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Multi-message velcro banner

How to make a multi-message banner

Did you ever wish you could change the message on your banner? This document shows how to create such a resource.

How To Make A Multi-Message Banner like this:

Free James Brown banner outside Bath Abbey Free James Brown banner outside Bath Abbey

  • This was made from second hand cotton duvet cover, ripped open along seams, hemmed as needed. Sewed generous pole slots at each end. (approx 4.3m x 1.4m)
  • The banner was dyed bright orange (Dylon machine wash dye)
  • Used strong bamboo canes for pole slots
  • 2 x 25m roll of 25mm wide sew-on loop velcro (the 'furry' side) from hookandloopfasteners.co.uk
  • Used 38cm high FUCXED CAPS letter templates so top to bottom edge of a set of 6 tramlines is 38cm
  • Pinned velcro tramlines in place along the middle then machine sewed down both velcro edges on 2x 6 rows of 4 m long 'tramlines' (approx 20cm gap at each end of banner)

Instructions continue here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1604PkswQ-HT7QV1_PxuEsPgfjf7pWrJl/mobilebasic

Multi-message banner video

A time-lapse video of the banner in use at the Science Museum. About 30 seconds long. It is hosted on Microsoft OneDrive; the link is https://1drv.ms/v/s!AsQ-2fnGNjzIiVSQ69ykep35kKHp?e=QCMidp .