I love our new Thankful Banner! I’m slowly expanding our holiday decor as I have more room to decorate in our new home. Here’s a peak of our new fireplace and mantle with my Thankful Banner hanging over it. I LOVE having a fireplace, and I LOVE having an embriodery machine!
Thankful Banner – A Thanksgiving Bunting tutorial-
So you know I have a new Brother Embroidery Machine – and I’ve been enjoying playing with it and making fall projects. This latest Thanksgiving bunting project was really fun and easy. I’m going to give you a few tips for embroidering on burlap AND ideas if you don’t have an embroidery machine.
For this project you will need burlap {roll or 1/3 yd}, a fabric for the back 1/3 yd, embroidery thread and Tear-Away Stabilizer. You will also need some twine to sew the banner together.
I cut the burlap into sections and placed it with the stabilizer in my hoop. Even though the burlap is loosly woven, the stabilizer will hold the stitches in place.
I created the word THANKFUL, you can write anything you want. If you dont have a machine that does letters, you could stencil the letter with paint or a sharpie marker..
Carefully tear away the backing. I was very slow and supported the burlap with my hands while I was pulling.
Next, I created two templates. The larger one is 1/2 larger on all sides {except the top}.
Cut out the burlap and fabric with Pinking Shears, The top sides will line up.
Sew each letter to the twine. Keep the top of both layers lined up at the top and sew about 1/2″ from the top of the fabric. I used a narrow zig-zag stitch.
There it is! I love our new Thankful Banner and as I type this there is a fire in the fireplace and my new banner hanging on the mantle. 
Here are a few other Thanksgiving projects and posts:
Thankful Crafts and Ideas
More fun Thanksgiving decorations!
Thanksgiving decorations
Check out all these cute decorations for Thanksgiving
creativejewishmom says
Love the look of the embroidery on the burlap! thanks for sharing on craft schooling Sunday!
Emily says
thanks so much!
Trisha says
I love the embroidered burlap. Now I know I’m going to have to add an embroidery machine to my Christmas list! I bet you make all kinds of great things with it.
Grannies Connie says
Great idea! Thank you!
Kim~madeinaday says
I love the embroidery! So pretty and looks storebought! Sharing on Fb Thank you for sharing on Merry Monday! Hope to see ya next week!
Kim
Debrashoppeno5 says
I love the embroidery. You will be using your new machine for so many things. The banner is wonderful and I see no problem in leaving it up all year as a reminder to be thankful for our blessings.
Emily says
I know! I need to make thankful banners in all seasonal colors ;o)
Beverly says
What a pretty and festive banner! You’ve displayed it wonderfully with the colorful leaves above it. Thanks for sharing at Snickerdoodle, Emily. I’ll be featuring this at today’s party. Hope to see you there!
Ana Martin says
Very nice blog I appreciate 🙂 Embroidery Digitizing is very nice working 🙂
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