The New Banner Book (Paperback)

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This newly revised edition of Betty Wolfe's classic manual covers all the essential steps and information needed for quick-and-easy church banner construction, including 49 patterns, complete instructions, and tips for designing your own patterns.

Worship spaces can be enlivened by the use of colorful banners that anyone can construct. This colorful and clear introduction to making banners provides advice on fabrics, design, colors, and construction for banners of all types and sizes. Determining banner size and shape, creating and placing letters and symbols, using color and contrast effectively, and picking fabrics and stitching options, and more are all included in this comprehensive volume.

Regardless of their skill level, readers can learn how and where to place words and use symbols, choose colors, and make basic arrangements. The book includes idea starters, helpful design solutions, and easy reference sections on appliqus, stitchery and gluing, fabrics, tassels, tabs, bells, finishings, and mountings. It also lists information on tools and materials, and how to enlarge or adapt patterns.

Patterns for seasonal, special event, and regular use can keep the church freshly decorated all year round.

Betty Wolfe has been making banners and teaching banner construction for more than twenty years. She lives in Winter Park, Florida.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Morehouse Publishing (July 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0819217816
• ISBN-13: 978-0819217813
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #431,357 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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40 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent banner making reference, April 15, 1999

By A Customer

Although I did not get her first book, I recently purchased this one in hopes of figuring out how to make a banner for our church. This book covers it all. It talks about fabric choice, design considerations, using Christian symbols, words, colors, how to make tab hangers, poles, tassels, the works. There are 4 pages of beautiful color examples of banners that people have made (32 of them). She encourages the reader to design their own. I can't wait to get started.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book for beginners, October 11, 2007

By	Anita D. Stephenson (Wakonda, SD) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you are just beginning to making banners this book has good information on how to get started.

12 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This book is FOR BEGINNERS, June 14, 2001

By	MaryAnn (usa) - See all my reviews

I just received this book and one glance through it makes me wish I hadn't ordered it. This book is definietly for beginners.