From Scrap Fabric to Fairy Garden Flags

Last year were asked to review and write about Irish Fairy Doors.   It was so fun to watch the kid get really into gardening as we installed her door outside.  The only issue with where the door, and surrounding fairy garden, got placed is that it was smack dab in the middle of where our dog and the neighbours dog meet up to sniff and bark at each other through the fence.  So this year we moved her fairy garden to a safer, and larger, space.   I decided against letting her paint the fence in the new location though, instead opting to have her decorate with found items and some fun DIY garden flags. 

This flag idea tied in perfectly with the craft challenge that I am doing as well since it uses scrap fabric.  I pulled out some lightweight fabric (that I don't even remember buying), cut it to the size of flag I wanted, sewed a quick seam in, strung the flags together on some garden twine and let The Kid go creatively crazy with stamps and fabric paint. 

 

Setting up to cut the flags. I used this paperback as a template and left all the edges unfinished.

 

Sewing in the seam so that I could thread some garden twine though to allow them to hang. I went with a 5cm seam.

 

Don't cut the thread between flags - this will ensure the flags stay in place. Tie a knot in the end of your garden twine and put a safety pin in the knot to help you guide the twine through the seams for extra strength when hanging the flags.

 

 

Decorate your flags with fabric paint, sharpies, whatever you want! Hang and enjoy! Our flags say Peace on them (but it's pretty faint and hard to see).

 

 

She's already asking to do another set, when we get time to do another set of them I will look for different colours of fabric (or maybe have her help me tie-dye some) just to give the garden an extra pop of colour.  

This project took me about an hour from start to finish (from finding the material, setting up the sewing machine, cutting the flag size and shape, sewing, and stringing).  The decorating took quite a bit longer :)  This would also be a super fun birthday activity - whip up a quick set of flags and let the party goers loose to decorate and leave their mark on the birthday girl's (or boy's) fairy garden. 

Looking for more crafts?  Check out these other bloggers taking on this craft challenge year!

 Emily from A Pop of Red  

Megan from Make Something Mondays  

 

Carin from Eclectic Soapbox 

 

Martha from The Art in Martha  

 

Vanessa from Social Stampers  

 

Mary from Sew Much Love, Mary 

 

Jemma from Thimble and Twig 

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