DIY Spring Rag Banner

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Hey guys! I have a special DIY treat for you! I whipped up this super easy DIY rag banner the other day and I am so excited to share it with you!

If you caught my post last week, you know the one where I talked about how great Cricut hand tools are? Well this week, you get to see them in action.

I used all my hand tools to make this super chic Spring coloured banner all from fabric scraps. Read on to see just how simple this DIY is.

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So I have a bucket of these fabric squares. I was lucky enough to get all these from my sister’s father in law. They are from look books for upholstery, I believe but they are perfect to have lying around for odd DIY projects.

To be quite frank, I have been searching for the perfect project to put them to use. I was thinking about Spring decor a couple days ago and I thought it would be nice to make a spring banner and I have always wanted to try my hand at a rag banner.

With the help of my Cricut Rotary Cutter and some other Cricut hand tools, I was able to whip up this banner in little to no time at all.

First, I used my Cricut 60mm Rotary Cutter to slice all the fabric swatches into strips.

This was super easy and quick to do with the help of my Cricut Self-Healing Mat and my Cricut ruler.

I did end up switch over to my Cricut Cutting Ruler from the Acrylic Ruler. For the incredible fact that the Cricut Cutting Ruler has a edge guard that makes it easy to do fast and efficient cuts all while keeping your fingers safe.

I used the measurement lines on the Cricut Self Healing mat to make sure all my strips were the same size.

I just kept cutting and cutting til I had a giant pile of strips. I went with a colour palette of creams, whites, purples and greens.

I LOVE purple for Spring decor and what’s funny is that’s pretty much the only time I like that colour.

Once I had all my fabric strips cut, it was time to start putting my banner together. To start off, I took some twine and tied a hoop at the end

It’s easier and you will waste less twine, if you leave the twine on the spool until you’re done making your garland.

After I tied the hoop at the end, all I had to do was tie on the strips around the twine. I created a pattern that I likes and just kept tying the strips on.

I really love the definition in this banner from all the different textures and fabrics that I used. Some were light like cotton and others were like a heavy texture upholstery .

All I had to do was keep working my way down until I had enough strips tied on to make the length of banner that I wanted.

I finished off the banner by tying another hoop knot at the end.

Once I finished my rag banner, I had caught the cutting bug and I wanted to just keep on going using my Cricut Hand Tools, so I decided to use my Rotary Cutter and Acrylic Ruler to make a pendant banner.

This was super easy to do. I just lined up the ruler diagonally, using the markings on my Self-Healing mat as a guide.

Once I had the pennants all cut, I used my Cricut EasyPress 2 and some HTV to apply on the word “S P R I N G”.

Then, I simply hot glued the pennants to a piece of twine.

I thought it would cute to create these little curled circles in the twine as well, so I secured them with a dot of hot glue.

I wanted to add one more banner to my decor so I cut out some bunnies using my Cricut Maker onto a piece of fabric scrap.

Once I had all my banners done, I could hang them up and this is what I made! Check it out:

I love the three banners layered together but I think the rag banner is my favourite of the three.

I’ve always wanted to make a rag banner and now I can check this DIY off my list!

These banners were so easy to make with the help of my Cricut Hand Tools. I couldn’t imagine having to cut all those scraps into strips with just a pair of scissors — probably would have take so much longer!

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