Hello lovelies!
Here’s my free tutorial on how to make your own Crochet Button Bunting Board.
This tutorial uses my Free Crochet Button Bunting Pattern which you can find here.
While I was designing the bunting, I thought I’d create a new board to display it on. Something not too large that could decoratively hang above my original bulletin board.
The bunting flags on this board are not crocheted together. Instead, they are interchangeable via the buttons. This means, that instead of having to crochet 74 separate pennants for each strip of monthly bunting, we only require 27!
So, on with the tutorial!
Button Bunting Board
TUTORIAL
by Consciously Crochet
MATERIALS
- 60cm x 20cm canvas
- 70cm x 30cm piece of burlap
- Scissors
- Staple gun
- 14mm wide x 11mm deep staples
- 70cm length of 14mm cotton tape (or bias binding)
- Thread to match your cotton tape
- A sewing needle (A Chenille needle is best because it is strong and sharp enough to pierce canvas. Make sure the eye of the needle can fit through the buttons’ holes)
- Pins (18 x pearl-headed pins will be helpful)
- 18 x 13mm buttons
- Thread to match your buttons
- Contrasting yarn for sewing lettering. I used:
MAYFLOWER Cotton 8/4 Fingering Weight (aka 4ply) (100% organic cotton, 50g/170m), “Brown” (Shade 26) x 1 - A strong, flat surface to work on
- 27 x Crochet Button Bunting Pennants
Onto these, embroider each of the following letters:
(NOTE: For help with this, charts for lettering are included in the printer-friendly ‘Crochet Button Bunting’ pattern PDF, available in my Ravelry store. Click here)
- A x 2
- B x 1
- C x 1
- D x 1
- E x 3
- F x 1
- G x 1
- H x 1
- I x 1
- J x 1
- L x 1
- M x 1
- N x 1
- O x 2
- P x 1
- R x 2
- S x 1
- T x 1
- U x 2
- V x 1
- Y x 1
INSTRUCTIONS
Step 1: Lay your piece of burlap on a smooth surface and place your canvas, face-down on top. Using your staple gun, fix the burlap to the back of the canvas. I worked from the center of each side then worked my way outwards. Stretch it nice and snug as you go.
Step 2: The month with the most letters is ‘September’. So, using this as a guide, start with the letter ‘E’ and place it in the center. Add the rest of the letters for SEPTEMBER by placing them in a neat curve.
Step 3: Place pins along the top of the flags to mark this curve.
Now you can remove the bunting from the board, but keep it to one side for Step 6.
Step 4: With the pins in place, lay the cotton tape beneath them, following the curve. Pin the cotton tape in place, onto the canvas.
NOTE: Cotton tape that is not too thick works best, as this will allow it to lie flat. Other options are:
- Ribbon
- Bias binding
- A thicker tape which is placed straight across the canvas, instead of curved.
Step 5: Hand-sew the tape onto the canvas, using matching thread.
The wooden frame will get in the way at each end. Wrap the ends of the tape to the back of the canvas and staple them down to secure.
Step 6: Lay the letters for SEPTEMBER back down as we did before, this time with the top of the flags in line with the top side of the cotton tape.
Step 7: Buttons are placed at the top corners of the flags, 2 stitches in from either side. To sew your buttons in the perfect spot, put pearl-headed pins between the bunting treble stitches to mark the correct location. Make sure not to pierce the stitches themselves, then lift the bunting off. You will then be left with pins in the perfect position. Now sew each button onto the tape and through the canvas. Align the button’s holes vertically. That is, one hole at the top and one hole at the bottom. The flag stitches sit more neatly behind the button this way. Don’t sew your buttons too tightly, otherwise your bunting will be difficult to attach and/or remove.
FINISHING OFF
All that is left now is for you to add the relevant bunting to suit the month and hang up your board! At the time of writing this tutorial, the year was coming to an end, hence the festive decorations and the urge to get organized!
I couldn’t resist playing around with hanging it in different places around my home to see what it looked like! Our berry-red wall and addition of a little hanging ornament helped add to the festive, Christmas touch!
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