I made this Canada Day pennant string yesterday. The "fabric" I used was a $1.00 bandana from the Great Canadian Dollar Store. When I saw the bandana in the store and thought it might be cotton, I figured I could give this a try and it worked. It was very easy to do; it took less than an hour. I clicked a few pictures as I went.
Besides the bandana, I used some white cotton for backing and a long strip of red for the hanging string.
This is what the bandana looked like open. It measures about 21 inches square -- so basically a fat quarter!
I folded it twice. Then ironed.
Then folded again. Ironed.
And again.
This was really my only "trick." Once it was all folded, it just took one cut. I placed the ruler as shown and sliced. (You may also want to trim the very top to straighten things out.)
Voila!
I sewed the wrong sides to the white.
Turned. I think at this point they look like icing tubes.
Pressed. Sewed into the string. I made my own from a red strip of fabric.
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I have ours hanging in the dining room window for now. I would like to make another string or two before Canada Day (July 1). As a side note, the dollar store had plastic pennant strings for sale for $3.00, but I am much happier with mine for $1.00, a few fabric scraps and a bit of my time!
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