That was an evening coming up with the design using photoshop. Blending my own designs with purchased backgrounds and the school mascot gave the result at right. I printed on printable fabric, found an old child clothing size hanger and blacked checked material in my stash. Made a cover for the hanger then attached the fabric flag to it. I had wound jute string around the exposed part of the hanger while I was taking a sit down break.
Upon seeing the flag, the granddaughter seemed really pleased. We decided that the flag idea changed for colleges where her friends would be attending would make great gifts. Looks like I will do some experimenting on ways to make the letters pop to make the process a bit quicker. Bet I get it figured out so it will be quick, easy and good to go.
In the process of putting the HOGS banner together I realized I had not used the dots background for the S. Ugh. This morning I was putting some finishing touches on the flag hanger. Of course the tension on my machine began acting up. Rethreading took care of the tension. But there was still the thread impaled between some moving parts. Pliers, brushes, tweezers, and the neighbor dropping by to visit later I was back in business. All projects seem to be complete till the last minute assignments. Oh, and the cookie dish with the broken pedestal is sitting letting the glue cure.
Now it is off to run errands before an afternoon shower blows up. After all, as sweet as I am I will surely melt. Of course just to be clear, salt dissolves in water, too.
Ya'll all have fun. robably be Sunday before I have time and energy to post again.
Hari OM
ReplyDeleteBOL... ahem... I mean, brava Janice!!! Love that flag. YAM xx
I was pleased with the results. Always enjoy getting the creative juices flowing. namaste, janice, xx
DeleteA busy life is a happy life, how lucky are you family to have you As Director, Event production! Way to go, might need a few banners here myself, our balcony is in need of some yellow and white for our new king :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for all your lovely comments on my Wordpress site, they had all gone into spam for some reason, so I had a bulk publish and a big smile on my face!
Happy Sunday
Wren x
I guess the world always needs banners to celebrate something! Maybe my comments were in spam cause I grew up eating the stuff. Ha. The DIL is doing more of the directing. I'm glad to just be staging manager!
DeleteI bet you clock up over 40 hours a week doing all this and that and such and so! But, it has to be said: the flag/banner looks great. Well done. Now, about that printable fabric, how do I get hold of that?
ReplyDeleteHere in the states it is available at fabric stores, some craft stores and even Amazon. The quilters use it to make quilts using photos, etc. It can be purchased in small rolls or letter size sheets. And, yes, I do spend several hours on some of these projects. Obviously I do enjoy doing these things. Thanks for the compliment.
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