My name is Elisa and today I have a tutorial for you!
Are you excited? Good! Me too!
Are you excited? Good! Me too!
First off, a little about me! I’m a wife and a mother of 2 little boys who are pretty adorable. I love to craft and create beautiful things for my home. I decided to start my blog, made from scratch, at the end of June this year (2012) simply because I’m always making things so why not document it all in one place and share it with others? I crochet a heck of a lot but also make non-crochet crafts now and then. Today I will be sharing one of those non-crochet things with you ….
(ok I lied, it has tiny crochet element … i couldn’t help myself)
So lets get to it … Here’s what we will be making!
Cute no?
You will need …
1. Small pegs
2. Large pegs
4. 2 and 1/4 yards of Cotton piping ( found at hobby lobby or joanns )
5. Fabric scraps, about 2.5 inches wide and variety of lengths, i used about 45 pieces of fabric
and about 11 pieces of lace, ribbon, silk, and tulle, you can use anything that you have left over from other projects.
This is how we do it …
Step one: Measure 16 inches from each end of the rope and put a peg so you have a rough distance of 40 inches in-between pegs, this gives you a starting and a stopping point and we get a concentration area to place all our fabric.
{ NOTE: I’ve scaled down the tutorial to make it easier to see}
Step two: Start to tie all your fabric strips to the rope! I prefer to start with all my patterned strips then break them up with solid colors.
Wondering how to tie these suckers on?
This is how i do it …
Tadahh!!
Step Three: Keep filling out the space between the pegs with your fabric and keep pushing them together slightly to make a fuller look. Then start to add your ‘special’ material scraps like the lace, ribbons, tulle. Remember to space these out along the rope!
Step Four: Customize! The GREAT thing about this banner is that you can use your own artist license to make it your own! Add elements that you love and fit with the theme of your room, for example i placed tiny crochet acorns along mine since we officially hit fall! and have mini pegs so i can add family pictures and change them easily.
Thats it your done! It really takes no time at all but adds a lot to a room!
Ideas for customizing:
– Family photos
– Seasonal decorations ( acorns, candy canes, snowflakes, … turkeys? )
– Fairy lights
– Silhouettes
– Family initials.
– Birthday boy/Girl photos for a birthday decoation
You can real get creative with this craft and easily make it to fit your home decor.
Kari Sweeten says
Elisa, I love how you customized the banner with the acorn and silhouette. Thanks so much for being our guest today!
Krystal says
This is so cute! I’m in the process of renovating a little vintage Shasta camper and love this idea for curtains! Thanks for the inpiration, ohhh and I too am obsessed with everything crochet!
http://wildflowers3.blogspot.com/
Andrea says
This is gorgeous! I love the different fabrics you used and the little acorns are so cute!
srpprcrftr says
Sure wish I could still crochet (forgotten how and arthritis has made is too painful) and if I could read a pattern. Those little acorns are so adorable. How sweet they would be used in many ways. I’ve seen this type of valance done before but it’s so great we can personalize it to our needs. Yours is so inspiring, thanks for sharing. I’m not much for pining on pinterest so I’ll put this in my favorites.
essay writing says
Wow Elisa…I must say that your tutorial with the fabric has so many things for us to learn…that way you managed the fabric is really great in numerous aspects…!!
outdoor fabric banners says
This is very cool. I’ve been trying to make these little crafts projects for about 3 years now, it’s really time-consuming but in a very good way. It’s nice when you’re not doing anything, and just planning to do something creative.