DAY 26 - June 18, 2013

CHAKRA BANNER

(experimenting with burlap)

I have been experimenting making banners for a few months now.  Many have not turned out.  Some have turned out very very well.  But I have found making these banners quite expensive to make and if I choose to go cheap on the fabric, the selection is limited in what goes nicely together.  As well, I was having difficulty with the quality of the lettering on the banners and I felt very restricted by the sizing.  So I put away my banner projects until I could figure something else out.  

My mother had purchased a bolt of ivory coloured burlap from someone's garage sale, or Ben had found it....I don't quite remember....anyway, I took the burlap, but had no clue what to make with it.

Here is what I came up with.  I'm fairly pleased with how it turned out....there is definitely some improvements for sure.  What I really really really want to make out of the rest of the burlap is my take on the Tibetan Prayer Flags.  I just have to figure out how to make them waterproof - the flags will have beautiful inspiration words that will hang in your garden.  When the wind catches the flags - the words fly out into the world....that's my idea :)

I made a chakra banner - each colour and words representing each of the chakras on the body.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sherry