Today's Housewife: DIY Thanksgiving Banner

I found this craft somewhere out in blogworld, but I can't find it right now! Sorry for not giving you credit, whoever you are!

I first made one of these for my son's first birthday. I decided not to make it say Happy Birthday so we could use it for different occasions. That's why his says, "Hooray for Dietrich!" That way, when he's 17 and makes all A's, we can pull it out and take a picture of him next to it with his report card!

To start, you can pick out your fabric. For Dietrich's, I used 5 coordinating fabrics and had the back always be the same. For my Thanksgiving banner, I just had 2 fabrics and the backs are all the same as the spaces. Then I cut out the triangles with a triangle shape cutter I have for quilting. It worked out well--6 1/2" triangles. You can also just use a ruler and measure it out. If your fabric has a right side up (like mine did), you'll have to make sure that each time you cut it out, it is the right way.

Then sew the back to the front with the two right sides of the fabric facing along both sides. Leave the top open. Do all pieces this way and then turn them right side out. Use a needle or something sharp to make your triangle points come out.

Instead of cutting out and appliquing each letter, I buy iron-on letters. This time, they didn't have brown, so I used black. I iron the flags flat and iron on the letters at the same time.

Then I peel off the film to make sure that the letters have stuck. Arrange them in order and be excited that you're almost done!! (Uh, can you tell I need a new ironing board cover?? Gross!)

Sew them all together using a coordinating binding. I buy double fold extra wide bias tape and it works great! I don't measure to make sure where to start, and thankfully it's worked out perfectly both times!

At the end you've got a cute banner that you didn't spend much on and you'll be able to keep forever! My total investment was probably less than $10. If you already have the fabric and thread, it will be less!