swim pennants

Swim and dive season is almost over,

it was Miss C.'s first year,

so she was assigned a swim and a dive buddy,

who were most helpful in making it a successful time.

So to celebrate the occasion,

I made a personalized pennant for each of the girls,

of course, I could not forget my own daughter!

I found this great tutorial from Infarrantly Creative on how to draw and design

vintage inspired pennants,

I first designed the name in pennant shape,

using the font Varsity, just like in the tutorial.

Then I printed out the name,

and recopied the letters from the back on some wonder under.

I ironed them onto felt and cut them out.

Before ironed them onto my background,

I carefully placed the letters, making sure they aligned perfectly.

I did not cut the background until after the name was ironed on.

It is easier that way,

I just needed to make sure that there is enough place for 

the long triangle!

Then I stitched every letter to the background

to ensure nothing will come undone!

In order to hide all the threads, and make the pennant sturdier,

I added a back to the pennant, cutting a larger rough piece of felt for the back.

I also cut 2 long pieces of felt (1/2 inch wide) for the ties

that I put between the 2 layers,

and stitched around the pennant.

Once the back is stitched, I cut off the excess felt,

making sure not to cut off the ties.

At this point, it could be complete,

but I liked it with another band at the top.

I cut a 1 inch band, stitched it to the top,

and then cut off the excess on each side.

Here there are all together,
looking mighty good and official!

Happy sewing!