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Bunting detail
This is the next installment of my years-long picnic blanket project (see previous post -> here)
I finally got a few hours home alone and found some interesting fabric scraps to make the bunting detail on my picnic blanket. I love the finised result…. I was undecided about how to stitch on the bunting, and went for a lace effect around each. That way there are no issues about thread colour and the lace effect around all the pieces unites all the different fabrics quite well, if I do say so myself!
When is Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee?
The Jubilee celebrations should be starting on June 2 and celebrated up to the weekend of 5th/6th June
Have a party picnic!
I used ribbon for the bunting cord, although even better and quicker would be to sew bias tape in two phases – a first stitch down the center to fix the bunting on the blanket – and so mark how its going to be, then close it over the bunting pieces and sew across the top. But I didn’t have any ready made bias – at least not enough and I have sooooo much of this lilac tape that it will probably out-live my family for generations, so it didn’t seem worth making bias tape.
I’m really trying to get through the findings and haberdashery stuff I have accumulated over the years, without having the time to use it. So it’s a double satisfaction to keep using things I find around the house.
Now to decide how to edge it….any suggestions??
I’m convinced it should have some kind of festoon edging to match the jolly feel of the bunting and teacups, and I liked the idea of piping to give it a raised edge effect, but I don’t have the right stuff AND I WON’T BUY ANYTHING! If you haven’t read my previous posts, I’m trying to use up a fabric stash I’ve been hoarding for years.
My somewhat-tolerant other half looks at me gone-out when I say I just want to use it all up… and repeats that in no lifetime is that possible. (Actually I don’t have all that much really, but compared with the time I’m left with after work and other commitments it is a relatively unclimbable mountain).
I’m wondering about using up pieces of ribbon I collect and a tube knit I did with some green wool (not long enough to go all around). It kind of looks like grass! You know, like a mixed colour and texture fringe?
Whatever edging I decide must be hard wearing and very washable….any suggestions welcome.
Or maybe I’m just wasting time and should just sew that backing on already!!!
This is becoming on theme for this years Queen’s Jubilee!!
