Father’s Day is coming up,
and I thought it would be fun to send my Dad a burlap banner made with washers, burlap fabric and
Aleene’s® Easy Squeeze Turbo Tacky Glue. Even
if your Dad has everything he needs, he can always use a reminder that he’s
loved, right? And I wanted a handmade
gift that I could put in a priority envelope, and then ship it from California to Oklahoma. So
this is perfect!
Here’s what you’ll need.
- Aleene’s Easy Squeeze Turbo Tacky Glue
- Burlap Fabric and Red Felt or Corduroy
- Metal Washers in 2 sizes
- Scissors, Rotary Cutter and Cutting Mat
- Upholstery Needle
- Yarn and Twine
- Tassel Maker or Cardboard
- Chalk
Step One: Cut 5 triangles, 7 inches wide and 12
inches long from the burlap. Here’s a
tip…. To prevent fraying, be sure that the selvage (finished edge) of the
burlap is at the top of the triangles.
Step Two: Glue around the edges of the heart and glue
to the center of the burlap rectangle. Glue
the washers onto the fabric to spell “WE” and “DAD”, making sure that the glue
comes up around the edges of the washers to hold them securely. You can also squeeze additional glue around
the edges after you have them all in place.
Step Three: Sew across the tops of the finished pieces to
hold them all together, using a large upholstery needle and yarn.
Step Four: Make tassels.
Of course, I simply had to add tassels to my Father’s Day Banner! Wind yarn 20 times around the 4-inch tier of the PattieWack™ Tassel Maker.
Tie it at the top, bind the neck, cut the bottom and pull off the tool.
And it looks pretty cool to bind the neck with heavy twine. Follow the photos to loop, wind, insert, pull and then trim for a perfectly seamless binding.
I hope you enjoyed this
tutorial and if you have ANY questions
feel free to leave them in the comment
section below!
—See you in the next
post!
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