The World of Cross Stitching - UK (2019-12)

The World of Cross Stitching 23

Winter Floral Bunting Project

1 Trim each stitched piece to a triangular

shape, leaving a 2cm (¾in) border around your

stitching. Cut a piece of colour-coordinating

backing fabric to match.

2 Pin the right sides of the stitched piece and

backing fabric together. Sew the sides with

a 1cm (½in) seam allowance along the edges of

your stitched piece, leaving the top edge open.

Trim away excess fabric from the corners, then

turn through and press.

3 Now attach two seed beads and one

pearl drop bead to the tip of each flag. Using a

beading needle, attach your thread to the point

of the flag and then insert through one seed

bead, then the pearl bead and then through the

second seed bead. Then, reverse direction and

go back through the pearl bead and the first

seed bead. Next, secure the end to the tip.

4 Fold your bias binding in half and

sandwich the unstitched edges of your bunting

flags inside, then pin together. Make sure you

leave a long length of bias binding at either end

so you can hang your finished bunting.

5 Stitch along the open edge of the bias

binding using thread in a coordinating colour,

sewing through all of the layers.

make

bunting

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