Spring Floral Pennant Garland

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I have been wanting to make some spring projects, I am just feeling ready for spring. This winter was weird and never really felt like winter so I think I spent the last few months waiting for winter to finally arrive, but now that it is March I am ready for it to just be spring, for the grass to start turning green, the flowers to start blooming, and just to feel like spring. 

One of the things that immediately makes me think spring is flowers, and I have had a few Liberty floral fat quarter bundles in my fabric stash for a while, just waiting for a project. I thought they would be prefect for a quick spring project. Something I could put up in my house to make it feel more like spring.

I chose one that I felt was the most "springy" of the bundles that I had and cut it up into triangles to turn into a floral pennant garland to hang on my mantle. 

This was a really quick and easy sewing project and it was just what I needed. I haven't sat down at my sewing machine for quite a while, especially not to just make something pretty that I wanted to make, just because I want to make it. Obviously I am sharing it here as well, but it was really just a project I wanted to make. 

I just sewed the triangles together on the two long sides, turned them right side out, and pressed them. Then I used bias tape along the top to join them all together and finish that top edge at the same time. It worked up really fast and was just the bright, happy touch of spring I wanted in my living room. 

How to Sew a Spring Floral Pennant Garland

You will need:

• Fat quarters in desired colors (I used 5 different Liberty floral prints that came in a bundle)
• Double fold bias tape
• Rotary Cutter, Mat, and Ruler with 45 degree angle marked on it
• optional: cardstock to make template
• sewing machine
• coordinating thread

Instructions:

For the triangles I just used my ruler that had a 45 degree angle line on it to cut the triangles, you can also use the ruler to cut a template from cardstock. 

My garland has 13 triangle flags on it, which means I needed a total of 26 triangles, you can make more or less depending on how long you want your garland, mine is about 6 feet long where the flags are, plus extra on the ends for the ties. You can use more or less flags depending on how long you want your garland. 

Cut strips 7" wide by the length of the fat quarter. Cut triangles the height of the strip using the 45 degree angle on your ruler or mat, or if you cut a template you can use that. You can cut as many as you need from a strip by alternating the triangles pointing up and down using the edge of the previous triangle (see picture below).

When you have the number of triangles you need (twice the number of flags you want) it is time to sew them together. 

Sew two triangles right sides together, along both of the long sides with a 1/4" seam allowance. 

Clip the corner at the tip, turn right side out, and press.

Use the bias tape to sew the flags together. Start with about a foot of bias tape to use as a tie, sewing it closed close to the edge, then sandwich the top edge of the first flag inside of the bias tape and sew across the top, continue adding flags and sewing them in. You can space the flags out however you want, close together or spaced apart. I left about an inch of space between the flags. 

When you have added all of the flags finish by sewing along another 12" or so of the bias tape to make the other tie. 

Use the ends of the bias tape to tie the garland up wherever you want it, or tie a little bow and pin up.