Pennant flag garland (or bunting or banner, it has a lot of aliases) is nothing new. It's been all over Pinterest and Etsy forever, and I know everyone and their kid sister's toddler have made one, but I finally joined the pennant flag party. And when I join a party, I come prepared. I made twelve yards of pennant garland. I may have gone overboard, but we'll see. I have a special use in mind for the garland, which I will share with you next week. In the meantime, I hung half of it on my dining room windows just to get a little party going (okay, it was to see how it looked).
This was a fun project although I did get a little sick of sewing triangles. Once I bound the first group with the bias tape and got the party started, though, I got re-energized. I like the teal-based color scheme but, in truth, I chose it so that I could use up fabric that was left over from other projects. The one with the exploding sunbursts was used in a purse lining, the yellow dot in
bathroom curtains, and the yellow gingham has been hanging around for years. I picked up 1/2 yard of each of the others, one of which was on sale, along with the bias tape at Jo-Ann. So the whole thing only set me back about $20. There are loads of tutorials online if you want to get your garland groove on, too.
Now if you'll excuse me, there's a pennant party happening in my dining room.
