Join the Alton Bunting Bee

Would you like to do your bit to make Alton more colourful during the festival? Then join the Alton Bunting Bee. We’re asking Altonians to create pennants using the template below and drop them off to our collection boxes in the Library and the Community Centre. Volunteers will then sew them together into oh-sew-beautiful garlands to decorate the town.

Please follow these guidelines to make your pennant.

• Use the pattern or dimensions provided to make one or more double-sided pennants

• To fit with the theme of sustainable art, we’d like you to use clean, repurposed fabric. This could be from bedding, furnishings, or clothing (very lightweight or stretch fabrics not suitable)

• Sew the pieces together with wrong sides together, leaving a raw edge – don’t turn through. You can hand or machine stitch (straight stitch, zig-zag or overlocked)

• Feel free to customise your pennant with an eye-catching design using appliqué, embellishments etc

• When complete, take your pennant to one of the collection points where a team of volunteers will be sewing them all together to make a garland.

• Have fun spotting your pennant when the bunting adorns the streets of Alton in July!

Any questions, email info@altonartsfestival.com

Bunting template.pdf

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