Many customers come in with projects they are working on for help and inspiration. This is great, I get to see all the lovely crafts people are working on and its gets my creative juices flowing to think up ideas to help them out
. One of the big things people are making at the moment is bunting. Bunting is easy to make and it looks so pretty, I'm really glad its made a bit of a come back. I've really enjoyed seeing all the different types of bunting people are making but other than a little crafting twinge I've never really got the urge to make some for myself. That was until yesterday when a lady came into the shop with some beautiful stitched and padded patchwork bunting she was making for a friends new baby. I told her straight away how much I loved it and did she mind if I nicked her idea, she didn't, she was chuffed, lovely :)
My younger sister has just had a little boy named Lucas so I thought I'd use this Idea to make some bunting for his nursery. After work I nipped to the market and picked up a couple of fat quarters to top up the fabric I have at home that I wanted to used and after an afternoon of stitching and gluing here's what I made.
I've used a set of cardboard letters that are normally used for scrap booking to draw around to get the hearts and letters then hand stitched them onto fabric squares with a contracting cotton.
This natural tape I've used as the tabs and hanging tape is one from work that I've been coverting for quite a while. The 2 meters that was left on the card was just enough to make this bunting.
Hope my sister and little Lucas like it :)
Wouldn't you know it I've now got the bunting bug and I just know I'm gonna have to make more right away.
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