Birthday Bunting

I made the bunting itself about two years ago, but after neglecting it in a cupboard I decided to make it into something useful.

I made the letters roughly from scrap curtain fabric that we had. Then I simply zigzag stitched (firm edge appliqued) them onto each flag. I left two plain ones at the start, end, and between the words.

As you can see, the letters are very roughly cut out and are not all the same sizes. I did this deliberately to give it a slapdash, country feel, but it would work just as well using stencils.

The bunting was made using scrap fabric, some from an old duvet set of mine that ripped. It was made very quickly, and the flags all have raw edges, but on hindsight I would have used pinking shears to tidy the edges up a little.

Make: Bracelet Out of Can Pulls

(Adapted from www.funcloud.com)

You Will Need:
- Ring pulls from cans - preferably all the same colour
- Ribbon

Instructions:
(1) Get as many ring pulls as you think you will need to go around your wrist, and a long section of ribbon (don't cut it to fit your wrist just yet)

(2) Thread the first pull onto the ribbon by pushing it up through the smaller hole and down into the larger hole.

(3) Add another, and overlap them:

(4) Keep adding pulls until you think that there are enough on there.

(5) Place over your wrist and line the end up against the rest of the ribbon so that you can see how much to cut.

(6) Cut enough so that you can tie a bow or knot when you wear it.

(7) I recommend tying knots at either end of the pulls to minimise them moving around as much.

(8) Finished! Put it on, and join by tying the ends: