Thank-you for all your well wishes. Charlie has bounced back with vim and vigor. Unfortunately Oscar has been to the doctors today with conjunctivitis and an ear infection. But he's now on the mend. We've been very lucky this winter until now.
Being confined to indoors for a few days, I've had a chance to be a bit crafty. I saw this idea on someone's blog but I can't think for the life of me whose it was. So, if it's yours please let me know and I'll link this post back to your original one.
I love bunting, but this bunting is made from old picture books. First I cut a cardboard triangle to use as a template. I have been using vintage picture books picked up from the thrift store and old withdrawn library books that are falling a part.
For Oscar's bunting I used an old Golden Book called 'Play Street' by Esther Wilkin. It has wonderful retro illustrations by Joan Esley. Once I selected what illustrations I wanted to include I used my template and traced round with a pencil. Then I cut the shape out and simply machine sewed a length of fabric binding to join the paper flags.
Design tips:
~ use an odd number of flags rather than an even number
~ leave a decent boarder where you'll be sewing the binding on, you don't want the binding to cover an important part of the illustration.
~ lay the pictures out on the floor before sewing them together. You want to have a nice balance of colors and form.
It's been a bit addictive and now I'm making them for gifts. This one is for a little girl who has just turned five. It's from a book called 'Wedding birds' by Juta Ash.
They are cheap to make, easy, fast, a great way to recycle and they look great. Give it a go! xx
Being confined to indoors for a few days, I've had a chance to be a bit crafty. I saw this idea on someone's blog but I can't think for the life of me whose it was. So, if it's yours please let me know and I'll link this post back to your original one.
I love bunting, but this bunting is made from old picture books. First I cut a cardboard triangle to use as a template. I have been using vintage picture books picked up from the thrift store and old withdrawn library books that are falling a part.
For Oscar's bunting I used an old Golden Book called 'Play Street' by Esther Wilkin. It has wonderful retro illustrations by Joan Esley. Once I selected what illustrations I wanted to include I used my template and traced round with a pencil. Then I cut the shape out and simply machine sewed a length of fabric binding to join the paper flags.
Design tips:
~ use an odd number of flags rather than an even number
~ leave a decent boarder where you'll be sewing the binding on, you don't want the binding to cover an important part of the illustration.
~ lay the pictures out on the floor before sewing them together. You want to have a nice balance of colors and form.
It's been a bit addictive and now I'm making them for gifts. This one is for a little girl who has just turned five. It's from a book called 'Wedding birds' by Juta Ash.
They are cheap to make, easy, fast, a great way to recycle and they look great. Give it a go! xx
