Banners for my bubbies.
Has been a million years since I’ve posted something crafty?
Yes, yes!
But here we go, a project I started and COMPLETED in only about a week!
Unheard of!
Some of you crafty folks might know of a very sweet site Wee Wonderfuls.
I gather quite a nice bit of inspiration from Hillary and her work.
This was no exception.
I looked at this adorable photo of her daughter and just knew I wanted to make some fun banners for my sons’ room.
I don’t like to copy things exactly, so I thought for a while about how to make this project mine. And ultimately, my boys.
Here is what I came up with.
This one for my Matty:
The letters are felt, hand embroidered using DMC thread.
For the end flags, I wanted to pick images that represented Matty’s interests.
He’s a reader and loves music.
So…
He likes to bring his instruments onto his bed. To play and snuggle with them.
And yeah, he’s totally allowed to stand up and jump on his bed!
Now for my Noah.
His end flags couldn’t so much reflect his interests, ’cause well, he’s only months old and his interests right now are eating paper and pulling my hair. I didn’t really know how to indicate that in stitchery.
So I gave him a little red birdie:
And some sunshine:
I think he approves:
materials used:
scrap cotton fabric
flannel
linen
interfacing
dmc embroidery thread
poly thread
ribbon
