I’ve mentioned that I like fantasy, right?
A few times, yes. Please don’t tell me we’re going to get a rundown on what the “anti-mermaid” is or something like that.
Ooh, I hadn’t even thought of that!
But no. Not this post. No, this post, I’m just showing off a bit.
You see, a couple of summers ago, I decided that my room needed to have a fantasy theme to it. So I made some really easy banners.
Phoenix red & white banner
Crown Banner
As you can see, they add a nice fantasy flair into the room. (I have several others, but they’re either not hung, or they’re in areas of my room that aren’t quite photo-worthy in terms of tidiness…)
Anyways, they’re really easy, and fairly cheap too.
I will hopefully upload a more complete tutorial soon, but here are the basic instructions:
- Cut a rectangle of fabric
- Fold fabric in half length-wise
- For a shape similar to the green: from the open end, cut diagonally up towards the fold. (approximately 15-degree angle. ish. Really, I just did it by eye.)
How to get a green-banner-like shape
- For a shape closer to the phoenix banner, cut from the fold up towards the outside. (Again, I eye-balled it.)
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Cut along the dotted line to get a shape similar to the white banner’s.
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- Cut a shape you like from another colored fabric
- Stitch to center of fabric.
Yay! You’ve now made a banner.
I used blue-tack to stick mine to the wall. Hypothetically it’ll come off without too much trouble, and it’s working for right now. The banners, after all, aren’t too heavy. Just some fabric and stitching.
Happy decorating!