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Sewing Pennants for a Kids’ Party

13182 Posts Recent Started
Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at 8:56 PM
I’d like to share an idea with you that’s perfect for birthdays and any other special celebrations. It’s a pennant garland featuring the letters of a name, with a plain pennant at each end. My granddaughter Juna asked for a garland like this for her 5th birthday because her sister has one, too.

This garland is best sewn from fabric scraps—sturdy fabric works best. They’re triangles that I cut out double-layered along the fabric fold—plus a seam allowance on one side. The top edge will be closed later with bias tape.

My measurements are:
  • top side: 16 cm
  • 20 cm on each side
  • space between the pennants: 8 cm

Then I laid one half face up and pinned a letter made of bias tape (1.5 cm wide) onto it. I secured the tape slightly with a Pritt glue stick. In hindsight, I would have lightly sketched the letter with a pen first. As you can see in the pictures, I folded the corners of the tape to create a curve.

After pinning it in place, I sewed the letters all around with a zigzag stitch. Next, I sewed the pennant closed along the side from the inside, turned it right side out, and ironed it smooth.

Then I pinned the bias tape to the top of the pennants until all the pennants were attached to the bias tape. I left 30 cm of the bias tape loose at the ends. The bias tape is then sewn together as usual; the pennants sit exactly between the bias tape so that they’re closed at the top.

In the future, I’ll cut smaller fabric scraps into triangles with a zigzag edge. I’ll then attach these to a piece of bias tape—and voilà, a garland that can be used for any celebration.

Here are the photos of the pennant garland:






I’m sure you’ll have just as much fun making this as I did.

Warm regards from Monika

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at 10:49 AM
Das ist eine ganz tolle Idee! Alle Kinder lieben Wimpelketten, wo ihr Name drauf steht. Und wenn sie dann noch so schön farbenfroh und bunt aussieht wie die für Juna, dann werden sie mindestens jedes Jahr aufgehängt und alle haben ihre Freude daran. Man kann so schön seine Stoffreste verwenden und hat am Ende ein nachhaltiges Produkt, was immer wieder zum Einsatz kommen kann.

Vielen Dank für die Anregung und die Beschreibung und das Teilen Deiner Idee!
Ich kann mir eine ganz bunte genähte Wimpelkette, bei der jeder Wimpel anders ausschaut, auch als Deko am Spielhaus vorstellen oder eben wie Du schreibst als Partydeko. Ist ja beliebig anpassbar.

Liebe Grüße Ina

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Thank you, dear Ina, for your feedback. I really appreciate it.

I’m currently in the process of cutting lots of colorful fabric scraps into pennants; they’ll become a neutral, colorful pennant garland for the whole family. 

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Very good idea, dear Monika. And with so many different fabrics, sewing is even more fun.

With a long pennant garland, you wouldn’t have to decide on one fixed length. For example, you could sew 5 individual pennant garlands with 5 pennants each and attach a snap fastener to the end of the cord each time (where the pennants hang). Then you could put together and hang up a pennant garland in the length of your choice, depending on what you need. I would sew the hanging loops separately and add snap fasteners to them too. Then you could clip the hanging loops onto any pennant garland, whether short or long.

A short one would be enough above a door, and for a garden party outside you could clip several together.

Oh, I know, always these new ideas. But if I make a pennant garland, it will probably be one with snap fasteners. I find that more flexible. My grandchildren would like this kind of party decoration too. They could put together their own version themselves.

Best regards, Ina

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at 9:20 PM
Immer neue Ideen. Mein Tag sollte viel mehr Stunden haben. 

Monika deine Wimpelkette für Juna ist toll geworden. Da freut sie sich bestimmt sehr darüber. 

Ich habe mehrere kurze Ketten inzwischen für den Garten genäht. Immer zwischen zwei Bohnenstangen gespannt und an den Bohnenstangen sollen dieses Jahr einjährige Kletterpflanzen hoch wachsen. 

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at 11:25 PM
Danke, Petra! :)) Juna wird sich bestimmt sehr freuen, das war ihr Wunsch an mich.
Ja, ich könnte auch viel mehr Stunden gebrauchen bei all den Ideen, die ich habe.

Ina, das ist eine tolle Idee. Da muss ich aber erst mit meiner Schwiegertochter sprechen. Die halten es einfach und die Wohnung ist ziemlich klein. Ich werde da mal meinem Gefühl folgen und mir was einfallen lassen. Auf jeden Fall werde ich mehrere nähen in verschiedenen Längen, denn Stoffreste gibt es ja immer genug. Da wird es dann bestimmt auch für uns selber eine Wimpelkette geben. :))

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