I've had this project printed out for ages, and I'm finally ready to use it. On my parents stairs. At Halloween. For "the Wedding."Today I cut out each of the pieces in some extra black fabric that I have; fabric seemed like a better choice than paper because it's more durable, can be cleaned, and I can tack it up with liquid starch to be removed at will from our painted risers, or with a good double-sided tape, or pins of some kind. Lots of options, and then it will fold away neatly for storage - all the crinkles can be ironed out next year! :)
It's not a difficult pattern, but you will want to make sure that your risers are the right height (even builders make mistakes sometimes!) and make appropriate adjustments as you cut out the template so that everything lines up like you want on the finished product (since our wedding is at my parents house, I'm actually winging it - I didn't feel like driving an hour just to measure stairs). You could do this by measuring the risers before hand, and if anything is "off" just tape all the template cut-outs together and measure new cut lines starting at the top of the head and working your way down. If you have to cut off a few inches at the bottom, it will still look good.
Want to see a really good example of this project in action? Check out Junie Moon's post.
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