I’ve been wanting to make a Pennant Banner for awhile and thought that the Fall season was the perfect time to make one, and since 
I’ve had a slight obsession with Burlap this season I was excited to get to use Burlap for my last Fall decor project. My mantle is fairly wide so instead of making a banner that said FALL I decided to use the word AUTUMN. I thoroughly enjoyed making this project and it only took about 2 hours from start to finish.
Alright, now lets get started!!
Here is what you will need
- Burlap
- Twine
- Stencil or Printed Letter
- Glue Gun
- Paint
- Fray Check
Step 1: Determine the word that you want to display on your pennant banner (that will tell you how many pennants you need to make). Once you’ve determined the amount of pennants you should create a template using cardstock, foam board, etc. My template measured 11″ wide by 13.5″ long.
Step 2: Iron the Burlap, this makes a huge difference in the way your banner will look
Step 3: Place the template onto the Burlap and trace around it. Do this until you have made the amount of Pennants needed for your banner. I needed 6 Pennants to spell out the word AUTUMN. j
Step 4: Cut out the Pennants
Step 5: Apply Fray check t keep the Burlap from coming unwrapped
Step 6: I didn’t have stencils so I used Word to find a typeface and printed off the letters for AUTUMN in a large print (I used Georgia Font). Lay the letter under the burlap, you can see the letter through the fabric.
Step 7: Trace the outline of the letter
Step 8: Paint the inside of the letter
Step 9: Once you’ve painted all of the letters and the paint has dried turn the letters over (in order). Fold over the top part of the pennant and run the string through
Step 10: Apply a bead of hot glue to secure the fold. If you want to be able to re-arrange the spacing between the words make sure the string is movable between the fold.
Once you have all of the letters glued on the string you’re all done!!
This is my favorite Fall project! Thanks for taking the time to stop by. I hope you enjoyed!!
Love it! thank you for sharing. Hugs!
Katie, Thank you for checking out my blog and tutorial!! I’m so glad you love it!! I love following your blog, it’s FABulous!!
Super cute! I’m wanting to make a pennant banner for Thanksgiving, so this is, once again, great inspiration. 😉 Pinning!
Lauren
The Thinking Closet
Thank you!! I am slightly obsessed with Pennant Banners now, good thing they are easy to make!! I am planning on making one for Christmas too 🙂 I look forward to seeing your Thanksgiving Banner!!!
How/where did you get the letters this big? My word will only allow me to go up to 72 🙁 I am trying to do this for my wedding with our names and ‘Just Married’. Please and thanks!
Hi Stephany! You can double click on the box that shows the font size and when it highlights the number you can manually type the size that you want the font to be. I hope this makes sense!! Good Luck 🙂 If you have any other questions feel free to email me at jessica@myloveofstyle.com
What size of font did you use for your letters?
HI Hannah, I believe it was 275. Sorry, I would have normally put the size on the tutorial.I would print off one letter and see if it looks like the right size and then if it’s not just adjust the size and print it again. That’s actually what I had to do when I first made it.
This was so easy to do! Thanks for posting!!
These were the best instructions I could find on how to make an “Autumn” banner- love the traced letter idea! There’s a great craft website that sells a pennant banner kit that comes with 6 linen pennants with jute ties at the top for $5.99. I knew I wanted to make an Autumn banner but couldn’t seem to find felt or fabric letters that were large enough anywhere. Thanks so much for posting this!
Hi Nicole, which craft website is this?
Hi There, the website is Factory Direct Craft. I love them! Sorry that I didn’t see your post earlier- hope this helps!
What type of paint did you use? And you DID paint the back and front of the burlap, correct?
Hi Saja, I just used craft paint, like the kind you get at Michaels or Hobby Lobby. I only painted the front of the banner. I painted it once and then went back over it once it dried. I hope this helps! ~Jessica
This is so awesome I have been wanting to learn but I just couldn’t figure it out. Thank you so much for such amazing direction.. I cant wait to make our first one!!
HI Samantha, I’m so glad you found my tutorial helpful 🙂 Good luck on your pennant banner 🙂
Thanks a lot; I like your design. I want to make a pennant banner for a sale I’m having. Regards, Pamela