Advent Bunting..tree style

[PlumCrafty]

I've been thinking about making an advent calendar of late, but I have not really wanted to do the box or bag on a board thing. I've also had a bit of bunting fetish this year so what could be more natural than to combine the two?

However, as we all know, flags aren't particularly festive, so how do I make standard bunting more appropriate for Yuletide? After much thinking and absolutely no research (why make it easy for myself?), I decided the best way was to invert the flags and turn them into simple Christmas tree shapes. That way they are not too complicated and I could use the "base" as the pocket for the advent treat. So here is my version of the advent bunting calendar...


All the fabric was from my stash, *but* I didn't have enough of any one Christmas themed fabric, so I created "cool" colour bunting for the even numbers and "warm" colour bunting for the odd numbers. The base pockets were cut from small different fabrics that matched (sort off), with 4 different bases for each set. The ribbon is just bias tape I had lying around, double stitched for strength.


The pockets are just large enough for a few coins (in this case, Swiss Francs), a chocolate or a very small toy. The lettering was cut from felt that I had lying around. It was a super stash-busting exercise, I didn't buy anything for it. Yay!


They are rather rustic, but I like them. As always, comments extremely welcome, and if anyone does their version, I would love to see it!
Happy Crafting
 

[Skrabadoo]

I love this!   

How did you sew on the bias tape?  I don't see stitching through the trees?

[Smmarrt]

What a cute idea! Very nicely done.
Pinning and stealing (the idea!)

[PlumCrafty]

Steal away, Smmarrt, but I wanna see photos! 

The bias tape is sewn through the trees, Skrabadoo. I left holes for this and the pocked so I could just sew around the tree edge at the end to stitch it all up.

I took some photos whilst it was WIP if anyone wants a mini-tutorial....? Though I'm sure more experienced seamstresses than me will be able to do it more elegantly and efficiently.

[Subee]

My craft room is packed away as we are getting ready to move across the country. I am bookmarking this to make once I can get my hands on my stuff
Thanks!

[PlumCrafty]

Good luck with your move, Subee, and if you do make your own, I've love to see it! 

[Skrabadoo]

That makes sense, they look great BTW