Home Sweet Home...

When we arrived at our rented house in Sydney we didn't have a stick of furniture as it was all coming over by ship from the UK. It was my son's birthday and I was really keen to make it as 'homely' as possible without spending too much particularly as we knew that our other stuff would turn up in a large container at some point (when exactly that would be was anyones guess!). It was the perfect time to tackle bunting and matching table cloth. To keep it nice and simple I used just two fabrics, a cheerful blue Birthday cake design and an old yellow sheet (to line the bunting flags). My trusty sewing machine still hadn't arrived so the whole job had to be done completely by hand. It took 3 hours but the end result was exactly what I wanted. A neighbour kindly offered to let us borrow her folding picnic table and chairs and once we decorated it with the table cloth and lovely bunting it looked very homely and didn't feel like we were missing anything. The moment of truth was my son's reaction on the morning of his birthday - as he came downstairs his eyes widened and lit up with excitement, I knew it was a success! Both the bunting and table cloth have been used again for my daughter's party so it's already becoming part of our family Birthday ritual and for me that's what makes it home no matter where you are.