Bunting on my mind

With Bunting taking up a lot of my thoughts & time I thought that i'd make a bunting card. I idea was from a card design in craft stamper a few weeks ago using heart stamps that Jeanette one of my stampers 6 pointed out to me, so I thought that I would give it a try using my Stampin' Up stash.

I have used the I {heart} Hearts set & Happy everything set, the papers are from the Sweet pea paper stack. The frill at the top of the card was stamped with the largest heart stamp from the I {heart} Hearts set & then the bottom of the heart was cut off to make the frill. The idea was to use the bottom of the heart for the bunting but it was a little too big & didn't work as planned. back to the drawing board & I knew that i'd read somewhere that you could use the Large Star punch to make the bunting.....hey presto the first bunting card.

All of the products used on this card are from Stampin' Up & are available to purchase through me.

Making your own bunting

 

 

What you need

Card
Pencil/tailors' chalk
Ruler
Scissors (for cutting card)
Pinking shears or scissors suitable for cutting fabric
Fabric
Pins
Needle and thread/sewing machine
2m ribbon or cotton tape (wider than 2cm to make it easiest)
Iron

Step one: Make a template

To make sure all the triangles are the same size, cut a template from card to draw around. I reckon long triangles are better than short stubby ones.

Step two: Draw the triangles

Draw around the template on to your fabric using a pencil or piece of tailors' chalk. Remember to rotate the template each time you draw another triangle so you can get as many pieces as you can from your fabric.

Step three: Cut out the pieces

Use pinking scissors to cut around the triangles - this gives them a zigzag edge and stops the fabric from fraying. If you don't fancy investing in any new tools, use normal scissors to cut out and:
a) Put up with the fraying (really, this isn't ideal).
b) Use felt - which doesn't fray - or strong upholstery material
c) Overlock around the edges with a sewing machine

Step four: Attach the triangles

Take a long piece of ribbon and fold it in half, lengthways, so it is just as long but half as wide. Iron to keep the fold in place (this makes the next bit easier). Pin the fabric triangles on to the ribbon at equal distances from each other.

Step four: Sewing up

With the triangles pinned in place, sew all the way along the ribbon, at least 1cm from the edge, making that sure when you stitch, the needle goes through the triangle and both sides of the ribbon. A sewing machine makes this easy, but if you don't have one, hand-sew using a backstitch.

New fabrics have just arrived

For the past week I have been stalking the postman, well thats the way it feels, just over a week ago I ordered these beautiful Riley & Blake fabrics from America to start making Halloween bunting & today they have arrived. Just one more pack to come & I can start the halloween bunting. I dont know wether to use black tape or to dye some lime green, or orange maybe, what do you think?

The fabrics are from a range called Boo to you available from 

Fabrics I Love

 

Now just because I shared that link with you I take absolutely no responsibility if you choose to follow the link & subsequently get a letter from you bank manager about your severe overspend. Delivery only took 8 days so I was really pleased & I got some free charms of Fabrics that are lovely for boys.

It's in the making

The next bunting project is on the drawing board, its called Strawberries & cream. 

The 100m of tape arrived in the post this morning, I am deciding wether to dye it pink before I make up the bunting.

The fabric is a mixture of Amy Butler & Heather Bailey "Nicey Jane"

Yummy ~ Strawberries & Cream