Thursday 26 January 2012

Quick and easy paper bunting

The sewing machine has been a-whirring, and some little birds have come to roost in a willowy tree...


More about the birds another day, but here's something I saw on Pinterest (oh, yes I have been sucked into that...) which was fun to do... 

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Gather red and pink paper - I wanted to use magazines, but didn't have enough.  I just MIGHT have visited activityvillage.co.uk and used some of their downloadable scrapbook papers  - Valentine's Day and Chinese New Year would have been useful (but I couldn't admit to it on here in case someone who worries about printer ink was reading...)

Make a template, layer up four of five sheets of scrapbooking paper and cut lots of hearts out nice and easily.



Then simply stitch together, leaving a bit of a gap between each heart, and a tail at either end for attaching to whatever you're going to attach it to.


Pretty!



8 comments:

  1. You have been busy and with much success.

    Helen

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  2. Hi :0, I love these i wa sjust thinking about heart bunting after browsing Etsy!

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  3. Beautiful, so cheery and bright! Love the bird too.
    xx

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  4. So simple, yet so beautiful. x

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  5. Oh I adore the birds! They're just like the Scandinavian birds I so adore.

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  6. Funnily enough, I'm making paper bunting except I'm glueing and sticking on string rather than sewing.

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  7. Very pretty,love your blog background.Love Jill xx

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  8. Its lovely - so pretty!
    Liz @ Shortbread & Ginger

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