When we moved into this house in July we knew which room we wanted to transform first. Up on the top floor was a large, bright room with a huge skylight window, and it had been earmarked for my new studio space. My excitement drove me to strip the walls two days after we’d moved in! Four months later it has been renovated, had water installed, decorated and been used and lived in for a while. And I’d love to show it to you, beginning with this little project…
This paper bunting came about because I had ‘painting block’ following the house move and because I knew I wanted bunting up in my new studio but wanted something more authentic to me as a painter rather than a sewer (although I love to do both).
I began by doodling some plants and animals out of a favourite old book in order to get some painting going again. Then I stretched a whole sheet of brown paper onto a table top. Once it had dried taut again I cut out the triangles and also some lettering to read “Paint Drops Keep Falling”.
I glued a letter and a few painted motifs to each triangle and then coated it with a layer of PVA glue to ‘varnish’ it. Once it was all dried it wasn’t hard to peel it from the table as it hadn’t stretched tight completely. Then I cut them out and backed them with plain ‘varnished’ triangles.
I bought some bakers twine, which is lovely and soft. Then I folded over each top flap on every triangle making a pocket for the twine, and in this way strung them all together. You could make a paper banner for anything…I’d toyed with a ‘Noel’ one for Christmas. I’ll show you the rest of the display board in a few days. Have a good week 🙂
