A few days ago, a friend of mine who has a market stall called Wytchway was asking on facebook about where she could buy some waterproof fabric bunting to decorate her stall.
If you are in the Dayboro Queensland area and interested in Wytchway's stall or to purchase from her online please have a look at the information on her facebook page.
I decided to attempt to make some bunting.
Just to see if I could.
Step 1
Created a template out of cardboard for the size and shape I wanted, allowing for the hem (to feed the string through)
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| cardboard template |
Step 2
Drew around the template on the fabric and then hand lettered the 'WYTCHWAY' with a fabric ink pen
Step 3
Ironed fabric and then placed the clear fabric plastic coat stuff on it, covered it with baking paper and ironed on a low setting
Step 4
I cut out the triangles with sharp pinking shears (keeping my fingers well out of the way for fear I would end up with pinking shaped abrasions on my hands!)
I then sewed around them and sewed the hem in which the jute would go to string the bunting
Step 5
After each triangle was sewn I then threaded them with the jute to form the bunting. After all triangles were on the jute I pushed them closer together and did a zig zag stictch over the hems and the inserted jute.
I then went over each letter adding embellishment in the form of gold paint pen shading. (yes I AM ambidextrous which is why the top photo shows me writing with my right hand and this photo is my left hand)
The bunting is ready to hang!
My sewing machine is old and falling apart, i cant afford a new one at the moment, so it kept breaking the cotton. I think if my sewing machine worked properly i could have made this bunting so much faster, and with less expletives.
Remember this one is only a prototype. So excuse it looking a bit dodgy!
I think these could be improved if a stiffener was used such as stitching the triangles onto acrylic felt, or ironing interface on the back.
VERDICT: easy to make, so give it a go!
For teeny bunting, use washi tape and twine!
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About Me: I work full time, I am also studying for a therapist qualification in Naturopathy specialising in Herbalism, I have a small craft 'business', I am co-admin of an auction page on facebook to help other small hobby businesses, i maintain my own 'store' facebook page, I blog at least once a week and I maintain a facebook page created to support small home businesses and hobby sellers
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