FELT BUNTING

INSTRUCTIONS

Step 1 - Sun: Using yellow felt, cut 2 x 8.5cm circles and a 3cm wide strip, 30cm long. Snip across width of strip 1.5cm deep, every 1.5cm along the strip.

Using a straight machine stitch, attach strip to the edge of one sun circle.

Fold a piece of the ribbon in half and attach the ends to the top edge of the sun circle.

Using a zigzag stitch, attach 2nd sun circle to the 1st circle, sewing around 3/4 of the edge. Stuff lightly with hobbyfill and continue sewing the opening closed.

Step 2 - Cloud: Using white felt, cut out 2 x clouds.

Fold a piece of the ribbon in half and attach the ends to the top edge of 1 x cloud.

Using a zigzag stitch, attach 2nd cloud to the 1st cloud, sewing around 3/4 of the edge. Stuff lightly with hobbyfill and continue sewing the opening closed.

Step 3 - Rain Cloud: Using grey felt, cut out 2 x clouds, and using the blue felt, cut out 6 x raindrops. Glue pairs of raindrops together to make 3 raindrops.

Fold a piece of the ribbon in half and attach the ends to the top edge of 1 x rain cloud.

Using a zigzag stitch, attach 2nd rain cloud to the 1st rain cloud, sewing around 3/4 of the edge. Stuff lightly with hobbyfill and continue sewing the opening closed.

Attach the raindrops using nylon thread.

Step 4 - Storm Cloud: Using black felt, cut out 2 x clouds, and using the white glitter felt, cut out 2 x lightning bolts. Glue lightning bolts together and attach to the bottom of 1 x storm cloud.

Fold a piece of the ribbon in half and attach the ends to the top edge of storm cloud.

Using a zigzag stitch, attach 2nd storm cloud to the 1st storm cloud, sewing around 3/4 of the edge. Stuff lightly with hobbyfill and continue sewing the opening closed.

Step 5 - Stars: Make 2. Using the white glitter felt, cut out 4 stars.

Fold a piece of the ribbon in half and attach the ends to the top edge of 1 x star.

Using a zigzag stitch, attach 2nd star to the 1st star, sewing around 3/4 of the edge. Stuff lightly with hobbyfill and continue sewing the opening closed.

Step 6 - Rainbow: Cut each colour band of the rainbow 10mm wide except for the smallest band (pink), cut the smallest band 5mm wide. Cut 4 x small clouds out of white felt.

Start with the largest band (red). Place the next band (orange) so that it covers the lower 5mm of the previous band (red) and zigzag in place with matching thread. Add each colour band in the same way.

Attach 1 x small cloud to the back of each rainbow end. Place 2nd small cloud piece on top of 1st cloud piece and zigzag stitch all the way round each cloud.

Fold a piece of the ribbon in half and attach the ends to the top of the rainbow at the back.

Step 7 - Thread the craft rope though the ribbon of your 7 weather felties. Find the centre spot on the craft rope and hand stitch the top of the ribbon on the rain cloud to the craft rope so that it will not slip. Attach the remaining felties in the same way at 15cm intervals along the craft rope.

Step 8 - Tie loops at both ends of the craft rope ready to hang the bunting.