Well! The silly season is definitely upon us and preparations are well underway with decking the halls at Bully Bus HQ.
The final theme for this year is ‘Christmas’ and this week I’ve been making some tree decorations – VW themed of course 😉
Want to have a go too? Here’s how to make your own splitscreen bus decoration out of scraps of wool felt …….
First you’ll need to create a few templates for the main body of the bus, the top, bumper and windows. I drew mine on to pieces of card and then traced round each shape on to the reverse of the felt before cutting. I also wanted to add a holly and jingle bell berries embellishment – but luckily I’ve got a sizzix die that makes light work of that bit of cutting out!
Now to start piecing everything together; The first job is to sew the windows in place.
Now add the splitscreen top to the main body of the bus and sew.
Attach the bumper.
Add button headlights.
Make two little loops out of black satin ribbon for the wheels, add a loop for hanging and then sandwich the front and back pieces together before stitching all the way round to finish. Secure the holly ‘berries in place with a few stitches and ‘Hey Presto!’ You’ve got yourself a cute VW themed decoration to hang on the tree……
Looks lovely dun’t it?
These are really easy to make and don’t take too long to stitch together; Why not have a go for yourself and trim your tree with the classiest decorations around?
Happy Stitching Folks!!!!
The Big Blue Bully Bus 