Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Decorate your cubicle wall at work. After all, you spend 40 hours a week there. Let's be cheery!  Here is the jack-o-lantern bunting I made for my cubicle wall at work. It took me less than an hour to make the bunting!  Notice the sweet photo (really big photo) of Merlinda the Ninja Cat. Yes, I do have photos of her doing other things rather than sleeping on one quilt or another.  Go to my glutenfreequilter blog to view quilt Merlinda photos. Just click on the link above, the right.
I made the bunting with the fusable fleece.  I viewed the video produced by the Missouri Star Quilt Company. The link to the video is below in the instructions called "Easier".  It really is is easier!    To make it even easier, here is that link again.  Missouri Star Bunting Tutorial   [they call it a garland and used a charm pack]


I picked up three halloween fabrics, 5 yards pom-pom trim, and 1/2 yard fusible fleece at Hancock Fabrics. I already had a wedge shaped ruler. I cut a 5" strip of each fabric, then adhered it to the fusable fleece, as instructed in the video. Then I cut the three strips apart and used my wedge to cut all the triangles.  Using my triangle wedge kept me from wasting any of my fabric.  I made my triangles bigger than those on the tutorial and sewed seven of the triangles to the pom-pom trim. The one below looks a bit brighter on my green cutting mat.

place decorative trim in place, then sew it down
 I made one to decorate my cubicle at work and the other for a friend. I used a contrasting color of thread on one, with one of my fancy stitches on my new machine. It is 54 inches in length, so is just right for a window or a cubicle wall.  The best thing about making this festive bunting is it took so little time. Instant gratification is a good thing!