I made this banner originally for a Christmas card photo shoot. But it makes a nice decoration piece for your home, too. It is really easy to make, the only thing that took a little time was hand stitching the triangles to the cord. Had I glued them it would have been much faster and I could have done it in one afternoon. I am not much of a seamstress and not a super crafty person. So if I can make this, so can you. 

Here is what I used: a roll of Jute twine (got it real cheap at Hobby Lobby). A yard of muslin for the letters and a fat quarter of red material to separate the words. I cut the triangles free hand, but Hobby Lobby sells packets of them if you need a template.

I bought a red fabric marker and wrote the letters on the triangles. Make sure you have an old magazine under your muslin when you write on it with the marker. The marker will bleed through the material and stain whatever is under it.

I used the blanket stitch to sew the triangles onto the twine. I thought it would look classy. But gluing them with fabric glue would have been faster and easier.  Here is what I would do differently next time. I would not leave any spaces between the letters. The banner is quite long and this would shorten it considerably.

Materials needed:

Jute twine

1 yard of muslin

1 fat quarter of red material

1 fabric marker

red thread or fabric glue

fabric scissors

Optional:

rotary cutter

cutting mat

If you just buy the essentials I would estimate this project to cost less than $15.

Happy crafting,

Sofija