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Here is a tutorial on how to have your fabric banner ready-to-hang in 30 minutes (1 hour with the glue drying), without a sewing machine and for under $5. Great for a YW activity with the small personal banners. This is the method I used for my own theme shown here: Supplies for large banner (supplies are a little smaller for the small banners): 2 wooden dowels (8mm or 1/4 inch), about 16-18 inches in length (3 wooden dowels if you are adding the mutual theme) fabric glue iron 2-3 feet of ribbon black paint (or a black permanent marker is what I used) Step 1: Trim the fabric Leave 1 cm of white around the edges of the design. Step 2: Pull out your iron and glue edges Fold over the left and right sides about 1/4″ and iron it from the back. This crease is what will hold the fabric in place to “hem” the edges with glue. Then using fabric glue, glue the ironed edge and press with your fingers. Make sure you have something like a clean sheet of paper underneath, as excess... Read the rest of this entry »

See more on my new blog: www.mormonmodern.com Last night after having to postpone the original night, we had New Beginnings. I thought I’d share the print I made for my YW that focuses on the YW General Presidency challenge to everyday Pray, Read and Smile. And now you can share it with your YW too! Just click on the image and then do a “save image as” by right-clicking or dragging it to your desktop for the high resolution version. It’s about 5×6 inches. And yes, it matches the individual YW banners in my shop too! I ask 2 things if you use these: Leave a comment and say where you’re from! It’s fun to see who is using these. Respect the copyright terms, as you usually do.  Read More →