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Autumn Bunting
Anna Wilson | Tea and a Sewing Machine
You Will Need:
- 3 fat quarters of plain cotton fabric (I used Kona Solids in Stone, Eggshell and School Bus)
- Scraps of other cotton fabric in autumnal colours (I used Orange Leaf Spray from Makower Island Batiks, Windblown Mustard and Branches Mustard from Valley by Moda, Dots Orange from Lost and Found Halloween by Riley Blake and Bow Tie Plaid Burgundy from Michael Miller’s Christmas at Brambleberry Ridge)
- Brown felt
- Fusible interfacing
- Bias binding
- Pencil, paper and ruler or the templates (download here)
- Usual sewing supplies
Making the Templates
If you don’t want to make your own, you can download the templates I used here.
If you are making your own, this is what to do:
- Draw a line 20 cm long. Find the middle.
- Draw another line from the centre of the first line and at right angles to it.
- Join the end of this line to the ends of the first line to make a triangle. This is the template for the bunting.
- Inside the triangle, draw a simple tree shape. Remember that you will lose a cm off the triangle all the way round, so don’t make the tree too big. For inspiration, you could search for retro trees on Pinterest.
- Onto the tree, draw some branches.
- Take a second piece of paper and trace the tree, then the trunk and branches. Cut them out.
- Cut out the triangle. You might like to glue it to a piece of cardboard to make it easier to draw round.
If you don’t want to do any of this, you can download the templates here.
Cutting Out
- From each of the fat quarters, cut 8 triangles.
2. Cut 12 triangles from fusible interfacing.
3. Fuse interfacing to the wrong side of the fabric you are using for the trees, then cut out 12 trees.
4. Cut 12 trunk and branch sections from brown felt.
Making Up the Bunting:
1. Take 4 triangles from each colour. Fuse a triangle of interfacing to the wrong side of each one.
2. Arrange the triangles in the order that you want them. Then place a tree on each triangle, considering which trees look best next to each other. You might want to mix up stripes and spots, patterns and plain.
3. Check that each tree is in the centre of each triangle and pin in place.
4. Sew around the main part of each tree. Don’t worry about the trunk at this stage.
5. Place a trunk and branches piece on each tree and pin. Sew in place by sewing up the middle of the trunk and along the middle of each branch.
6. Take the other plain cotton triangles and pin them to the triangles with the trees on, wrong sides together.
7. Sew along the sides, leaving the tops free. Trim the seams and turn out. Trim any bits of side seam that are protruding out of the top.
8. To attach the bias binding, it is easiest to leave it on the roll and unwind it as you go. Unwind some of it and fold it in half length ways. Press with your finger. Sew along the edge of the bias binding for 10 – 15 cm.
9. Take the first of your flags and slip in in between the folds of the bias binding. Continue sewing until the top of the flag is enclosed within the bias binding.
10. Slip the next flag in between the folds of the bias binding and sew in the same way. Keep going until you have attached all the flags to the bias binding. Unroll more bias binding as you need to and fold it in half as you go.
11. Once all the flags are attached, keep sewing the bias binding for another 10 – 15 cm. Cut the bias binding.
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How to Enter Our Grand Prize Giveaway
To celebrate National Sewing Month, we’re giving away a GRAND PRIZE: this BERNINA 215 Simply Red valued at $999! Enter to win on AllFreeSewing.com.
Gain extra entries for our grand prize by commenting on our daily National Sewing Month blog posts here on Seams & Scissors. Comment your answer to our question below for an extra entry!
Contest Rules:
- Commenting on this page will enter you to win the prize. Duplicate comments will be deleted and are not tallied.
- The winner will be selected at random from the comments on this page and entries on AllFreeSewing.com.
- You have until September 30th, 2016 at 11:59 CST to leave your comment on this post. Comments after that will not be counted.
- Contest is open to anyone 18+ in the US and Canada. Void in Puerto Rico, the Province of Quebec and where prohibited.
- The winner will be contacted by the e-mail address provided in their account.
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