Kinfolk banner

So we all know The Chad is a HUGE yonder mountain string band fan and i made him a banner this year to put on his tent at festivals n such. "kinfolk" is the super fan group of people like dead heads or fanilows. heres a quick little rundown of how i did it.

i used muslin as the base and quilting fabrics for the letters. i drew the letters onto iron on interfacing....well more like fusible webbing i guess...and cut a square out around the letter. then i left the paper on the one side and ironed the other side down to the colored fabric. Then i cut out the letters and peeled off the paper, arranged them on the rectangle of muslin and ironed them on. I zig zagged around each edge of the letters.

then i folded all the edges of the muslin in twice so the raw edges were all covered and zig zagged those down. i folded the grommet edge over a few times so it would be a little sturdier. i used a knitting needle to push the fibers aside instead of using the grommet hole cutter because this makes it stronger and less likely for the grommet to pull out. then i whacked the grommets in. viola! super fancy banner thingy!