DIY / Floating Bunting

Today's DIY is just about the easiest and cheapest method of making bunting for events or home decor.  In our last apartment I made a handful of these in different colors and hung them in layers over the bed for a super cool art piece (I regret not taking a photo before we moved). 

You might already have the felt in your scrap box right now and all the other materials are things everyone should have in a basic machine sewing kit.   The whole process easily takes less than an hour.  You can make them in a variety of colors (like the bunting in the photo above) or in a singular shade (like the one I'll be making below). 

 First things first, make yourself some tea and light a candle (currently I'm burning 'Just Chillin' from Glint Candles).  Maybe turn on some music or let up your tablet with some Netflix.  This is an important step in all of my DIY's.

Materials:
- Felt (mine was from samples from my interior design days and from a garage sale)
- Cutting Mat
- Straight Edge
- Rotary Cutter
- Scrap Cardboard
- Pencil or Pen
- Thread
- Sewing Machine

Steps:
1.  Make your template.  You can make your flags long and skinny, short and fat, teeny tiny, etc.  Cut your template out of the scrap cardboard.
2.  Lay out your felt on the cutting mat and placing your template on top of it, use you straight edge and rotary cutter to cut out all of your triangles (a).  The number you will need will depend on how long you want your butting to be.
3.  Set up your sewing machine and choose your stitch type.  I went with a zig zag stitch and a contrasting thread color.
4.  After your machine is threaded pull both the top and bottom thread out to create a tail about 1' long (b).
5.  Stitch across your first flag finishing both ends with a back stitch so it doesn't unravel (c).
6.  Between each flag pull the thread out about an inch.  I just use the end of my sewing machine to measure an even amount of thread between each flag (d).
7.  Rinse and repeat.  Stitch flags together leaving space in between until it is the length you would like.  When you finish the last flag be sure to pull out another 1' tail before you cut the thread.

It's so easy.  And fast!  And cheap!  What's not to love?  I will warn though, this bunting is not made to be hung in reach of little hands.  Thread is fragile by nature.  High winds are probably not an ideal environment to hang these either.

I don't think you have met Logan yet.  His favorite place to lay is always whatever is going to be most inconvenient to you.  Exhibit A:

If you have any questions about the tutorial, please leave me a comment and I'll be happy to clarify.  Feel free to leave me some love if you liked the tutorial as well!  I love to hear from you!

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