I get so excited about sprucing up around the outside of the house around the 4th. I found this cute idea to make these 4th of July Buntings that you see hanging everywhere. Over at "
Under the Table and Dreaming" she shows a tutorial as to how she made it.
Here are some simple steps as to what I did... I picked up some inexpensive cotton fabric at Wallmart (2/3yds of red, wh, & blue), a couple of small dowels, and some Heat & Bond. This will be enough supplies to make two.
Cut the Red and Blue 12" by 45" and the white 8" X 45".
then heat & bond them together with an iron to create one piece of fabric.
Then accordian fold, and iron, 2" pleats back and forth.

Now you will have one long piece of 45" x 2" folded up.
You should be able to pick it up to judge the center.

Now place a safety pin on the wrong side through all three thicknesses at the center.
Lay the dowel at one end of the bunting to hang & keep it straight at the top.
Place the dowel on the wrong side of the top of the fabric, and heat and bond it together.
Trim the fabric the length of the dowel.

Now when you hold it up it will fall into place and you can glue, or heat and bond the middle pieces together.
A very simple an easy project of about 30 minutes for each bunting.
I used some light weight wire to just stick through the fabric and wrap around my fence posts. Easy enough to clip away after the hoiday.
As you can see this is just a very simple inexpensive way to spruce up your home for the 4th of July.
Voila!!! A Festive and fun 4th of July project!