Set Up:
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| I realize there's other items in this photo, be patient! |
- Glue Gun & Glue Sticks
- Scissors
- Puff Paint (Green & Gold)
- Felt Sheets (2 Sheets Dark Green, 2 Sheets Army Green, 2 Sheets Green, 2 Sheets Bright Green, 1 Sheet Cream)
- Yarn spool
- Cardstock Paper
- Time: 5 Episodes of Gossip Girl and 2 Episodes of Say Yes to the Dress
Step One: Make a Pattern! Cut some triangles!
Make Patterns! Grab that card stock and make yourself a triangular pattern! Make at least 2 triangles (you'll need one later). Each sheet of Felt will make 5 Triangles. Use the straight edges of the felt sheets to your advantage to maximize your triangles. Tip: Use chalk to mark your pattern on the felt, it will rub off later!
Step Two: Fold over & Glue triangles!
Use a thin line of glue on the top of your triangles and glue down with enough space open to thread your yarn through. Make sure to cut the excess felt on either side.
Step Three: Add Circles for Letters!
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| Tip: Use a circular kitchen item to create a perfect circle |
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Now it's time to use that extra triangle! Draw out a circle on your pattern to create a circular pattern. Tip: Cut squares and fold in half to create symmetrical circles. It takes about one sheet or less of each for circles.
Step Four: Create Lettering!
The best way to create lettering is small rectangles that fit within your circles. Lots of letters are symmetrical-fold those letters in half to create perfect lettering. Tip: Create the small holes in letters by folding over the letters and cutting carefully-round first then straight!
Step Five: Avengers Assemble!
Well maybe not the Avengers (though that's a pretty kick butt movie), but here is the part where you assemble your felt pieces. First, glue letters to circles, Second glue circle onto flags. Tip: Put glue on half of the circle and lay down, then put glue on the other half and lay down, hot glue dries fast!
Step Six: Add Embellishments!
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| Tip: Puff Paint is slow to dry and dries much flatter than it appears on! Make sure to use a paper towel to constantly wipe the tip of the bottle for a nice clean line. |
This is the fun part! Decide how you want your design to be patterned, don't over design it or your beautiful bunting will start looking cheap. For this bunting I used the green puff paints to create shamrocks on the first and last letter of every word and gold puff paints to create a dotted border on each circle. The most important part of this step is letting the puff paints DRY! Sometimes even over
night!
Step Seven: Create Spacers!
Some people may think this is an optional step! Totally up to you and totally depends on what you're spelling! But remember that letters all right next to each other will not look very much like words. You'll want to avoid it being read "HAPPYSTPATRICK'SDAY" after a few green beers. Here's a few sub-steps to creating Shamrock Spacers!
Step 2: Cut the Green squares into 16 smaller squares (4 each).
Step 3: Fold the squares in half and cut out half of a heart shape. Yep, hearts and shamrock leaves look the same!
Step 5: Cut a border around the Bright Green to create one big shamrock.
Step 7: Add embellishments to the Shamrocks. I chose to use the gold to create the fold in the leaves and some extra decoration on the tips.
Step 8: String it all together!
Take your yarn and tie the end of it to a safety pin. Thread the safety pin through and bunch each flag slightly to get to the end. Tip: This method also works with those pesky drawstrings that pull out of your old sweatpants! Start backwards (at the end of the sentence) and go forward, once you get to the beginning of the bunting tie one end to something stable so you can space out how much yarn you will need to leave on either end of the bunting.
Step 9: You're done!
Congratulations! You're finished! Now hang your bunting and eat some potatoes and drink some Guinness!
Enjoyed the tutorial but don't feel like spending the time? Well pop on over to the ETSY shop and buy one for yourself!
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