July 4th Pennant Banner

I know I’m running a little late on this.

But it’s not like there is a July 4th season right?

I just wanted something a little festive to hang outside.

I had no time to go to Joann's for fabric so I just used what I could find.
Which happened to be bandanas.

I wanted this to be fast and easy so here is what I did.

It took me about 30 minutes.

I folded them in half. Used a paper template to give me a general size idea.

Then cut them out with a pair of pinking shears.

Then I took a long piece of jute and folded over the edge and sewed a zig zag stitch.

It went really fast and I wasn’t all that neat about it either.

I hung it on the mantel to get a few pictures.

Tomorrow I will hang them by the pool.

I was going to just glue them but the tacky glue was not water proof.

The sun would have probably softened any hot glue.

I was going to try to find something that was water proof since they would be outside.

But really, for $3, I don’t care what happens to them.

I got 2 strands out of 3 bandanas. Not too bad.

I’ll show you how they look outside after I finish up a few more things out there.

I really wanted striped fabric and I was a little worried they looked too western.

Oh well.

The old west seems very American to me. :)

update: I have kept this banner up all summer. It's hanging by my pool and I've loved it!

Linking up with: 

Freckled Laundry: Air Your Laundry
My Repurposed Life: Catch as Catch Can
Funky Junk Interiors: SNS 88 and SNS 97

see ya,