I’ve been in love with bunting for a while now. To me, nothing says summer celebration quite like a string of colourful bunting, & if it’s handmade then so much the better 
Perhaps it’s ‘Royal Wedding fever’, but us Brits can’t see to get enough of the stuff at the moment! Don’t feel you have to be restricted to stringing it up in your garden though – here are just a handful of the creative ways in which Folksy sellers are incorporating this trend into their work:
Blue glass bunting by Red Brick Glass, Bunting 8×8″ print by Cassia Beck Photography, Pink heart mosaic bunting by Good Afternoon Agatha, Birdie bunting by Hannah Madden, Cotton bunting tote bag by Bubs Bears, Oh happy day necklace by Stripey Monkey
In preparation for our own wedding, I’ve been trying my hand at making some bunting too. A while back, while rummaging through the clothes rails in some local charity shops, I unearthed some old shirts made from patterned fabrics that appealed to me.
Using a cardboard template & a fabric marker, I sectioned each piece of fabric into triangles, which I then cut out with pinking shears.
Next I ironed a crease in a length of white bias binding, & inserted the fabric triangles in at intervals along this, pinning to secure.
I’m afraid my sewing skills do not amount to much, but even I managed to figure out how to use the mini sewing machine which a friend had kindly given me to stitch the whole thing together with relative ease – which just goes to show how easy it is to make your own bunting!
As it turns out, I didn’t need to use all the fabric I had acquired to make the amount of bunting needed (& I made lots!), but by this time I’d gotten quite attached to the strangely mismatched yet complimentary assortment of patterns I was working with. So, I have had parts of the same material incorporated into my wedding dress, as well as working it into several other handmade accessories we plan to use at our wedding! But you’ll have to wait until after the Big Day to see photographs of these
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beautiful colours Jane! and how exciting to put it into your dress as well!
are there tiny bunting collars for Max and Molly?
I bet there will be Annette
Sounds like you have been busy, Jane… hope things on Folksy are going well for you !
When is the ‘Big Day’ ?
Nose kisses for Molly & Max and huggles for you,
xo
Thanks guys!
No mini bunting collars for M & M, but they will be colour-coordinated
Not long to go now – we are getting married on 25th May…
Jx
Hi
Thank you for including my mosaic heart bunting.
Your creative flourishes will add so much individuality to your wedding. All the best for your special day x
Genius! I’ve been planning on making my own bunting for my wedding in the autumn and had all but given up as I couldn’t work out how to get enough nice material without breaking the bank. Hadn’t even thought of shirts and they work brilliantly! You’re a saviour!
Absolutely Naomi! It was mostly ‘Ralph Lauren’ & ‘Abercrombie & Fitch’ mens shirts (XXL so lots of material to work with!) that I ended up using, so good quality fabrics
lovely blog, thank you for showing my glass bunting