Blog Giveaway Day 2 - Sew Bunting by Debbie Shore

Here we have our second book in this weeks Blog Giveaway:

Sew Bunting

Simple and stunning garlands to style your home

Debbie Shore

ISBN 978-1-84448-949-7

Price £9.99

www.searchpress.com

Bunting has made its way into the nations collective consciousness and is a pretty way to decorate a room.  Using fabric for bunting increases its longevity and flexibility because you can piece different fabrics together and create pockets, layers, folds and pleats with ease.

Felt Bunting

Debbie Shore here gives a new twist to traditional bunting.  There are 29 projects to do and the basic tools you will need are a rotary cutter, mat and quilting ruler.  There are useful tips at the beginning about how to approach making your bunting, for example not to add too many embellishments which might make your bunting too heavy.

Starting with a simple design of bunting is a good introduction to the techniques that will follow and give you a good basic knowledge of how to approach this technique.  You move onto Advent Bunting, Applique Bunting (a die-cutting machine will come in handy here and you will be able to adapt your designs to shapes you would like to have in your bunting).

Heart-Felt Bunting

Steampunk Bunting

Applique Bunting

Blackboard Bunting

There are some interesting patterns here which are quite original.  Blackboard paint is used to create black bunting triangles which can be drawn on with chalk to customise the design, and you can use children’s designs to cut out bunting pieces and put together.  There are themed pieces, such as Halloween and Wedding bunting, and the projects are also made interesting by different scales, so that you get mini decorations for lampshades and tote bags.

There is a good range of designs and shapes and some creativity in its approach, given that there are some patterns given where you would create the design and print onto fabric sheets to make up.  There is enough variety to make it a worthy subject of a whole book, and Debbie Shore creates very user-friendly patterns and themes in her latest book.  Again, these patterns would be good for children and those with basic sewing skills but there are enough ideas included for someone more experience to take the initiative and move forward with what is started here. 

My blog giveaway is running over the next few weeks.  Every day this week I will be posting a review of each of the books I am giving away.  Please leave a comment on my blog, comment on and Like my Catch a Crumpsey Facebook Page or email me at catchacrumpsey@gmail.com, stating which book you would like.

Tomorrows book will be Making Cushion Covers by Debbie Shore.

After the competition has closed, I will randomly choose a winner for each book title from those people who specified that book.  I will announce the winners on my blog and Facebook pages!

Closing Date for Blog Giveaway: Sunday 18 May 2014

Winners will be announced the following week!

In order for entries to be processed, your e-mail address will be passed onto Search Press with your permission.  I have been assured that your details will not be used for anything other than adding you to their mailing list to advise you of forthcoming titles and any promotions and your mailing address used so that Search Press can send your their new catalogue.  Your details will not be passed onto third parties or used for any other purpose.  Please email me on the above email address if you have any queries about this.