St. Patrick's Day is right around the corner, and time to think about decorations.
This St. Patrick's Day banner is sooooo simple to put together. The hardest thing
might be choosing the colors to make it out of! As it says above, banners aren't
meant just to hang on the wall. Use it in other ways, perhaps draping around
some of your other decor. Hang it on the wall vertically or horizontally.
Choose at least 2 different colors for your banner. You can use as many as you like though.
We used 4 different pieces of cardstock....light green, dark green, gold, and one with
a design. Be sure to select colors that compliment one another. A good Irish red
would have been fun to add into my banner.
After cutting out your shamrocks, put them in pairs. Then place your shamrock pairs
in the order that you want them to appear in the banner. Then you can start sewing.
We are offering the SHAMROCKS to make this banner in our
Etsy shop...... Just in case you don't want to cut them out
yourself ...... Click HERE
Use a scrap piece of cardstock to sew lines until you get the stitch to look the way
you want....not too tight, not too loose. I have a Bernina sewing machine and the
straight stitch length is set on 2. The zigzag stitch length is set at 0. Now stitch down
through the middle of each shamrock and through the stem. I always let the machine
run for 5 to 8 stitches in-between each piece. This will provide a little space between
the shamrock. Be sure to use a thread color that matches your
main colors. We used green here.
Here is the beginning of our banner, three shamrocks down 15 more to go.
The length of this stitch is good. As I said before, not too tight, not too loose.
Our shamrocks measured 2.5" wide and 3" tall.
You could also make your banner one dimensional by sewing just one
shamrock at a time instead of putting 2 shamrocks together.
It would basically look like this photo.
OTHER FUN THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH THE SHAMROCKS:
Scatter the shamrocks down the center of your buffet or dining table
Put the shamrocks on a skewer or a lollipop stick and top your cupcakes
Use them as a food pick for breads, desserts etc
Put them on the front of a treat bag
Hang the banner vertically instead of horizontally
Pin the shamrocks on the kids so they don't get pinched on St. Patrick's Day
Include them on your St. Patrick's Day wreath
Write notes to the kids on them and put in their lunchbox
Now all that's left to do is fold each shamrock in towards itself.
The stitching line makes it easy to bend. Now just hang your wall quote
on the wall, the fireplace mantel or around your other decorations.
This one can also be hung horizontally as we faced the shamrocks going
all the same way. Have fun making one for yourself!
We have some really cute St Patrick's Day printables and Candy Card kits that
would be perfect for your St. Patrick's Day celebration in our Etsy shop.
Click HERE to see everything in our Etsy shop INCLUDING a kit for
all the cut out shamrocks you would need for this banner.
