Create a one-of-a-kind bunting that tells your story through texture, layers, and intention.
In this inspiring mixed media class, you’ll explore the art of combining fabric, paper, fibres, metal, and a varied collection of ephemera to craft a series of beautifully connected pieces that come together as a unique bunting. Each flag becomes a small canvas—an expression of memory, meaning, and creative freedom.
Through intuitive layering and playful experimentation, you’ll learn how to blend contrasting soft and structured materials, allowing contrast and harmony to emerge naturally. Frayed edges, original papers, and unique elements will be layered and adhered together through sewing, stitching, stapling and glueing, creating depth, movement, and a sense of soulful cohesion.
This process is an invitation to slow down, to honour the beauty in the pieces you create and gather, and to transform the ordinary into something deeply personal and meaningful.
Leave with a finished bunting, or hang the pieces separately in your space as a gentle reminder of your creativity, your story, and the beauty found in bringing it all together.
Materials Fee: $28 in cash paid to instructor at beginning of class
(Some supplies are shared, some you will keep).
water color paper
modelling paste
stencils
acrylic inks
cotton muslin
plain cotton fabric
mixed media paper
wool
fibres
lace
cheesecloth
embroidery floss
needle
gel medium and brush
word stickers
rusty metal elements (wire, hinge clips, gromits, brads, washers, paper clips, chain, safety pins, loop pins, star, mini bells)
beads, pearls
teabags
coffee filters
stamps, ink pad
vintage text paper
wooden clips
seashell buttons
mini glass bottle
Supplies needed to bring for class:
palette knife
palette tray for holding inks
water color brush, medium sized
a variety of ephemera to attach to the bunting pieces such as: shells, twigs, feathers, rusted objects, pieces from your stash, mini thread spools, doilies
extra wool, fibres, lace in the color palette of your liking for extra choice
fabric pieces in the color palette of your choice
extra beads to match your color palette
scissors
stapler (bring extra staples just in case)
dried botanicals to attach eg) grasses, maple seeds, bunch of berries, silver dollars (Lunaria)
a few buttons
heat tool
glass to hold water for cleaning brushes
Optional items but nice to have:
wet wipes
gloves for working with ink
To pre-order supplies, click on this link for Cobblestone Creek Studios.