Drapery Lining Pennant Tutorial

 

First of all,

I bought this drapery lining

thinking it was the Roclon product

that everyone is painting on.

 

It was not. 

So it was tossed into the stash.

 

In the archeological dig

that I am calling

Painting My Way Out Of My Paint Room,

I unearthed it.

In the middle of the night,

it came to me...

Pennants!

 

So here is what I did.

Made a template. 

 

Vinyl flooring makes the greatest patterns!

 

You can choose what size you make,

it's pretty simple fourth grade geometry.

Make sure that you make that little area on the top to fold over.

Trace them onto the fabric.

Now I know that I could have utilized this better by making them go both ways.

But honestly,

I have lots

and

it was cheap.

You can see that I started alternating them

and

then thought, "why?"

Paint them your choice of colors,

painting right over the lines.

 

Because really,

staying in the lines is overrated.

When dry,

lightly sand.

Retrace the ones that you can't see.

Then repaint them

and

shade the edges.

 

In the event that you like my colors,

here is what I used.

The purple shading is a mix of the blue and the red.

Then,

grab your creativity

and

decorate.

 

Let the colors flow,

 

Try different combinations

that you would not normally use!

 

Be brave! 

 

Really,

this stuff is cheap,

it's a great place to experiment.

 

Dig out stencils,

try stripes

and

checks

and

plaid

and

polka dots

and

swirls.

 

Let them dry and varnish. 

 

I used a flat outdoor varnish.

Retrace them if needed

and

cut out.

Dig out that glue gun

and

some twine,

or jute,

or ribbon,

or ric rac.

 

 

And glue away.

 

 

 

 

 

Now, how fun are these? 

How many combinations could you make?

 

They would make a great gift for a kid's room,

baby's room,

deck,

porch,

doorway,

you name it. 

 

I love pennants! 

 

They are showing up everywhere at my house.

 

So festive!

 

For more pennant posts:

Fabric pennants

http://tolentreasures.blogspot.com/2012/11/free-pennant-tutorialvery-easy.html

Wood Pennants

http://tolentreasures.blogspot.com/2012/06/three-more-finished.html

Camper Pennants

http://restoringavintagecamper.blogspot.com/search?q=pennants

 

By the way,

I did order the RIGHT stuff this morning. 

 

Have to wait and see what I might do with it!