How to: No Sew Flag Bunting

Hey guys :) I made some flag bunting without sewing it :) It was so easy and quick to make in comparison to the time it could take if you sew it. I think it's really cute and you can customize the colours of the fabric to suit your style :) It's also a great project to do if you have pieces of scrap fabric to use up.

Here are some photos of the finished product (it's hanging on the wall behind my bed).

Materials:

• Cardboard
• Ruler
• Pencil
• Fabric glue or PVA or Mod Podge or even hot glue
• Sharp fabric scissors
• Variety of fabric of your choice
• Ribbon - you need quite a lot, twice the length you want your bunting to be.
• Hard cover books or heavy object
• Optional: Decorative Ribbon
• Optional: trim or elastic with scallop edging
• Optional: Thumbtacks

Method:

1. First of all, use your cardboard and ruler to create a triangular template (if you're going for the flag bunting). To draw this template simply draw a line down the middle measuring 18cm and then add 8cm horizontally to each side and join the T shape into a triangle. It sounds complicated but it's just simple measuring, refer to top enlarged photo.
2. Using fabric chalk or a pen trace around your triangle stencil onto the fabric. Cut it out. I did 3 triangles for each fabric design.
3. Next for your optional trim or edging, eyeball the measurements for the long lengths of the triangle and cut the trim so it fits perfectly on the back of your triangle.
4. Use your fabric glue to glue the edge onto the back side of the triangle. Make sure your trim is sticking out over the edge. Repeat to all other bunting triangles.
5. Lay out your ribbon and cut your ribbon so that you end up with two long strips of ribbon in the length you want your bunting to be.
6. Lay your design onto your ribbon, it looks nicer if you alternate the fabrics in a pattern. Make sure you leave even spaces in between your flags - I left 3cm gaps.
7. Next glue the top of the back side of your triangle (on the shorter edge) and place onto the matte side of your ribbon. Place your bunting on the ribbon so the short edge fits half way up the width of the ribbon.
8. Get your other strip of ribbon  (the same size as the other ribbon you've glued the flags onto). Place it shiny side up and apply glue to the matte side of the ribbon - gluing it to the top of your bunting. Imagine it's like a burger with the two ribbon strips being the buns and the short edge of your flags being the filling.
9. You're bunting is pretty much finished now. You could attach it to your wall with thumbtacks. From  here on are optional steps. With your decorative ribbon create bows with them.
10. Next apply hot glue to your thumbtack and simply attach the bows to the thumbtack. It is looks really cute when you hang it to your wall with the bow thumbtacks.

Ta-da! There you have it :) I had a lot of fun making these bunting flags and they were a really great way for me to use up some fabric scraps. I hope you try it out.

Bye for now,