For the
first time ever we finally have some 4th of July decorations to put
up in our house! Yep, took me about 5 years. It all happened because the hubby
had to work way too late one night, and I found myself with no projects (which
was probably a small malfunction in my hippocampus because later I remembered
million projects I needed to do - oops).
Thanks to
the searching of pinterest, I decided to make some 4th of July bunting. I’ve
never really made bunting before, so I was kind of excited; It’s always fun to
try out a new sewing project. Thanks to my hubby for my newish handy pinking
shears, this project was made so easy.
I did a
few reverse appliqué stars which turned out super awesome and super easy. Awesome and easy, doesn't get much better than that.
To make your own 4th of July bunting:
1.
Cut
yourself a rectangle out of chosen fabric. My triangles are not measured to be
the same size, so it doesn’t matter the size of your rectangle.
2.
Fold
in half and using pinking shears cut out a triangle shape (do not cut the top
where it is folded in half). Now if you want all your triangles to be the same
shape, then make sure all your rectangles are the same size and then cut your
triangles the same as well.
3.
to make the star reverse appliqué get a different color fabric (yellow in my
case), cut out a small square or rectangle. On the back of the fabric draw a
star; the star doesn’t have to be perfect. Take the star fabric piece and put
it on the inside of one of one of the triangle sides . The print of
the fabric should be touching the triangle piece and you should be able to see
the star that you drew. Now with your sewing machine sew on the lines following
the outline of the star. You can go over the star twice if you like that look.
4.
After
you are done, flip the triangle over so you see the outside of the triangle. Using your seam ripper, start ripping out the triangle fabric inside of the star outline. Make sure you don’t accidently cut up the
underneath star fabric. And walla, a star is born without any gases or star
dust.
5.
Now
sew the triangle together, all the way around leaving at least a ½ inch on the
top of the triangle.
6.
Your
done so string it on to your garland (I used hemp string).
To make a layered triangle
(first follow previous steps 1-2)
1.
cut
a smaller triangle with contrasting bunting (make sure to cut with your pinking
shears).
2.
sew
your bigger triangle together all the way around then sew on the smaller
triangle. And your done and a triangle within a triangle is born…
Happy 4th of
July!
The stars are my favorite! Very cute!
ReplyDeleteThat turned out so cute! I hope you'll link up to my Patriotic Project Parade.
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This is very sweet and it came out so cute! Thanks for sharing and I am a new follower!!
ReplyDeleteHope you have had a great weekend!
Michelle
www.delicateconstruction.com
Love it! Very cute! Thanks for sharing!
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