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pbraun 05-25-2020 03:24 AM

Bunting, not the bird
 
It is Memorial Day in the USA and I wish I had a good pattern or set of directions for making bunting that fits the spaces we have. I mean the type that looks like a half circle with red, white and blue stripes. Searching the internet yields manufacturers, a few cute triangular shapes on a string and fabric. Our daughter has her first house and would like bunting for the holidays and likes things I make, so I thought it would make a good project for us. This thought may be a result of making hundreds of masks to help keep friends, neighbors, family and local organizations as safe as we can be.

Iceblossom 05-25-2020 04:02 AM

There are many techniques, I like the one where you fold the fabric like you would a fan, you secure the top with a ring or stitches and then fan out the edges straight to make that scallop shape. This shows a paper example
https://www.redtedart.com/paper-fan-...ependence-day/

Or how about something like this, doesn't look so fabric intensive?
https://www.hgtv.com/design/make-and...d-blue-bunting

here's another set of directions but not really any pictures... anyway,
https://homeguides.sfgate.com/make-f...wag-94891.html

PS/Edit: I thought it was really interesting to see all those "pennants" as I would call them referred to as bunting when I was searching, hadn't ever considered them a bunting before.

QuiltBaer 05-25-2020 04:36 AM

Here's another set of directions.
https://creativeiscool.com/how-to-ma...pensive-way-2/

OurWorkbench 05-25-2020 07:21 AM

I'm thinking you mean the manufactured ones like
https://www.collectionsetc.com/produ...bunting-banner
https://www.amazon.com/Beistle-S5094.../dp/B072Y7H9LG
https://www.orientaltrading.com/patr...-13730485.fltr
Those just look like strips of fabrics with casing type drawstrings. I found https://media.iwm.org.uk/loris/8/289.../0/default.jpg that looks like it is straight across the top, and only a portion is drawn up to make the scallops. Also one could make something like curtain tiebacks but instead of on the side it would draw up to the top.

Another type would be like https://www.thepaintedhinge.com/2015...ntingtutorial/

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