Burlap Door Hanger

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When I told my family I was moving a few of them gave me gifts to represent Louisiana. Presumably, so I wouldn’t forget it, as if I could. My sister-in-law gave me a darling burlap door hanger. It is so cute. It has Black and Gold (Who Dat!) chevron print on it and is the shape of Louisiana.

It was the perfect going away gift and now hangs on my door here in Tennessee. I really love looking at it and think of her every time I walk in the house. When we build it’ll surely hang on that front door too.

I got to thinking maybe I could make one. Maybe I could make it this year for our Homemade Christmas. I wasn’t thinking it would be a piece of cake, nor that it would take no time at all. I knew whoever had made it for her to give to me spent some time getting it just right.

This is not a quick, easy handmade gift. This one takes a little more precision than mixing bath ingredients together in a bowl. This one takes some planning, measuring, cutting, and thoughtful slow painting. If you have little ones like I do it may even prove to be harder than that.

While making this, three of us wore paint, two got stuck with straight pins, and one of us cried for like 20 minutes. It was totally worth it.

I think it turned out pretty cute and can’t wait to give it away this Christmas. My sister-in-law will be here and I also can’t wait to show it to her. She is the one who gave me the idea after all.

Here’s how I did it:

1.I started out by cutting the shape of Tennessee out on regular printer paper.

2. I used a projector to enlarge the image onto oversized presentation paper.

3. I cut out the new larger “pattern” and pinned it to doubled up burlap.

4. Cut the burlap to the pattern.

5. For the checkerboard – I am checkerboard challenged. No way was I trying to free-hand that. Measure 1.5” across the length of the design marking each spot and repeat going down.  (Note: the checkerboard is Tennessee specific. My Louisiana hanger has chevrons. You can use a stencil to add other patterns if you’d like)

6. Draw lines from markings up and down to make checkerboard design.

7. Alternate colors to make a checkerboard pattern. I had to mark ahead of time to keep track. Then outline the whole design in black paint.

8. Once the paint is dry hot glue all the way around except 2-inch space to stuff.

9. Add filling to stuff. I used grocery bags because I didn’t want polyfill threads poking through, plus I had a ton of grocery bags.

10. Glue 2-inch opening to seal. Glue twine to top abs hanger. The length of twine can be adjusted to your desire. Adorn with a bow or ribbon.