first blush ~ and a festive seasonal bunting

 

Hello and welcome to my stop on the First Blush Blog Hop!

When I was invited to participate in this blog hop, I looked at the fabric and thought, "Oh how cute!"  When I opened the bundle a few weeks ago, it was the beginning of October and ... well ... I guess I had Halloween on the brain because I was immediately drawn to the orange, yellow, and white prints.  Next thing I knew I was making a Candy Corn Bunting.

These versatile prints worked so well for this no-sew craft project.  They're super fun to mix and match and are the perfect scale.

I lined each linen triangle with fusible interfacing for body and to support the eyelets.  Then I just used fusible web to adhere the candy corn pieces to each triangle.  I made sure the darkest fabric (orange) is on top so it wouldn't "shadow" through the lighter colours if it was underneath.  And I didn't even bother machine stitching around the edges.  (Shhh, don't tell my mom!)  I suppose I should have, but I figured this bunting isn't going to see any wear.  So I left it raw. ;)

This project required a few trips to the fabric store.  The first time I bought the eyelets, and super skinny ribbon & tulle in orange, yellow and white.

Unfortunately, the skinny ribbon was too skinny.  It just looked super wimpy.  And the tulle?  It is soooooo wispy that I needed way too much volume to make it visible.  So I reluctantly let that element go, and went for a wider ribbon.  It turned out great.  The ribbons really play well with the prints.  And it looks great on my mantle!

Hope my little seasonal make inspires you to be creative with First Blush!  Here are all the other stops on this hop.  

 October 10 – Chris Dodsley, Made by Chrissie D
 October 11 – Sinta at Pincushion (that's me)!
 October 12 -  Fat Quarter Shop
October 13- Windham/Two Blondes and a Sewing Machine
 October 14- Jennie at Clover and Violet
 October 15- Aurifil- Erin Sampson
 October 16- Tina Egner
 October 17 – Me
 October 18 – Allison Harris
 October 19 – Erin Cox
 October 20 – Angie Wilson Gnome Angel
October 21 – Debbie at happy little cottage
 October 22 – Heidi Staples
October 23 – Leanne Elliott
 October 24- Greg Jones Grey Dogwood Studio
 October 25- Wendy Sheppard Ivory Spring
 October 26 – Stephanie Lynn Denton
 October 27 – Lisa Ruble

Now for the super fun part.  For every day of the hop, Windham Fabrics is giving away a First Blush FQ bundle PLUS a small thread box of First Blush from Aurifil!  

To enter today's giveaway, leave me a comment here with yoru favourite Halloween decoration. Contest closes Thursday, October 27^th and is open to all. Winners will be chosen randomly from comments posted on blog posts and will be announced Friday, October 28^th.

Good luck! xo k

Comments

[diane]

Love the candy corn bunting! Super cute! My friend and I are on a quest to find velvet to make velvet pumpkins for Halloween.

[Sandra]

I love to use pumpkin to make Jack the Lantern.

[Cindy from Sacramento]

Your bunting is crazy cute and you got a chance to use yellow. My favorite Halloween decoration is a 3 foot tall witch I made about 15 years ago with long orange raffia hair, a green felt face, and big plastic bugs on her dress. She fits over a tomato cage. It's exra special because my cat who is since deceased chewed her hand and although someone wanted to buy her I couldn't part with her because my Raley bit her. She looks out the window every day.

[Kelly]

My new fave Halloween decor is your garland!!!

[Carolyn Sands]

I have a cute ghost I hang in a window! Thanks for a chance to win.

[Susan F]

My favorite decoration is our candy bowl. It is a pumpkin carved out of wood and it always puts me in the Halloween spirit. Thank you for the giveaway!

[Rosalind Gutierrez]

My aunt made me an orange velour pumpkin I like to decorate the table with.

[Melody Lutz]

I like fresh mini pumpkins, this year found a "long stem" mini that has got to be my favorite.

[Vanessa]

An old ceramic witch I painted ages ago, we called her Wicky the Witch

[Jocelyn]

So cute! I love decorating with pumpkins during this time of year. Thanks for sharing.

[Tamara]

I love glass pumpkins...the shape, the delicate work on the stem, it all comes together for me.

[Mary Lou]

I just got back from Disney World. I got a Mickey Mouse jack-o-lantern, and I have to say he is my favorite Halloween decoration!

[Sandie @crazy'boutquilts]

Your candy corn are cute! Thanks for the fun!

[Barb K.]

This is such a beautiful bundle of fabric--so many colors and so many ideas!

[Patty D]

What fun garland! So festive looking!

[Lisa Marie]

We moved into our first house (many years ago!) just before Halloween so I bought a ceramic jack-o-lantern with a light in it for our first decoration. It's my favorite for sentimental reasons.

[Barb K.]

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays--Full moons, bats, cats, leaves and pumpkins are all great!

[marcella]

Years ago I bought some pre-carved foam pumpkins at Target. You plug them in and they light up and made the best decorations for my big kitchen window. I use cake plates to lift some of them up higher.

[Eliza]

I like to make acorn garlands

[Linda Webster]

I have an applique pumpkin table topper that I made quite a few years ago. I love the colours in the First Blush Bundle.

[Deb]

pumpkins (more for fall than halloween)

[Mary D]

I would decorate for Fall with small pumpkins & gourds. I love the variety of gourds available. I have a Fall tablerunner with a ceramic handmade dish full of different colored gourds sitting out. Halloween is not a specific holiday I decorate for normally.

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[Kris]

There is no real Halloween culture here in Germany but I love cute decorated cakes and cookies as well as funny table toppers and pillow covers...

I love the First Blush prints really much, so fun a nd bright!

[Mary Preston]

Gorgeous bunting. Mine has to be a pumpkin wall hanging.


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[Tammy]

I like to bring in long strands of bittersweet, with the leaves taken off. The yellow-orange berries open up to reveal dark orange underneath - nice contrast. We put these on our mantel. Thank you for this giveaway!

[Nancy]

I love the table runner that I made. I made it a hexagon shape and used my embroidery machine to embroidery a Halloween design in each of the wedges. Using Halloween fabric, it is really cute!!

[Sallie]

I love pumpkins! Your candy corn bunting is so cute! Thanks for sharing!

[Becky T]

I love me some Witches for the Halloween decorating!

[Bunny]

Actually, I'm not a fan of Halloween, but I do like pumpkins!

[asteride]

For Halloween I love to have a lot of Yankee Candles around and a carved pumpkin.

[Gill]

Carved pumpkins with a candle inside!

[Tammy]

My favorite Halloween decoration is a quilt I made with my grandchildren.👻 🎃 I love making fabric pumpkins in different shapes and sizes and little goodie bags too! I'm really in love with your sweet candy corn bunting and hope you don't mind me copying your pretty make!😘💕

[Leanne]

that bunting is so cute - love the orange and yellows of this sweet fabric range :)

[MaryBeth]

I love taking my grandchildren trick or treating. I usually make their Halloween costumes too.

[anna]

mums in all colors on the porch step

[Connie]

The most beautiful wreath hanging on my door. Handmade my me.

[beadgirl]

My favorite decoration is really a collection of them -- pumpkins I've made or altered over the years. I have a crocheted one, a velvet one with a real stem, a plastic one I cross-stitched on with yarn, another I covered with book pages, etc.

[Sara]

My generation of Belgians doesn't really "do" Halloween. I didn't even know such a festival existed until we moved abroad and became part of an expat community with many Americans in it. There my brothers and I enjoyed joining the celebrations of our friends. Since a few years all the shops in Belgium seem to go orange and black in October and a sort of heavily commercialized version of Halloween is "celebrated" here, too. Although so far I haven't done any real Halloween decorating, I do like pumpkins, or orange and purple Chrysanthemums (the flower of choice to put on the graves of loved ones for All Saints in Belgium, maybe in the US, too?).
It's a really pretty fabric line. I would love to win some. I would make more teacups, like the ones here: http://meynensoutenboom.blogspot.be/2016/07/an-extra-block-and-tea-fot-two-tea-cup.html.

[Jayne]

I love pumkins, all shapes and sizes.

[rebecca]

I love the tiny fall lights with the leaf garland outside on the railing by our front door.

[MIchelle Elford]

So cute! I really want to make a fun quilt

[Camille]

Every First Blush Hop stop offers new inspiration! Thanks. Halloween is my favorite holiday and I have many wall hangings and table toppers to decorate the house.

[Helen Barry]

We don't tend to celebrate Halloween in New Zealand, although it is starting to become a thing. I have just purchased a pattern to make some little wool felt pumpkins. Hopefully I'll get them done in time to have a basket of them on display.

[Susan]

I love all the Halloween and Fall Season colors, candy, pumpkins, etc., but this year I made a cute Halloween pumpkin pillow - from Cluck Cluck's quilt pattern. This is my favorite decoration! I hope to do the quilt next year. Love your blog and all your great posts! Thanks for a great give away!

[Kellie Warren]

Halloween is my husbands FAVORITE holiday so he can be silly, and I love fall...so we DECORATE. Ihave so many things I love I dont think there is a favorite, but if I chose something I MADE that was my favorite it would be the little decorative quilted fall leaves I made to lay out around a centerpiece on my table. They turned out ammmmazing. I made the table runner, the pumpkins and so much more too, and lots and lots of goofy Halloween items for my grandkids and the biggest kid of them all...my hubby.

[carol]

I love your sweet bunting in those sugary soft colours - such a nice change from the classic Halloween orange and black. I tend to decorate with a mix of brights in a Day of the Dead style palette, with lots of skulls thrown in.

[tonia]

Love your banner. My favorite deco and a assembly of gordes HD painted and things the kids made years ago.

[Susie]

My favorite Halloween decoration is a mini stuffed black cat, in Halloween fabric of black and orange dots!
(I have a real black kitty named Whiskers. )
Your candy corn bunting is pretty!

[Amy]

What a great decorating idea!

[sam]

Oh your bunting is so super sweet. Would love to see it in my great niece's bedroom. My favorite Halloween decoration is a little pumpkin mug my daughter made when she was in second grade. I have cherished it for many year.