Broken Umbrella ~ Garden Bunting

Last week the kids and I finally got fed up of being stuck indoors watching the rain so I shoved the kids out side armed with umbrellas and mittens { I did try to convince them to put their rain jackets on, but apparently  mittens are suffice, there really is no reasoning with them }

So the kids are outside screaming at the raindrops, as you do, each with their own brolly, doing their thing.

And this happens……

My favourite umbrella gets snapped in half.

After a suitable period of mourning, I’m real fussy about umbrellas, I decided I couldn’t just throw it away, it has polka dots after all!

Having thought about it for a wee while, I decided that I would use it to make some bunting for the garden, it is after all waterproof so wont go manky in the rain, hurrah!

After letting it dry, I then snipped the cotton ties which hold the fabric to the frame.

I then unscrewed the top stopper thingy which separated the frame and fabric, once it was all separated I cut out each segment  of the fabric.

Using a template I drew as many flags as I could on each piece of fabric, then cut them out.

I must admit, I’ve never thought of ironing an umbrella, and to be honest I wouldn’t recommend it, unless you are using THE LOWEST possible setting.

I really did not want to even think about sewing this fabric, so I used my trusty hot glue gun to attach each flag to some cotton tape.

I then popped outside { Got the fright of my life from the boys banging on the window when they should be asleep } and strung the bunting up.

Something pretty to look at whilst doing the dishes at the kitchen sink.

Ohhh talking of pretty things to look at whilst doing the washing up, do you like my little collection of VW cars?

Teeny tiny cuteness.

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