I love festive, handmade touches and my flannel pennant garland is a great project even for beginner sewists.
I’m using Art Gallery Fabrics in Nesting Garden Ivory for mine. I wanted a summer, woodland theme for my daughter’s birthday. But I think this also would be fantastic in a buffalo plaid for a fall-themed party!
Here is what you will need to make yours.
Fabric and Notions Required
– This template (click here to download)
– Flannel fabric. You can easily cut 8 pennants from a half yard, or make it scrappy and use a different fabric for every pennant!
– Twine or cord
– Pinking shears or a pinking rotary blade
Instructions
-Pre-wash fabric if desired.
-Begin by downloading the template and cutting it out. You can trace the pattern to a piece of light cardboard or a plastic template for a sturdier template. Cereal boxes are a great, inexpensive option to use for template material.
You can then trace the template onto the pattern or cut around the template, using pinking shears or the pinking rotary blade.
-Fold over the straight edge (top of the pennant) down about 3/4” and then again one more time to create a pocket for the twine.
Press the pocket down. Repeat for all the pennants.
-Take the pennants to your sewing machine. Sew a stitch 1/8” away from the bottom edge of the fold. Make sure to backstitch at the beginning and end.
-Trim away the dog ears if desired.
-Using twine or ribbon of your choice, use a safety pin to thread the twine through the pockets.
-Knot the ends of your twine and voila! You have a pennant garland you can customize to any theme. I think it would even be cute to embroider letters to spell a name or word. What do you think?
Make sure to tag me when you make your own! You can find me on Instagram @midlife_quilter. Happy sewing!