How to Make Spooky Halloween Bunting

How to Make Spooky Halloween Bunting  Now is the perfect time to start this quick project. I love Halloween and I love bunting so I thought I'd combine the two and make some spooky halloween bunting.

I chose a plain orange fabric and backed it with a stripy one. If you used a patterned fabric you could just make the bunting and not put on any felt cut-out shapes. You could also buy ready cut shapes and use them.

It's not difficult to make and would look great across a doorway or in a porch.

What You Will Need

Basic sewing equipment

Sewing machine

Scissors

Tape measure

Pins

Thread

Iron and ironing table

Rotary cutter and cutting mat - optional

2 Fat quarters of fabric 

paper to make template

2 yards of bias binding
Black felt
Bondaweb® or similar (joins two fabrics together with the heat of an iron)

Method

Make a template that is 7¼" x 7¼" x 7¾"

Iron the fat quarters

Place the fabric right sides together and make sure one edge is straight. 

Cut 6 triangles of each fabric using the template. I like to use a rotary cutter and mat. I cut through both pieces of fabric at the same time. If your rotary cutter is sharp you can easily fold the fabric again and cut through 4 layers. Turn the template at each cut to avoid wastage.

Cutting 2 layers at once makes it easier to sew as the triangles are already aligned .Stitch along the 2 shorter sides about ¼" away from the edge.

Cut off the points of the triangles and turn the correct way. 

Use the tip of your scissors to make a sharp point.

Iron the triangles.

Cut the little bit off that is now poking out.

Iron the bias binding in half. I do this as it makes it so easy to place the triangles and then I do not need to pin them in place.

Place the first triangle about 8½" from the end. Sew in place keeping close to the edge.

Add caption

Keep adding triangles leaving about an inch between each one.

Neaten the ends. If you have used patterned fabric your bunting is finished!

But mine is plain and I want to decorate it.

I copied some images from the internet onto plain white paper. The cat I printed but the other images I literally traced from the screen as I'm hopeless at getting the printer to print the exact size I want. I used Clip Art Queen for some of my images but there are loads to choose from.

Lay the Bondaweb® over the drawings glue side down and trace them onto the paper side of the Bondaweb®.

 Do this with all the images, fitting them into gaps  to reduce wastage.

 Iron the Bondaweb® onto the felt

 Roughly cut around an image.

 Then cut it out carefully. Do this for all the images.

 Before you peel the backing paper off lay the images onto the bunting arranging them as you like best. Then remove the backing paper and place onto the bunting, iron in place using a damp cloth.

 Finished! Just hang up for all to admire.