We recently had our beautiful Ruby Grace baptised, and celebrated with a small lunch back at our house. In her honour, I wanted to make something pretty for decoration and decide on some bunting to hang behind the food table, with the intention to then hang them in her nursery afterwards. I scoured the internet for a pattern that I liked, and after many slight variations this was how I got on.
- Cardboard triangle measuring 12.5cm along the base, and 17.5cm on the other two sides
- 7 different but complimentary fabrics
- 3 metres of inch wide bias tape
1. Wash, dry and press your fabrics and the bias tape.
2. Using your cardboard triangle template, cut six triangles (3 pairs) out of each of your fabrics.
3. Place two triangles of the same fabric face to face, and sew down the two long sides, from base to tip, leaving the base completely open.
4. Snip the tip off the end, and turn right side out. You may need to poke a pencil into the tip to get it to come to a nice point on the right side, then give it a really good iron. Trim any extra seams that poke out from base so you have a nice straight base edge.
5. Repeat with remaining pairs of triangles so you end up with 21 completed pendants.
6. Fold the bias tape in half and press well, then lie the tape out flat along the table (or floor if your table is shorter).
Leave a 35cm length of tape at each end (to be used later to tie up your bunting), then start placing the bases of the pendants corner to corner along the inner fold if the bias tape.
7. When you are happy with the order of your pendants, pin them into place and sew a seam all the way along the row, about 5mm from the edge of the tape. I actually sewed two seams one a few mm lower to make sure they are really secure.
That's it! I loved making these, and found it a really pleasant way to spend a Sunday "crafternoon", and they looked very pretty on the day.
xx
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