Bye Baby Bunting!

Make your own bunting to decorate a room, with a name, date or message appliqued on.

So easy it can be done in an afternoon. Great for gifts and party decorations!

All you need is some scrap fabrics and 3 to 5 metres of wide ribbon or bias binding...

Step 1

Cut out your triangles and letters.

Triangles should be about 15-20 cm on each side, with 1 cm added to the top for the binding. You can either cut one with pinking shears, or two to sew back to back for each triangle.

 My letters were hand drawn onto paper to fit onto the triangles, then traced onto the fabric with tailors chalk to cut.

NB: if tracing letters onto the wrong side of the fabric, make sure you reverse your letter!

I cut the five triangles for letters to be appliqued onto, then another 4 (2 each end) = 9 in total!

Step 2

Machine sew the sides of your triangles, leaving the top open. clip the bottom tip off, turn through and press flat with a warm iron.

You can skip this step if you chose to cut one triangle with pinking shears :)

Step 3

Layout the letters on their chosen triangle. You can use a double sided fusible web, or hand tack them on first to keep them in place. I just pinned mine.

Using a medium width zigzag on a small stitch length (use the same length you would for button holes - approx. 1/2 mm) machine stitch around all the raw edges of the letter - this includes inside A's etc. Line up your machine foot so that your zigzag goes over the edge of the letter, and catches the raw edge fully inside the stitching.

Step 4

Once all your letters are appliqued in place, layout your triangles in the order you want them to be on the bunting. Layout your bias binding or ribbon (having pressed it folded  down the centre, lengthways), and starting from the centre outwards, evenly place/pin your triangles inside the fold so that the open edge is encased in your binding/ribbon.

Your triangles can be placed side by side, or with space in between. I left 7 cm in between each of mine.

Step 5

using a straight stitch, machine stitch close to the edge along the triangles - make sure to sew all along the binding/ribbon.

All thats left is to chose a place to hang your bunting! easy hey? :)