How to make heart macrame bunting

Fancy testing out your macramé skills? Give our free DIY a go and make yourself some heart macrame bunting to decorate your home with.

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Isabella Strambio

Published: March 29, 2021 at 10:09 am

Learn how to make macrame with our step by step macrame bunting tutorial. Test out the new skills you’ve learnt from our library of basic macrame knots on this beautiful heart bunting project by the lovely Isabella of @_twome.

Hang it in your home, decorate a little un’s bedroom, or give as a last minute Christmas gift to become the no.1 friend. For this DIY you’ll need to use T-shirt yarn (learn how to make t shirt yarn with our tutorial) that’s very stretchy. When cutting to size, don’t stretch the yarn, but when fixing the main strand to the work surface, stretch the yarn to give a better tension. Practise square knots a few times to find out how stretchy the yarn is, as it’ll differ for each brand.

Once you've finished your very own macrame heart banner, sse our hashtags for macramé blog post to share your creation with the world! Make sure you add #molliemakers in that Insta caption too so we can see your new make and give you all the likes.

This project was first featured in Mollie Makes magazine. For more bunting inspiration, you might also like our guide to how to make bunting with fabric.

Looking for more macrame inspiration? Check out our round-up of free macrame patterns.

Macrame heart bunting supplies

T-shirt yarn, 74m (81 yds) – we used Bobbiny in Delicate Rose Pink
Masking tape

Brush up on your macramé skills with our library of basic macrame knots blog post. It will teach you all the knotting techniques you need!

Macrame heart bunting instructions

You will need:

tshirt yarn
Masking tape

Step 1

Cut a 2m (78⁷⁄₈) length of T-shirt yarn. This will be the main length of yarn that the five heart-shaped flags will hang from.

Step 2

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Cut 12 120cm (47¼”) lengths of T-shirt yarn and put aside. Repeat four more times. 12 yarn lengths are required for each flag.

Step 3

Fix one end of the 2m (78⁷/₈“) yarn length to the work surface with two pieces of masking tape, leaving a gap of approximately 25cm (9⁷/₈“) in between them to work in.

Step 4

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Using lark’s head knot, attach 12 of the shorter yarn lengths to the main yarn length as shown. There should now be 24 yarn lengths hanging down.

Step 5

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Starting from the left, use lengths 5, 6, 7 and 8 to make the first square knot. Leave a gap of approximately 2cm (¾”) at the top above the knot.

Step 6

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Next, add two square knots underneath using lengths 3, 4, 5 and 6, and then 7, 8, 9 and 10.

Step 7

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Next, add three square knots underneath the previous ones using lengths 1, 2, 3 and 4, then 5, 6, 7 and 8, then 9, 10, 11 and 12.

Step 8

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Repeat Steps 5-7 with the remaining 12 yarn lengths on your right. Lengths 5, 6, 7 and 8 become lengths 17, 18, 19 and 20 instead. This will create two triangles, forming the top of the heart.

Step 9

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Join the two sections by adding a square knot in the middle, underneath the last row.

Step 10

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Add two square knots on the left and two on the right to form a row of five square knots.

Step 11

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Now, add a row of six square knots underneath.

Step 12

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Under that, always working in the centre, add five square knots; then four knots, then three, then two and one last square knot.

Step 13

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Using a tape measure as a guide, cut the fringe into a point, as shown.

Step 14

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Finally, remove the masking tape, place two new pieces on the main strand as per Step 3, then repeat Steps 4-12 four more times to finish your macrame bunting.

We hope you have fun making your macrame heart bunting, we think it would make great wedding decor. For more macrame projects check out our DIY garden chair and our beginner macrame wall hanging. We’ll also teach you how to make a macrame plant hanger here on our blog.

Isabella Strambio

Macrame Artist

Isabella Strambio is a macrame artist, educator and author. She turned her passion for macrame into a business after the success of her blog, TwoMe, following her journey to learn 12 crafts in 12 months and falling in love with the art of knotting. She is a big advocate of using natural & recycled materials for her work as well as the benefits of macrame for mental health. She describes macrame as “the yoga for the mind”. Her mission is to share her knowledge and encourage others to tap and explore their creativity through the art of knotting. She has been featured on the Sunday Telegraph, ‘Macrame- Make time for yourself’ GMC magazine, Kirstie's Handmade Christmas, Psychologies, GoodHomes magazine and regularly writes macrame tutorials for magazines like Mollie Makes, In the Moment, Hobby crafts and Goodhouse Keeping. Her first macrame book ‘Macrame for the modern home” come out in April 2020. She regularly runs live workshops for private clients, events and team-building around the UK as well as teaching successful macrame online courses and group programs.