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Image 1: Denim Bunting Banners
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I love Denim, the sturdy blue fabric used to fabricate blue jeans. I've crafted multiple projects with denim, but my favorite denim project transforms old blue jeans into decorative bunting.
More on the term bunting below, but I'll briefly define bunting here as a string of triangles (or pennants, or flags) strung in a row to form a decorative garland or banner.
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Image 2: Embellished Denim Bunting
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Upcycling blue jeans into bunting is satisfyingly fast, and offers lots of options for embellishment. Since I am a fan of vintage laces and linens, I frequently use bits of lace and doilies to decorate individual triangles.
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Image 3: Denim Bunting Upcyled from Blue Jeans
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I also love plain denim triangles for a simpler look. The details of the blue jeans used and the range of colors stand out when not embellished. Of course, any fabric could be used, but denim has it's own special place in American culture - a
love affair resulting in many items created by people
reusing this fabric.
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Image 4: Happy Birthday Banner (Bunting)
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The first bunting I made was for a birthday decoration. I had saved worn out blue jeans for denim projects, and I wanted to upcycle them. Bunting is a satisfying, quick, low tech project (no precision measurements) with a cheery result that has lots of possibilities for embellishment.
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Image 5: Denim Bunting
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I used white electrical tape to quickly form letters on the banner - this way I can spell out a name, or whatever I want. In the end the words I used most are "WELCOME" and "HAPPY BIRTHDAY". Letters could also be painted or ironed on, or embroidered or appliqued for the ambitious.
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| Image 6: A Drinking Straw makes the top Sturdy |
Bunting is almost intuitive to make, but I be posting a tutorial soon with tips. (Photos already done! Post started!) But a sneak peak here: for my bunting, I've added one innovation: I put a drinking straw in the top of the bunting to make stringing the triangles fast and easy, and to keep the top of the triangles from sagging.
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| Image 13: Step #1 Decorated Denim Bunting by Jeanne Selep |
I also hope to showcase some other embellishments I have experimented with. Watch for the full tutorial soon, but in the meanwhile I hope this post has inspired you. Up-cycle away!
[Notes: Bunting is a British word for this type of garland made with triangles. Strings
of flags, frequently triangular, (called bunting) were used on British Navy ships for centuries. Bunting then
found their way into the celebrations of British events as decorations.
You might also call them garland, etc.]
[Notes: I stressed for a while to determine the triangle size I wanted. The top of my triangle measures 7.5 inches across, and the top to bottom dimension is 8.5 inches. This allows a template to be printed out on 8.5x11 inch paper, and I have made bunting with paper, which could be a cute project with kids in a class setting.]
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1 comment:
The denim texture looks very nice made into flags
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