Demensions will be 16 x 24, or 18 x 30.  Material will be a lightweight canvas type, reinforced with gromets like DD's or with a sleeve at the end where a dowel rod can be inserted to hold it..  I bought  my wife a sewing machine and a serger and she can do about anything with it...  
Art work will be provided by my kids, who will get a blast out of doing it...   The name will either be iron on letters where it can be done on both sides correctly, or put on another piece of material and sewn on where it can be seen correctly from both sides.
Just an interesting project to invite people to say hello to me on my solo if they want to...

Bruce