I finished the Christmas bunting! The engagement party is rapidly approaching and I've finished most of the to do list. There are a lot of things on the list that will need to be done on the morning of the party but I have plenty of volunteers on that day so I'm not going to panic. One of the biggest considerations is the weather as we're having an outdoor party. If it's raining we'll have to move the outdoor picnic themed party indoors and it won't be quite as effective! Not only that but I have to clean the house just in case! Yikes! I need a magic cleaning fairy!
That also means that I can't decorate for Christmas because the Christmas theme doesn't go with the picnic theme! Therefore once the party is over I need quick and easy Christmas decorations so I'm not exhausted and cursing whilst putting up the decorations. With that in mind, I decided the Merry Christmas bunting would be perfect. It hangs in seconds and looks very effective. Almost as though I've made an effort!
After blanket stitching all around the letters I then stitched them into rectangular flags. I also prepped my string. It was at this point I could see that an 1/8th of an inch stitch around the edges of the flags would finish them off nicely. I did my best to ignore that little voice telling me to sew it.
And then I gave in.
I used my design floor to work out the gaps between the letters.
I glued, pressed and pinned them all in place. That magic cleaning fairy needs to come and dust my fireplace! It was at this point I shifted my bunting and knocked everything off the ironing board and, of course, the pins flew everywhere!
Sewing the string onto the flags was quick and easy after doing all of that prep and I was happy with how nice and flat everything lay. I'd learned my lesson after the willy nilly way I sewed, unpicked then sewed my Happy Birthday bunting!
Ta da! I'm very happy with the result! And looks like the magic cleaning fairy didn't do to bad a job on the kitchen either. Well, as long as you don't zoom in that is...
I also added to my Christmas stockings. Bree joins us this year. She's Alex's girlfriend and a very welcome addition to our family.
