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Beach Life Pennant on white background with sand
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"BEACH LIFE" FELT PENNANT

Celebrate your love of the beach with this fun Beach Life felt pennant! Use your Cricut to cut felt and iron on to create this fun pennant—perfect for any beach lover!
Keyword: Beach, Felt, Pennant
Author: Cori George

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Instructions

  • Love the fonts from this pennant? Selfie and Odin Rounded were used to design it!
    Material Note: You can cut a portion of this on your Cricut Maker 3 or Explore 3 using Smart Iron On.
    This project requires two pieces of felt that are 12" x 24", which can be harder to find in sheets. Look for felt on the bolt at your local craft store or visit my favorite felt shop online, Benzie!
  • Upload the Beach Life Pennant File to Cricut Design Space
    Upload the SVG file to Cricut Design Space (see Uploading SVG Files to Cricut Design Space if you need help).
    The file is sized properly to make the most of the cutting mat size. You can change the colors if you'd like, but other than that, this file is ready to cut! Click Make It in the upper right.
    Cricut Design Space: Beach Life pennant uploaded to Cricut Design Space
  • Cut Your Iron On and Felt
    If you have a Cricut Maker 3 or Cricut Explore 3, you'll see a Mat Selection window. I chose Multiple Ways because I'm using Smart Iron On for the white letters, regular iron on for the teal accent, and felt for the pennant itself. You can choose On Mat if you're cutting using only mats. If you do not have one of these newer machines, you won't see this screen.
    Cricut Design Space: Mat Selection— Multiple Mats selected
  • On the next Prepare Screen, you'll see all of your images laid out on their respective mats and materials. Make sure to mirror your iron layers. If you don't do this, your pennant will be backward.
    Cricut Design Space: Pennant pieces laid out on different mats/materials in Prepare Screen
  • On the Make Screen, you’ll set your material for each mat as you cut them. Make sure you have your fine point blade or your rotary blade in your machine, insert your mat or material, and your Cricut will cut your project!
    Cricut Maker cutting teal iron on
  • Sew or Glue Your Pennant
    To assemble your pennant, you can sew or glue the two triangles together, right on top of one another, to make the pennant sturdier. For this project the two triangles were pinned and sewn around the edges using a longer stitch and coordinating thread.
    Hands showing where to sew around edge of pennant
  • Then nest the two flag pieces between the two pieces of binding on the left edge and glue or sew together. You can glue these pieces on and then sew them—this helps keep everything in the right place.
    Hands showing where to sew for pennant binding and flags
  • Weed Your Iron On
    Next we're going to "weed" the negative space from around our iron on images. I have an extensive post about Weeding Iron On Vinyl, which you'll want to read—tons of tips and tricks to making it easier.
    For the border accent piece, make sure to trim off the excess, uncut vinyl from the sides and the center—there's plenty there to use in a future project!
    Hands weeding white iron on vinyl decal
  • Adhere Your Iron On
    Using iron on with felt is similar to most other iron on projects. Learn more about Using Iron On Vinyl if you're struggling. Place your border triangle on your pennant. You can use Wonder Clips, pins, or clothespins to help secure it so it doesn't shift.
    Sewn felt pennant with iron on border placed on top
  • Use your EasyPress Mini or iron to adhere the iron on to the felt.
    Hand using EasyPress Mini to adhere the iron on border to the felt pennant
  • Once it's cooled a bit, peel back the carrier sheet.
    Hand peeling back iron on carrier sheet
  • Then repeat with the words Beach Life and you're done!
    Hand peeling back carrier sheet
  • Angle vies Beach Life Pennant on blue background