up on your wall for that pop of color and sass! You can also use the text appliques for other projects including, apparel and other home decor. Hope you all are having a great Halloween season!
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