Tuesday 29 June 2010

The joys of bunting



Recently, i decided to make a stream of bunting. I bought some old shirts and duvet covers from charity shops for fabric, cut multiples of triangles out the fabric, and to avoid any fiddly sewing, i used bondaweb to join 2 pieces together and prevent the edges from fraying (bondaweb is amazing stuff)

Anyway, the fact that i had made the bunting brought the word 'bunting' up in a few of my conversations and i was suprised at the amoung of people that told me that they don't know what bunting is. People seem to think it is some kind of cake?

So, for any of you that were previously unaware of the playful decorative magic that is bunting, i hope this blog entry has persuaded you to decorate your homes, gardens, and dens with the stuff.

If i have persuaded you, here is a link for a tutorial on how to make some:
http://www.joyfulabode.com/2008/12/02/how-to-make-a-bunting-holiday-decoration

Or if you are less patient, or less talented with a sewing machine, you could have a go at making some out of patterned paper, just don't leave them out in the rain!

3 comments:

  1. The type of cake people are thinking of is Bundt Cake. It was on Sabrina the teenage witch and it's a cake in the shape of a donut. I don't really see the point in having a hole in your cake. Total waste!

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  2. ahaha by "people seem to think its cake" is that just me or other people aswell?

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  3. not just you! it seems to be a common misconception!

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