Easy felt pennant banner

Posted on September 7, 2012 by heatherlauraclarke

This was back-to-school week, but it didn’t affect our household, since everyone is too old or too young for school. I always love this time of year, though, so I celebrated by buying myself a pack of Sharpie Pens — and they are kind of the BEST THING EVER. Love them.

What was I saying? Right. So the start of the new school year was this week, and while it didn’t affect our family, it DID affect our dear friends and neighbours because … my friend J is a teacher!

I get very excited by this, because I feel very grown-up to have teacher friends. To make it even more awesome, J teaches junior high French — and we actually became friends while taking French together in junior high. Amazing!

So to celebrate J’s return to school after her mat leave, I made her a little felt banner for her classroom. I’ve always thought being a teacher sounded awesome, because I loved the idea of decorating a classroom and doing crafty projects. I guess it’s a little more than that? But that’s my dream “teaching” job, anyway.

Here we go!

I started with some sheets of denim-looking felt from Michaels …

Cut them into triangles (fit two triangles per sheet, I think)

Then I cut out felt letters to spell “Bienvenue” (Welcome)

I glued everything on with my trusty gluegun. When I hear people talk about white glue and craft glue and fabric glue, my eyes glaze over and I think “Why use anything but hot glue? Why? WHY?”

Oh, and then I brushed on some super-amazing silver craft glitter that I bought for about $3 in the kids’ section a few years ago. Seriously — best purchase ever.

Is there anything better than glitter? No, I did not think so.

Happy back-to-school, J!
xo

Category: Craftiness

2 Comments on “Easy felt pennant banner”

Christine
October 10, 2012

What did you use to keep all the triangles together? Ribbon and glue?

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Heather (Laptops to Lullabies)
October 10, 2012

Yes! I glued all of the triangles to a long piece of ribbon (using hot glue). It was nice and secure, too!

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I’m Heather Laura Clarke. I’m writer living in beautiful Nova Scotia, I have a 11-year-old son and a nine-year-old daughter, I married my high school sweetheart, and this is the story of my handmade life.

I have depression and anxiety, and I fight like hell every day to keep it from taking over my life. Making things isn’t just a hobby — it’s part of what keeps me alive.

Whether I’m writing novels, decorating a room, busting out my power tools to build furniture, getting muddy in the pottery studio, sewing clothes for my kids, or cross-stitching a swear word, I’m all about using my creativity to craft a life I love.

I’ve been writing this blog since 2009, so if you dig deep into the archives, you’ll meet a bright-eyed 25-year-old newlywed who was basically obsessed with having kids, buying a cozy house, and supporting herself full-time as a writer. (Spoiler alert: she got exactly what she wanted.)