red bunting flags

Remember the stencil-cut bunting flags I screenprinted a while ago? Well, they've been sewn up into (my last two) bunting flags for the bunting swap ...

I did one flag as it was - printed in red. The other was a "misprint" that I thought I might overstitch the printing "imperfections" with the variegated thread I got last week. Typically, I like this one more than the real print - it's got texture, colour and personality!

Wishing you a  creative week! (Reminder ~ you have until midnight tonight to enter my Liberty Book of Home Sewing Giveaway)

bunting satisfaction

At last, I have finished (redone) my bunting flags for the swap ...

This time, I stuck to my sewing instincts and used strips of my Verano fabric, which still gives the patchwork effect I was after, but is less complicated and "busy". I love the colour combination of crimson, navy and sea green ~ I'm thinking about doing a larger scale quilt in these fabrics. Now I have to get these babies into some envelopes and mail them to their new homes ... only a tad late!

Much more creativity here today.

P.S. Don't forget to enter my blogtoberfest giveaway for a chance to win The Liberty Book of Home Sewing ~ go here to enter!

trial, error and going against my sewing instinct

I've finally had time to sew something ~ hooray! I signed up for the bunting swap a while ago and the bunting flags are due to be posted this week, so this was my priority project. I like using these swaps to experiment a bit. I had an idea a while ago about using patchwork, so I started where I always do ~ cutting and sewing strips of fabric (loving these colours together) ...

I'm with Tania about loving the back of patchwork tops ...

Then I thought I might cut these into strips, crossways ...

This is where things start to go a little pear shaped ~ I joined the strips together, creating a tiny patchwork ...

It looks OK, but I think the back looks fab!

So I keep going ... cutting out the bunting template ...

I even join up the offcuts to make another bunting flag, back them and here they are ...

I don't love them, but I don't hate them. My sewing instinct told me to just stick with the strips ~ I think that would have resulted in a better outcome. Still, I enjoyed sewing these, and sometimes you need to do things a little differently every now and again. It was a small amount of fabric (from my new Verano range - available here) and about an hour's work, so not a total waste. I think I will try this again but with the strips ~ I have a new idea in my head.

Happy sewing!

bunting swap!!

As you know, I LOVE BUNTING, so when I saw this swap popping up around the place yesterday, I signed up immediately.

The details and how to sign up are all over at the Squiggly Rainbow blog, but the basic idea is that you make (and then receive) as many individual bunting triangles (or other shapes) as you like. You don't have to make a whole string of them, you could just make one if you like. I've signed up for 5 ~ I'm looking forward to experimenting with some different ideas and seeing what happens!


Happy bunting making!