Okay, I decided to make this a short running series of posts with ideas and how-to's for decorating your home on the cheap and making it look rad! Today's idea is a banner I made the other day with a line out of a zine (I Hate This Part of Texas) that I loved and it seemed to fit the holiday theme as well:
I made this baby totally out of scraps and didn't even bother to sew it. To make your own-
1. Figure out a phrase or word for your banner (or use this one!)
2. Tally up how many letters there are and cut out your triangles accordingly. I did not measure mine- everything is eyeballed. I prefer the imperfection, but do it however works for you!
3. Find a font that you like (I used dafont.com) and then type in your phrase in your text editor or in the preview screen on the site.
4. Lay each triangle on top of your monitor and trace one letter onto each piece of fabric very lightly with a pencil. You don't want to damaged your screen doing this.(I used an old pillowcase for my fabric and thus it was see-through. You might decide on a darker color and then this trick won't work for you.)
5. Trace over each letter with a black sharpie. (Not on your monitor!) Regular old sharpie is fine- just make sure it has a semi-fine tip if you have any thin lines.
6. Instead of getting ribbon I made my own by cutting thin strips of fabric. If you have ribbon around, that's great. I didn't, so I just worked with what I had.
7. Lay your letters out in order. Sew, or in my case, glue your ribbon or "ribbon" along the top of each set of triangles. I used some liquid stitch.
8. Hang that baby up! I added some lights I had laying around and there you are! A fabulous, cheap and rad holiday masterpiece.
xo -kelsie