Winter Banners...

So before we decided on moving, oh so many months ago, I signed up for a Winter Banner Swap hosted by my friend Debi. What you were to do was to make a 5x7 triangle banner flag out of cloth for each participant so that we all can have a piece of each other's artwork. Turns out the final number was 20 flags.

It's the first time I've ever made a banner flag, and it was a lot of fun. I tried doing it out of this heavy brocade material, but it unraveled too much for me to have unfinished edges. And so I decided on making it out of a cotton material with a heavy stabilizer backing.

I saw the circle felt snowflakes in an issue of CK. So I scraplifted the idea. I just love doing hand embroidery, so I was able to incorporate a teeny bit into the banner.

Then I found this really great mesh material that had glittery snowflakes on it, you can't see it very well cause, it's kind of washed out. But I took a bit of that material, and sewed it to the top half of the banner for a bit of texture.

Then after all was said and done, I sewed on sequins with beads to each banner. I love a bit of sparkly!

I'll take a better picture of it when I get it back. Everyone is doing such beautiful work! I can't wait to see what all the banners will look like. :)