Valentine Bunting

 I'm kind of obsessed with banners like this. 

I loved making this one. I picked fabric that felt a little vintage, and I love how it turned out. 

I originally found the inspiration here. She stenciled her letters on, but I liked the look of applique better.

Here's the cool part: I ran the fusible web through my printer with the paper side up so I didn't have to trace the letters on by hand. I felt so smart with this idea. Make sure you print the letters backwards though!

 I did this mock up to practice my blanket stitch length, and to make sure my proportions were right. Good thing I did this first. I put the Wonder Under on the wrong side :) Just iron it all on, and stitch around the heart and the letters. I chose a straight stitch for the letters and a machine blanket stitch for the hearts. You could zig zag, or do whatever you think is cute. 

Then I sewed bias tape on, and that was it. I made my own so it would match that coral pink, but you could make it easy on yourself and just buy some. 

All done. Love it.

Advent Calendar Bunting

I have been on the lookout for an easy, fun advent-thingy. I got the idea for this one here.

I had a hard time finding an empty wall to hang it on, and I put it kind of low so that I could easily reach the goodies inside (but high enough so that the little boy could not).

In the red triangles are candy cane kisses; in the green are mint truffle kisses.

I love the idea more than I love how mine turned out. Maybe in a few years I will make another one with wool felt or even cute cotton.

For now though, my kids love it.

(I used felt glue on the numbers and cotton bias tape to string them together. Don't forget to back stitch!)

Fabric Bunting

Just tell me when you all get bored with nursery stuff...I  still have more where this came from. I made this banner to hang in her room/to use at a baby shower that my family threw for me. I think it adds a bit of whimsy.

I love the website Ohdeedoh. Lots of great inspiration. I had a desk job when I was first pregnant, and when it was slow, I spent a lot of time getting ideas for my "dream" nursery. I saw several different nurseries using these fabric pennant banners. (like here, here, and here)

You can buy a banner like this for anywhere from $20-$40 on Etsy, but I wanted to customize mine with  fabric I had on hand. And I wasn't in the mood to spend that much money. 

I kind of looked at this tutorial to get the main idea, and tweaked it to how I wanted it. I actually had the bias strip binding left over from some bumper pads I made, so I just cut the triangles out, and used that with them. 

The triangles measure about 5.5" across the top, and are 6" long. 

 

Love it. The best part is that I can take it down and use it again for anything--another baby shower, a party, whatever.