Tuesday 7 October 2014

Frankenkitty and Zombikitty Halloween banner


Hello! As promised, here is the first of my Halloween projects. Yay! ^___^ I've been meaning to make a banner to go above my TV for a while now, so I figured this was the perfect opportunity. I used some cute cross-stitch patterns to make the two perler bead cats; one is a Frankenstein's monster and the other is a zombie. They're more cute than creepy though!


I'm not sure what this type of fringing is called (all I know is that it reminds me of the kind of dresses flappers used to wear) but I've seen it used on a few banners before and since I had some in my stash I figured it would be the perfect thing to use ^___^


All in all, this was a really easy project to make. Creating the kitties took a bit of time, as perler bead projects normally do, but I made them while catching up on TV shows so it wasn't so bad ^____^ The cats are about the size of my hand, so the banner is eye-catching, but not massively huge.

My favourite parts are the glow-in-the-dark perler beads; can you tell I'm kinda obsessed with glowing things at the moment? ~___^ After I had finished ironing the cats (and leaving them to cool down) I used hot glue to attach them to the fringe banner, and I also attached a loop of wool on their backs to use for hanging.
 

I used some glittery silver "thickers" (yes, that's really what they are called!) to spell out the words; since they have sticky backs I just pressed them onto the fringing. I may need to reinforce them with glue later on, but they are doing fine at the moment! ^___^

I wish I had a fireplace to create a display above, but for now my TV will have to do! I've added the glittery skulls I made to the top to pretend that I have a mantelpiece ~___^

In other news, I've only got five more assignments to go this semester! They're all big ones, but I'm excited to be nearing the end of my degree ^___^ Now I'm just hopeful that I can find a job in my field! Fingers crossed, hey? 

- Lisa xx

3 comments:

Amy said...

This is so cute! I love cats. :)

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Fleur said...

oh my, this is just so cute and spooky at the same time! such a shame we don't really celebrate Halloween here in the Netherlands, since I would loooove to decorate our house with crafts like these and to dress up ofcourse <3
xx

Lisa said...

Thanks Amy! I'm more of a dog person, but the internet has definitely converted me to a cat lover as well ^___^

Thanks Fleur! Australia doesn't really do Halloween either, definitely not to the extent that America celebrates, but it is becoming more popular here. Who can blame us; a holiday filled with spooky things and costumes is just plain fun! Maybe you could throw a spooky party, just to create an excuse to dress up ~___^