I have taken on the responsibility of making banners for my church, after they seemed to have liked the first one I made. This time I am making a banner for a baby boy so I decided to change up a few colors and designs from the previous baptismal banner I made (see post). I first started with a digital sketch of sorts, purchased materials and then the banner making commenced! I changed quite a bit from my original design, but that happens when you can’t find a certain color of material or fringe. Below is a photograph of the finished banner. Enjoy!
Finished banner
Hi! I LOVE your banner and my son will be baptized next month. Are these available for purchase? I’d love to buy one!!!! Thank you!
Lisa,
I’m flattered that you would love to buy one of my banners. However, this time of year is probably the busiest with graduate school starting up again. I normally make baptismal banners at no cost to the church (many people have donated felt to help defray some of the cost). This is something I may consider in the future but right now I just don’t have the time.
Have you looked at Etsy.com? It’s a wonderful artisan website that often times you can have them create a custom piece at a reasonable cost. Here’s a seller I found through a quick search.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/80888459/personalized-embroidered-baptismal
Hope this helps, sorry for the late reply.
Jessica
I love this beautiful banner. I also recently volunteered to make the banners at my church and I was wondering how you get such perfect letters. Did you cut those out individually or can you buy the letters already cut? I can see that you machine-sewed most of the pieces on… but what about the letters, how are they attached? Thanks for any help you can offer!
I bought self-adhesive felt, choose a readable font & size from one of my computer design programs, printed them out and cut them, then traced them on the felt. It is a kind of a lengthy process I’m sure there is a better one out there. The self-adhesive felt does save some time on gluing.
Thanks for the idea. I can’t believe how perfectly cut each letter is!
The lettering can be kind of tricky. Generally, a nice small pair of sharp scissors really come in handy.