Burnley Bunting for the BBC

We have just dispatched a Bespoke package of bunting in Burnley Football Club colours to the BBC for a recording later this week: watch out for Zigzag bunting on programme six of 'The Speaker' BBC2 in February/March. Remember we can make this bunting in any combination of plain colours for you, SO much nicer to have fabric bunting than tacky plastic.

Fabrics Galore

We have loads of glorious cottons here at Zigzag barn, all waiting to be made into bunting or fabric hearts, so I thought I should pop some sample pictures on this blog to give you just a flavour of what we have: this is a selection of Seaside pastels and brights to start us off:

New Buntings are on their way...

We have been just too busy lately to get all our lovely fabrics made into bunting and up on the website: here are just a couple of the new buntings waiting their turn, Lilac Garden and Stars & Stripes

Personalising your Bunting

We have lots of requests about personalising bunting for birthdays, weddings and special gifts. All our lettering is cut by hand from co-ordinating fabric, so you can have any effect you like: we have made bunting with bold lettering for sales events, soft and feminine lettering for girly bedrooms, and everything in between. Your personalised bunting will be truly individual.

This is some matching boys and girls bunting we created as a gift from the perfect Auntie!

Butterflies and Blues

I am in the middle of making some gorgeous bunting for a bride getting married soon in New Zealand, and just had to show you the colours. This is about half of the mixture of lilacs and blues that she has asked for, with a floral and butterfly theme. It is going to look wonderful!

Plus we are adding to our Nautical Mini Buntings, with a couple of boat-themed buntings for all you jolly sailors (and they would look great too for a beach house!)

Gingham Rose Buntings

I haven't put any of our cute gingham mini-buntings on the website yet, but they look so sweet I wanted you to see them. These are made from Laura Ashley fabrics and look wonderful in the nursery, or for parties, christenings and other occasions.

Gorgeous Fabric Hearts

We are going even more green here at Zigzag, making sure we use every last bit of our lovely cotton fabrics.

Our latest idea is to make these gorgeous padded hearts, which can be used as wedding favours or door hangers for pretty bedrooms. Aren't they cute? We have filled them with pure cotton wadding from another local business here in the Test Valley, and have raided Grandma's button box for some charming buttons.

The hearts can be spritzed with your favourite scent, and we plan to make some more filled with lavender. What a lovely gift idea!

Union Jack Bunting

I have just finished an order for lots of lovely double-sided cotton bunting in our Union Jack fabric, destined for the Royal Exchange Theatre's Christmas production. This has all been antiqued to give a 1950's feel and really came out a treat !

This was our first time making the bunting flags rectangular rather than triangular, and left us with lots of smaller offcuts of fabric, so now I am going to design some new mini-bunting in this style: watch this space.

Welcome to the Zigzag Blog!

Hello and welcome, we have finally made it to the blogosphere and can give you a peek behind the scenes at our busy Zigzag workshop.

I am looking forward to keeping you up to date with our latest fabrics and designs, the website is just too slow to keep track of all the lovely bunting we are making, and we have some gorgeous fabrics just waiting to be sewn up for you!

Please check back often to see what we have to offer, we are always designing new buntings, wedding favours and gifts, and this is the perfect place for you to let us know what you want. Tell us you need some unusual bunting and we will try to make it for you. See some fabrics you would just love to mix, let us know and we will design a bunting just for you!

Please also send in your photos of our bunting in use, we have made lots of wonderful bunting for weddings, parties, special occasions and special rooms, and would just love to share these with you.

Very bestest wishes,

Kim