No Sew Gratitude Banner

Show how much you care with fun, easy-to-create no sew fabric projects. A No Sew Gratitude Banner from Tiffany Windsor is a great craft that you can hang up all year long. Take some time to appreciate your loved ones and take stock of what's important.


 

Materials:

• Aleene’s Fabric Fusion Peel & Stick Sheets
• Aleene’s Fabric Fusion Peel & Stick Tape
• Scissors
• Cotton quilting fabric (or fabric of your choice)
• Peel and stick alphabet letters

Instructions:

1. Determine length of banner and tear fabric into strips. (I like to create strips that are at least two times the width of my Aleene’s Peel & Stick Tape.) Pull away and discard any threads that remain after tearing.
   
   
    
2. If using fat quarters, tear strips and join at ends with Aleene’s Fabric Fusion Peel & Stick Tape. Simply cut Tape to desired length, peel back bottom liner paper and press to wrong side of fabric.
   
   
    
3. Remove top liner paper to reveal adhesive.
   
   
    
4. Overlap to join strips. Press to secure adhesive.
   
   
    
5. Cut Aleene’s Peel & Stick Sheets in half. Cut two pieces of fabric slightly larger than Sheet. Remove top liner paper and press onto wrong side of one piece of fabric.
    
   
    
6. Using paper as guide, cut fabric away along all sides.
   
   
    
7. Remove top liner to reveal adhesive.
   
   
    
8. Place adhesive side down on wrong side of second piece of fabric. You have now created a double side piece of fabric.
   
   
    
9. Cut away excess fabric to create rectangle.
   
   
    
10. To create pennant shape, fold rectangle in half and cut from corner to corner.
    
    
     
11. Open to reveal pennant shape.
    
    
     
12. Repeat steps to create as many pennants as you need to spell out your word.
    
    
     
13. Cut Aleene’s Peel & Stick Tape into 3″ – 5″ lengths. Remove top liner paper and press in place along bottom edge of fabric ribbon.
    
    
     
14. Working sections at a time, remove several pieces of top liner paper. Place pennants into adhesive.
    
    
     
15. Add another row of Aleene’s Peel & Stick Tape along top edge of fabric ribbon.
    
    
     
16. Remove paper liner and fold over fabric ribbon to create banner.
    
    
     
17. Press alphabet letters on each pennant to spell out your greeting.
    
    
     
18. Hang wherever you want to spell out a special greeting!
    
    

For a comprehensive video tutorial, check out How to Make a No Sew Gratitude Banner.