I made this bunting out of purple fabric scraps as a decoration for Lavinia's birthday last May. I just now got around to hanging it up in her bedroom (we switched rooms with her and Rosie this summer), along with a few other wall decorations. Her toddler reaction when she saw her room: "This is amazing!!" A good reminder to me, don't waste time feeling bad that my kids' bedrooms aren't Pinterest-perfect... just decorate them with a mother's love and they will be so happy.
To make the bunting, I cut out fourteen triangles (two of each fabric that I had) and backed them with a similar color. Sewed right sides together, clipped and turned right side out, then edge-stitched. I centered the triangles, tucked the raw edges up inside the (pre-made) bias tape and sewed it shut -- easy peasy!
That lavender eyelet in the foreground of the picture is left over from the birthday dress my mom made for me when I turned six.
I'm a 31-year-old Christian. My hope is to live a quiet life filled with home and hearth, family and friends, loveliness and simplicity. I'm wife to Douglas (married October 2008) and mother to Edmund (born November 2009), Lavinia (born May 2012), and Rosamund (born February 2014).
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You did a beautiful job! Looks lovely!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Bethany!
DeleteI have always loved lavender as another little girl color option; actually preferred it over pink, but it's hard to convince my little girl of that. However, this is beautiful and I'm so glad your wee one likes it. :)
ReplyDeleteYes, it's a nice switch from the ubiquitous pink (although I do like pink, too, if it's the right shade). I'm kind of silly in that I mentally "assign" my kids different colors... I always liked that the Boxcar Children each had their "own" color in that book series, so I do the same with my kids. And Lavinia is obviously lavender... :)
DeleteThis looks so pretty, Laura!
ReplyDeleteOh, thank you, Lynda!
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