Mini Thanksgiving Banner

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Materials For:
Thanksgiving Crafts to Make - Banner

What You Will Need:
Felt: Banner piece - Full sheet brown (9" x 12"), Other felt – gold, orange, beige, purple, olive green, black, yellow, green and rust
Embroidery thread: brown, gold, orange, light purple, olive green, black, yellow, green
5 leaf buttons 2 beige buttons (size: 1" with 2 large holes) Brown ribbon (at least 42" long, 3/8” wide, shear) Scissors Large eyed needle and regular needle Straight pins

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Instructions For:
Thanksgiving Crafts to Make - Banner

Step 1:
Print out the Thanksgiving Banner template (PDF file) and the Pumpkin Template (PDF file). Trace and cut out the patterns with the following felt colors. Also the type of stitches used are listed by each photo.             Harvest background – gold felt Harvest letters – orange felt Border stitches – whip stitch in gold Letter stitches – Running stitch in orange

                        Leaf background – purple felt Leaf – yellow felt Border stitches – whip stitch in light purple Leaf Stitches – running stitch in yellow, backstitch down the center in gold
            Acorn background – olive green felt Acorn top – rust or brown felt Acorn bottom – gold felt Border stitches – whip stitch in olive green Acorn top stitches – backstitch for diagonal lines and running stitch along edge in brown Acorn bottom stitches – Running stitch in gold



Pumpkin and Crow background – beige felt Pumpkin – orange felt Leaves and stem – green felt Crow – black felt Beak – yellow felt Border stitches – whip stitch in brown Pumpkin stitches – running stitch in orange Leaves, stem and vine stitches – backstitch in green Crow stitches – running stitch in black Crow’s legs – backstitch in black Crow’s eye – French knot stitch in yellow

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Step 2:
Now that you know what colors of felt and thread to use, cut out all the pieces from the patterns and then evenly space the 4 background felt pieces on the 9" x 12" brown felt. See photo E to see how this will look.
Pin the 4 felt pieces into place so that the felt won't move as you are stitching them onto the brown banner. See photo F. Sew the pieces on using the whip stitch around the edge.
Step 3:
Now stitch the decorative pieces onto their appropriate background using the stitches listed above by each of their photos. Also see the photo at the bottom of this page as a guide.


Step 4:
Sew on 5 leaf buttons across the bottom of the banner.
Step 5:
Sew about an 18” length of the ribbon onto the back of the banner in the two upper corners. Sew it on right behind where each of the beige buttons are going to be, so the buttons will later hide the stitches from sewing on the ribbon.
Thread a large eyed needle with about 12” of the ribbon. Now place a button in one of the corners to hide the stitches and sew it on using the ribbon. To do this, start by poking the needle down through one of the button holes, from the front of the banner to the back. Then poke the needle back up through the other hole of the button so you are left with roughly 6” of ribbon coming through each button hole in the front of the banner. Now simply tie a bow with these two ribbon ends. Repeat this with the other button on the other corner of the banner. Now your banner is complete!

Step 6: Optional
If your banner tends to bend forward while hanging on the wall, you could do this optional step.
Cut about a 1" X 8" strip of cardboard and glue it to the back of the banner. See photo G. Only glue the two ends of the cardboard strip and be sure to place the glue right behind the two beige buttons. This way no glue will show from the front. You could use any type of glue you would like, but we would suggest using hot glue.

 

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