How to Make Vintage Dish Towel Bunting

This bunting would look fantastic in a kitchen. It uses a crazy patchwork technique, where strips of fabric are layered over each other to give a random collage effect. This project comes from A Passion for Quilting by Nicki Trench, CICO Books.

Materials & tools you will need

• Eight or nine vintage dish towels in different styles and patterns 
• Nine x 12 in. (30 cm) squares of red gingham fabric for backing 
• 128 in. (3.25 m) jumbo rick-rack, red 
• Scissors
• Sewing machine
• Needle & Thread

Finished size: Length: approx. 94 in. (2.4 m); Each flag is approx. 10½ in. (27 cm) tall 

This project was featured in Issue 45 Ingenuity.

Free downloadable complete instructions are available.