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December 14, 2016 by Bre

DIY Felt and Canvas Banner with Monogram

It’s Monthly DIY Challenge time again. Say whaaaaat? (These weeks are flying by and I’m beginning to feel like my life is measured in increments of Monthly DIY Challenges.) Anyway, if you’re new here, the Monthly DIY Challenge is when a group of my blogger friends and I team up to create projects based upon a common object or theme. In the past we’ve done things like stencils and Sharpies, and this month we’re all creating projects that use a perennial craft favorite – FELT!

I’ll be showing you how to make an adorable DIY Felt and Canvas Banner with a Monogram, but first let me give you a sneak peek of all of the felt projects!  For the Monthly DIY Challenge, 10 bloggers created projects with felt! Find links to all of the projects and tutorials in this post!

You’ll find links to all of these posts below, but let me show you how to make your own felt and canvas banner first!  It makes a PERFECT gift for anyone who has just moved, had a new baby, gotten married, or really, is just living.  😉  I made this one for a sweet friend of mine who just bought a beautiful new home!  You can customize the colors and look any way you like!
This tutorial teaches you how to make a trendy felt and canvas banner with a monogram! It's easy to make this cute home decor that you can use for your door or any wall!

Supplies Needed to Make a DIY Felt and Canvas Banner

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  • Canvas fabric
  • Acrylic paint
  • Sponge or stamp
  • Acrylic felt in colors of your choice
  • Sharpie marker
  • Fabric glue
  • Hot glue
  • Fabric scissors
  • Wood dowel
  • Ribbon
  • Optional: embellishments like buttons, pom poms, sequins, etc.
  • Optional: Computer and printer

How to Make a DIY Felt and Canvas Banner

First, cut your canvas to the shape and size you want.  I free-handed my shape because it was a simple one.  Next, if you want to add some pattern to the canvas, cut a sponge into a shape or use a rubber stamp to stamp acrylic paint on the front of the canvas.  This tutorial teaches you how to make a trendy felt and canvas banner with a monogram! It's easy to make this cute home decor that you can use for your door or any wall!

Next you’ll want to create the monogram portion of your banner.  I did this by typing a large letter on my computer and printing it out.  Then I traced the letter onto my felt and cut it out.  If you don’t have a printer, you could just write a letter and cut it out.  I did it this way so that the letter would look a little more “perfect” than it would have if I had written it myself.  This tutorial teaches you how to make a trendy felt and canvas banner with a monogram! It's easy to make this cute home decor that you can use for your door or any wall!

After I cut out my letter, I made a bunch of felt flowers and leaves in varying shapes, sizes and colors.  (If you don’t know how to make felt flowers, you can search on Google or Pinterest for some tutorials.  There are SO many out there that I didn’t think I needed to put instructions in here, too!)  This tutorial teaches you how to make a trendy felt and canvas banner with a monogram! It's easy to make this cute home decor that you can use for your door or any wall!

Then I glued the monogram to the front of the canvas.  I played around with the arrangement of the flowers around the monogram, and once I decided where each should go, I used a combination of fabric glue and hot glue to fasten them to the front of the canvas.  This tutorial teaches you how to make a trendy felt and canvas banner with a monogram! It's easy to make this cute home decor that you can use for your door or any wall!

Once my flowers were in place, I folded the top part of the banner over and glued it to the back side to create a pocket for the dowel.  Make sure to make the pocket wide enough to fit the dowel, but snug enough to hold it in place!This tutorial teaches you how to make a trendy felt and canvas banner with a monogram! It's easy to make this cute home decor that you can use for your door or any wall!

Finally, attach ribbon to the ends of the dowel.  You can either tie it at the ends or glue the ribbon ends together like I did.  This tutorial teaches you how to make a trendy felt and canvas banner with a monogram! It's easy to make this cute home decor that you can use for your door or any wall!

And with that you have a cute and personalized felt and canvas banner to keep for yourself or give to a friend!  This tutorial teaches you how to make a trendy felt and canvas banner with a monogram! It's easy to make this cute home decor that you can use for your door or any wall!

You could hang a banner like this on an empty wall or on a front door!  This tutorial teaches you how to make a trendy felt and canvas banner with a monogram! It's easy to make this cute home decor that you can use for your door or any wall!

The handmade details make it extra special!  This tutorial teaches you how to make a trendy felt and canvas banner with a monogram! It's easy to make this cute home decor that you can use for your door or any wall!

Make sure to “pin” this project for later!  Keep it in mind for the next time you want or need to make a DIY gift for someone!

This tutorial teaches you how to make a trendy felt and canvas banner with a monogram! It's easy to make this cute home decor that you can use for your door or any wall!

Now please go visit my friends’ posts to see how they used felt to create some fantastic projects!

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Comments

  1. Amy | Canary Street says

    December 14, 2016 at 6:29 am

    This is gorgeous! Somehow you managed to make felt look fancy! Your friend is going to love it.

    Reply
    • Bre says

      December 16, 2016 at 8:34 pm

      LOL – fancy felt. Love it! Thanks, Amy!

  2. Erica @ Dwell Beautiful says

    December 14, 2016 at 12:53 pm

    This is too cute! Love the color scheme and and pattern you choose. What a great gift!

    Reply
    • Bre says

      December 16, 2016 at 8:34 pm

      Thanks, Erica!

  3. Christine says

    December 20, 2016 at 1:44 pm

    Such a special gift in our new home!! You are so talented, B…. and an amazing friend!

    Reply
    • Bre says

      December 22, 2016 at 7:53 pm

      Aw, I am so glad you like it Christine! xoxo Can’t wait to see your new home in person sometime soon!

  4. Breanna says

    December 23, 2016 at 9:40 am

    This turned out so cute, Bre! I love the addition of the flowers too!

    Reply
    • Bre says

      January 15, 2017 at 2:56 pm

      Thank you, Bre! xo

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