So after you saw some of the Halloween design last week, (click here for how it looked as my 'almost finished' piece) I finished the stitching part then got on with the finishing part.
First off.....cutting the design to shape....
....or orange border with an black background...
Ahh, decisions, decisions! So although I liked the orange with the black background better, I realized that it wouldn't show up if I put the banner on my front door which is painted black, so the decision was kind of made for me....black with orange!
Next step was glueing/gluing (I ended up looking up the spelling as it doesn't look right either way! Now I know that you can use either!) the stitching to the felt....
Trim to size the repeat with the orange felt...
The with a rather long length of black and white bakers twine (which was so hard to find in the shops!) and a large darning needle....
....we end up with this....
For speed I pictured it on an inside door, it will of course have pride of place, and show up rather nicely, on my black front door just in time for Halloween!
Now I just have to go and buy some more sweets/candy for the trick-or-treaters on Halloween (please don't ask why I have to buy more sweets/candy 😏 )
Until next time....happy stitching!
Rhona