Hello friends! It’s me again! This time, with a Halloween Bunting that I made for the Tim Holtz Halloween Fabric release…it features a collection of the Eclectic Elements Laboratory Collection. The collection is perfectly spooky yet vintage in every good way.
The pattern was based on a free Bunting tutorial that I found through Pinterest. The pattern is by amylovestosew.com and it is a very easy and thorough tutorial. I just tweaked it a little bit to make it my own. Here’s a LINK to her tutorial.
You can see how I have it displayed in my home along with some of my vintage Halloween treats and some of my Halloween projects that I made this season. It goes so perfectly with if all! I just love it!
In the pattern, you’ll notice that she has the bunting pieces spaced out leaving approximately 3″ apart, for my version, I layered the banner pieces approximately 4″ or so but filled the space in with a two smaller banner pieces. Either way is cute, I just could fit more of the patterns of fabric into the banner by doing it how I did. The ends of my tails also measure approximately 28-30″ on the ends in case I wanted to hang it in a longer area. You can see in the photo that the ends of the bunting are twisted up, and they are pinned to my cabinet using a straight pin.
I first played with the fabric to find a good pattern of how I wanted the layout to be. Here’s a look at all the patterns I used before they were cut to size.
After the patterns were laid out, I created some pattern pieces that I thought would be a good size to layer together and also varied the sizes.
I folded two pieces of computer paper in half longways, then cut the triangles to my sizes. While I cut them, I took into mind that I would be having a 1/4″ seam allowance to both of them. The smaller size was approx. 8.5″x8.5″ but depending on the angle you cut, that could change. The larger one was the full length of the paper and had a shorter length so it ended up being 7.25″x11.5″.
Now, if you notice, I have four smaller pieces that measure approx. 6″x7.5″ (in a triangle shape)…after I arranged my larger banner pieces I changed my mind and thought adding an ever smaller size would look good to me. A maker can change their mind at ANY time during the making process..right? I don’t have a photo of this size but you get the idea from the photo below. That means that I had a total of 11 banner pieces.
(4) of the 7.25″x11.5″ pieces, (3) of the 8.5″x8.5″ pieces and (4) of the 6″x7.5″ pieces.
For a total of 11 banner pieces because an odd number across looked better to me.
p.s.- obviously, I am not a math person, I only go by what looks good to my eye, so if you play around, you might find a different size or combination that would work for you. ๐
After I stitched them all up using the instructions found in the bunting tutorial, I arranged them in the order I thought looked nice. You can see in the photo below how they were arranged. I clipped them together using sewing clips, then carefully stitched along the top unfinished edge with a 1/8″ seam. This was done to keep them in order and make it easier for me to add the binding edge.
Next, I made a 1/2″ binding for the bunting.
I did not make a “bias binding” as this wasn’t a fancy make, and I didn’t worry about stretching. I just cut 3 strips of the fabric 2″ wide by 44″ long, then stitched them together (with a 1/4″ seam) end to end until I had a piece that was approx. 2″x130″ or so.
This was then ironed flat, then I ironed the 2″ piece in half longways.
This then creates a 1″x130″ piece. Using the center seam as a guide, fold 1/2″ of the piece towards the center seam and iron. Repeat this process for the other side. After you’re done ironing, sandwich the bunting piece within the seam binding and stitch along the length of the binding. I did this same process for my previously released tutorial for the Christmas stocking bunting. You can find that tutorial by clicking HERE.
With that, my bunting was complete! Happy Halloween! I hope you’ve enjoyed all the tutorials I’ve shared over the last couple of months.
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Amy says
Gorgeous bunting!! And thank you so much for linking back to my tutorial, I am glad you found it so helpful. Happy Halloween ๐
Candy Sue Spiegel says
I love this. The overlapping banner pieces add so much.