Spring Burlap & Boiled Wool Bunting

If you ask me, nothing finishes off a mantel like a bunting.  And, I really enjoy the word "bunting," as well.  Apparently, the original root means to sift, but that's neither here nor there (another phrase that I enjoy quite a lot).  Anyway . . . I saw this awesome felt bunting at Target a few weeks ago and realized that I had all the supplies at home to make it myself.  I looked through Target's website for a picture, but they apparently don't sell it online, so you'll have to check out Liz's lovely mirror featuring the bunting from Target.

I had all this boiled wool from an Easter Egg ornament kit that I will never make.  It looked so cute I had to buy it last summer, but I have not had even the teensiest urge to sit down and embroider a dozen pastel eggs with Easter-themed designs.  Whew, fortunately I got to use the wool on this great project - otherwise I might have had some unused craft supplies laying around...ha!  Amazingly, all the pieces were already 6" wide by about 8 1/2" tall, so I just cut a triangle from the bottom of each one.  To do this, I folded them in half and used my ruler and rotary cutter to mark the angle I wanted.  I repeated this step with several rectangles of burlap that were 4 1/2" wide by 6" tall.  Make a few extra of the burlap pieces in case you mess up your stenciling like I did.  

 Before I sewed everything together, I stenciled the letters on the burlap using the technique illustrated here.   Good thing, too, because somehow the "I" ended up almost off the bottom of the pennant - what am I, an amateur?   Once I had all the letters reasonably centered on my burlap pennants, I sewed them on the wool pennants.  Then, I laid them out on the (now white!! I can't wait to show off my craft room redo!) brick floor to get an idea of the spacing I wanted.

 Then, I grabbed some neutral 1/2" ribbon and sewed them all on, leaving longer tails at each end of the bunting for hanging!  It's so pretty, and I wish I had more boiled wool to make them for friends and family.  Alas, I used it all up!

One more project left to finish up the mantel - and it's barely a project at all.  It's more of a "tip"!  As in, "how to turn one of your kid's smallish balls into a fun decor piece using pieces of scrap fabric".  I really like the fabric ball, though, so I might be stealing more of those balls from the bin - don't tell Spatula Man.  


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