Cricut: How to Make a Merry Christmas Pennant Flag

Log in to Design Space, you will need Cricut Access for this project.

Open a blank canvas and create a 58 x 58cm square and a 58 x 24cm triangle. With the 'Actions' and both shapes selected, click on 'Weld.

Use this as a template for your design.

Select 'Image' from the toolbar at the bottom of the screen and type 'Merry Christmas' into the search bar. Select the design below and click 'Insert'.

With the image selected, go to 'Actions' and click 'UnGroup'.

Select the green and red shapes layer and delete from the design.

With the image selected, go to 'Actions' and 'Duplicate' the image.

With one of the images selected, select 'Hide Contour'. Remove 'Christmas' from one and then repeat and remove 'Merry' from the other - the deleted element will be light grey in colour, and the visible element black.

Reposition the 'Merry' and 'Christmas' words. Once happy with the layout, drag a selection box over the entire greeting and resize to 52cm wide.

Select 'Image' from the toolbar at the bottom of the screen and type 'Holly' into the search bar. Select the design below and click 'Insert'.

Resize the 'Holly' to have a width of 26cm wide.

In 'Layers' recolour the Holly to the same colour as Merry Christmas. Check you are happy with the design and remove the flag template.

Once happy with the design, click the green 'Make It' button in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen and follow the instructions to cut the design.

Using a weeding tool, remove the negative pieces (the bits you don't want to iron on) from your design. Once the piece is fully weeded place the piece to one side for later.

Take your fabric; make sure it is pressed well. With fabric chalk, mark out your flag shape. You will need to cut on the fold, with the fold being the top of the flag. The size of the flag including Seam allowance is 59 (W) x 83 (H)cm.

If you prefer you could make a paper template first and then pin to the fabric to cut out. Cut one piece of interfacing and iron on to one side.

Set the fabric aside and make your fringe. Cut lengths of Women's Institute Cream Home Cotton Aran Yarn, approx. 50cm.

Tack on the fringe to the bottom of the flag, the fringe should be facing up towards the top.

With the right sides together, sew around the flag leaving a gap at both top ends big enough to fit the dowel and one big enough to be able to turn the flag through. Also making sure your fringe is sandwiched inside.

Press the seams well, turn through and press again, then take your cut iron-on vinyl designs from earlier and place on top of the flag, using your EasyPress to secure each piece in place one at a time.

Insert the dowel rod through the channel at the top of the flag, then secure a length of twine to either end of the dowel before hanging the pennat flag in pride of place in your home!