Remember those piles of triangles? They've now been turned into bunting. Here's what I did:
First of all, I made a template from cardboard. You can download one from here.
Then I set about cutting out the triangles. I drew all my triangles onto the fabric using a fade-away fabric pen and used pinking shears for this as it also finished the seams at the same time- win!
I then sewed the triangles together, right sides together, clipped the tip and turned then the right way around using a gorgeous bamboo point turner. Now it was time to press, press, press ad nauseum. First all the triangles and then the cotton tape which I pressed in half.
I cut 3m strips of the tape for my bunting which meant I could fit 15 triangles on every string and still have a bit of extra tape for tying the ends. Once I'd done the pressing, I got to pinning the triangles inside the tape.
In hindsight, I would definitely recommend basting the triangles into the tape over pinning as this didn't attach them very securely so some of the triangles moved whilst sewing, giving my seam ripper an outing or two (or more).
Once I'd finished pinning the triangles, it was time to sew a long straight line. One more press and ta- dah! we have bunting.
Have you ever made bunting before? Will you try using my tutorial? Would love to see how they turn out.
PDF template for the triangles.
In hindsight, I would definitely recommend basting the triangles into the tape over pinning as this didn't attach them very securely so some of the triangles moved whilst sewing, giving my seam ripper an outing or two (or more).
Once I'd finished pinning the triangles, it was time to sew a long straight line. One more press and ta- dah! we have bunting.
Have you ever made bunting before? Will you try using my tutorial? Would love to see how they turn out.
PDF template for the triangles.
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