DIY Easy Bunting - No Sewing!

I have recently redecorated my room and for months I've had this wall staring at me, a big blank canvas that I didn't know how to decorate. I've always loved bunting so I thought what better way to brighten up my room than with some lovely floral flags? What put me off for so long was the thought of spending hours sewing, but then I discovered spray adhesive. It made this project so much easier and in the end only took about an hour to make. So here's how I did it :)

Materials:

•          Fabric, I bought mine in Micheal Guiney's and it cost €10 for 6 half metres of fabric.
•          Wool, ribbon or whatever you would like to use to string the bunting
•          Spray adhesive which you can find in craft stores
•          Measuring tape
•          Ruler
•          Pencil
•          Scissors 

Step 1: Measure the wall or space that you would like to hang your bunting using a measuring tape. This will give you a rough idea of how many flags you will need.

Step 2: I made my flags 19cm across the top and 21cm down. Using a ruler measure across the top of the fabric how wide you want your flag to be and mark with a pencil. Then half this measurement and mark that far across at the bottom. Draw a triangle from the points at the top to the point at the bottom. If you have enough fabric fold it in half, that way you are cutting out two flags at a time instead of just one.

Step 3: Carefully cut out the triangles. I used two flags of each material, making 12 altogether.

Step 4: Arrange the flags in whatever order you like, this is easier to do before you start gluing as you can have them in a pile of which colour goes next, very organised indeed!

Step 5: Spray glue at the top of the flag. I laid my flags on a sheet of paper to spray them. This can get quite messy as your fingers come into contact with the glue. Make sure you are in a well ventilated room and leave a window open, just to be safe. Leave the glue for a few seconds to get a bit tacky.

Step 6: Lay your piece of wool down leaving enough material above to be able to fold over the wool. Fold over the top piece of fabric and press down. Make sure you leave enough wool at either end to be able to hang your bunting. Leave to dry for a minute and then move on to the next flag.

You can leave as much space as you want between the flags, they are easy to slide back and forth if you want to move them.

And voila! Some lovely bunting that didn't take hours of hard labour. Alternatively you could learn how to use a sewing machine, probably less messy, but who has time for that? Hope you enjoyed :)