birthday banner

Last week we posted about a lovely party we did the invitations and banner for, and I wanted to share about the banner making process. For the party, they wanted a happy birthday banner that would match the look and feel of the textiles being used and also something versatile that could be used in years to come.

I tested many different paints, then washed them all to see how they would hold up. The fabric paints ended up fading too much. In the end, I used fluid acrylics with a textile medium which gave it a nice watercolor look.

Because the banner was already made by our friend Marcella, I couldn’t risk messing it up. I scanned the hand lettering and blew it up to make a stencil.

The banner was really huge! I’m kind of more of a no-stencil type of gal, but because of the size, the stencil really helped. For smaller pieces I think it would look nice to just paint it right on.

The finished product!

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