Cupcake Hanger

This cupcake hanger looks really fun in my kitchen. I used three different pink fabrics for the bun cases and some chunky purple rik-rak for the hanging loops. For the backing and icing I used some white cotton sheeting. You can use whatever colours you like for the buncases and then choose some rik-rak to match. If you haven't any rik-rak you could use ribbon instead. Instructions with pictures are on the Cupcake Hanger In Pictures page.
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  1. Print off and cut out the cupcake template.
  2. Cut out a piece of patterned fabric 4" by 3 1/4" for the bun case.
  3. Cut out one piece of white fabric 4" by 2 1/4" for the icing and one piece 4" by 4" for the backing.
  4. Cut out a piece of wadding 4" by 4".
  5. Cut a length of rik rak or ribbon 4" long.
  6. Fold and press a 3/4" seam in the bun case fabric to give you a piece of fabric 4" by 2 1/2".
  7. Assemble the quilt sandwich starting with the wadding first.
  8. Fold the white backing piece in half to give a crease mark from top to bottom and then place the white backing piece on top of it.
  9. Fold the rik-rak or ribbon in half and place it down the crease mark with the cut edges at the top.
  10. Place the bun case fabric, right side down, wrong side facing you onto the sandwich. It should cover the bottom half of the quilt sandwich.
  11. Place the white icing fabric onto the quilt sandwich lining up the top edges. If you want you can pin the layers together at this stage.
  12. Place the template onto the sandwich and draw around it. I used a blue trick marker which washes away with water, you could use a pencil instead.
  13. Sew all the way around the cupcake shape with a sewing machine.
  14. Cut all around the cupcake shape leaving a narrow 1/4" seam.
  15. Turn the cupcake inside out through the gap between the icing and bun case and press with an iron. You might need a blunt pencil to push out the corners.
  16. Hand stitch quilting lines onto the bun case. I used 3 strands of dark grey embroidery cotton. You can either stitch just simple straight lines or add a curvy top.
  17. Finally I sewed a button on each one to make the cherry and hung them from a 40cm wooden spoon.