I thought the wreath on my front door could use a little finishing touch and I thought a felt banner could withstand some weather elements unlike the paper banners I featured earlier.
So I went to work.
I bought a pack of chipboard with two sizes of banner shapes in it - I just use them for patterns when I make my holiday banners. I chose four colors since I was making one for the word "fall" and cut out my shapes.
I also had some lengths of twine I tied together to fit the length of the banner - I'm all about using up my scraps for these last two projects. Then I decided I liked the look of the knot in the middle so I cut two more small pieces to tie between the other banner pieces.
Then I took one of the other colors of felt that I had bought and traced four circles out of it to go under my letters - I used a chipboard circle to trace around.
I actually had my banner all ready to go a few days ago but I didn't have the right glue for it. When you glue felt to felt you really need to use either a felt glue or at least a good fabric glue. I actually ended up using Aleene's Fabric Fusion glue for this and it seems to be holding together well. You do need to let it dry the recommended 2-4 hours though. I tested it after 30 minutes and it was not holding together.
Here's my finished banner on my wreath.
Got it done in the nick of time. Now it's time to put out Christmas decor.
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