Nautical Banner Tutorial

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It wouldn’t be Nautical Week without a banner!  I LOVE Riley Blake Designs.  They have come up with the brilliant idea of printing banner triangles on a panel of fabric.  For one panel you get 18 triangles – each one a totally different print!  You can cut them up and sew them together or you can embellish them.  I added a canvas flag with Therm O Web Deco Foil anchors in-between each triangle.

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Here’s how you can make one:

Supplies:

Riley Blake Designs banner panal or red white and blue patterned fabric
3/4 yard backing fabric
cotton batting
iCraft® Deco Foil™  – Silver, Red, Silver Star and Blue
Natural canvas
Navy fringe trim
Anchor pattern, click HERE
Spray n Bond®
Scraps of ribbon, lace, ric rac, pom poms and any trim you can round up!

 

Begin by quilting the banner panel – I quilted mine with loop-de loos.

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After quilting the pane, cut the triangles out on the line and top stitch 1/8″ from the edge to prevent the quilting from unraveling.

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Now comes the fun part.  Run around your house and gather every bit of ribbon, trim, lace, etc. in red, white, blue, gray, and silver.  I even ruffled a few pieces of fabric. Use Spray n Bond® to position the trim in place and top stitch on the triangles.  This takes a while – I didn’t want any of mine to be the same.

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Once the triangles are completed, move on to the flag portion of the banner.

Begin by cutting (16) canvas rectangles in 5.5″ x 6″.  Fold the rectangles in half and cut a diagonal line by angling the ruler from the corner to the 1.5″ mark:

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Print out the anchors on the EZ print sheets.

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Then cut around the anchors and position them on the back of the Deco Foil.  Six fit on one piece of foil.  Cover with a piece of cotton fabric and press to set.  It only takes seconds.

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Cut around the anchor and peel off the backing paper.

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Position the foil side up, cover with a piece of cotton and press.

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Lay out the banner and use navy blue fringe trim to sew the flags together.  This mades a long banner – I divided it in half and made two separate ones.  It helps if your kitty assists in this process 🙂

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Hang around your home and enjoy!!
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Here are a few photos of different segments to give you an idea of the different trims and fabrics.  It was too long to photograph all together.
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I am the Young Women Camp Director at my church and our theme is Anchored in Christ.  The banner was a perfect addition to my table scape for our leader meeting!
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