Friends of mine were married in the Caribbean in January on an amazing cruise (talk about a great time!) and since not everyone could join us, they decided to have a wedding reception up at the bride’s mom’s place just outside of town. It’s a beautiful spot right on the lake (where/why we built the picnic table) which will be a great setting.
The bride decided that she wanted to make bunting for the party, so we started to plan the most cost-effective way to complete the project. We headed off to Fabricland (FABRICLAND!) with my membership card in hand and came away with these gems:
She decided on two different fabrics (in the same colour scheme) for each flag, along with some stripey fabric to make bias tape. You can buy pre-made bias tape, but a) it’s expensive (we needed 75 m, and at least $1+ a m it wasn’t worth it) and b) it’s usually pretty ugly.
A bunch of us got together the other night and started our assembly line.
Two of us measured and cut the fabric into rectangles
Pretty fabric
Then handed them off to the second group, who made the flags by measuring them and cutting with a rotary pinking blade
When we were done cutting the fabric, we moved onto cutting the bias tape. We measured out 2″ and started cutting with a straight rotary blade which made things much easier
Once all the strips were cut, one of us ironed them in half
Then I sewed them all together
When that was done, they were ironed inwards so that both edges met the middle
Then they were ironed in half so that the tape folded against itself, making a running pocket along the tape
We made a lot of bias tape
When that was done, it was finally time to sew some flags in!
In the end we made 15 feet before I went home. Bride and groom made more once I left.
I think it turned out fantastic, and I can’t wait to see all of them up an in their glory
This was a relatively large and involved project, and we couldn’t have done it without the help of some amazing women. There were seven of us working on this at one time! So thanks to everyone (including groom!) for pulling together and making such a great project a success!
