Seasonal Ribbon Banner – A Fun Way to Celebrate Every Season

If you enjoy decorating for the seasons, this project is going to be a lot of fun.

The Seasonal Ribbon Banner is a quick project that lets you create something colorful, personal, and easy to change throughout the year. Whether you hang it on your front door, porch, sewing room, or inside your home, it’s a simple way to add a handmade touch for every season.

The banner features a 12″ quilt block at the top, with ribbons, fabric strips, lace, and trims hanging below to catch the breeze and add lots of movement.

Best of all, you get to choose the look that fits your style, season or holiday.

A quilted wall hanging with four colorful flower shapes, green leaves, and stems brightens any room. Below, a vibrant Seasonal Ribbon Banner—with multicolored fabric strips and ribbons—hangs over a patchwork base on a wood plank floor, creating the perfect seasonal decoration to celebrate every season in style.

What Makes This Ribbon Banner So Fun

This project includes four different quilt block designs, so you can make a banner for every season—or simply pick your favorite.

Four colorful quilt block patterns in a row: a geometric blue design, an appliqué with blue and pink petals, a red and blue star, and an abstract pattern with orange, green, and peach shapes. Perfect as seasonal decor or as part of a Seasonal Ribbon Banner to celebrate every season with vibrant style.

Choose from:

A cheerful flower with applique
A cozy winter snowflake
A classic basket
A timeless star

Each block brings its own personality, and your fabric choices can completely change the look. Bright spring florals, patriotic prints, autumn colors, Christmas fabrics… the possibilities are endless.

The ribbons and fabric strips are where you can really have fun. Mix together leftover fabric strips, ribbon, lace, ric-rac, trim, or anything else you’ve been saving. No two banners will ever look exactly alike, and that’s part of the charm.

A quilted patriotic Seasonal Ribbon Banner with a red, white, and blue star hangs from a tree, with ribbon-like fabric strips below. This vibrant seasonal decoration adds festive charm to the desert landscaping and trees in the background—perfect to celebrate every season.

Pattern & Video Tutorial

Your printable PDF pattern and step-by-step video tutorial are both included right here inside Patchworkers Plus.

Download the pattern, gather your fabrics, ribbons, and trims, then sew along at your own pace. You can pause, rewind, and come back to the video anytime, making it easy to fit this project into an afternoon or weekend of sewing.

This Project is Now Part of – Make & Take Monthly!

This project has been moved into the Make & Take Monthly membership — a fun, stash-friendly club where you get one brand-new Make & Take project each month, complete with a printable PDF and a step-by-step video.

As a member, you’ll get instant access to:

This project (PDF + video)
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Bonus projects throughout the year

If you’d like to keep sewing this project and get all the monthly makes, you can join here: Join Make & Take Monthly

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Skill Level & Construction Notes

This is a beginner-friendly project that comes together quickly.

The banner starts with a 12″ block, and from there it’s simply a matter of adding the hanging sleeve and attaching your ribbons and fabric strips.

If you choose the flower block, you’ll also get to practice a little applique, while the other block options are traditionally pieced.

It’s an easy afternoon project, or one you can finish over a relaxing weekend while playing with fabrics and trims.

A Seasonal Ribbon Banner hangs outside, featuring red, white, and blue patterns, including stars and stripes, against a tree and greenery background—a perfect way to Celebrate Every Season with festive style.

Perfect For…

Decorating your front porch or entryway
Seasonal home decor
Using leftover ribbons, lace, and fabric strips
Trying applique or simple quilt blocks
Making one for every season of the year
Handmade gifts for family and friends

The Seasonal Ribbon Banner is one of those projects that’s hard to make just one of. Once you finish your first, you’ll probably start thinking about fabrics for the next season before you’ve even hung it up.

And when you’ve finished yours, be sure to share it inside the community. I’d love to see which block you chose, what fabrics you used, and all the creative ribbons and trims you found in your stash.

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Becky Jorgensen

Becky Jorgensen is the creative quilter behind Patchwork Posse, the Patchwork Planner and her online quilt group Patchworkers Plus. You can find her patterns in books, magazines, and her quilt membership. Gather your quilting supplies, organize your sewing space, explore the process of disappearing quilt blocks, or finish a free quilt pattern. I'll help you use what you have, finish what you start and make your quilting journey fun!

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