Bongo Fury

We're coming for the weekend, really getting excited now!

Just a quick question - we're going straight off to Glastonbury after the Bash and have our flags all ready for that, can we put the flags up at the Bash? The pole is 5m long which sounds quite tall but isn't that bad, it just slips over a spike in the ground.

Flags are these:



No bother if we can't put them up, just interested to know.

See you all next week!

Sue and Nigel

There'll be loads of flags there

I'll defo have my flags up.

roofraisers wrote:We're coming for the weekend, really getting excited now!

Just a quick question - we're going straight off to Glastonbury after the Bash and have our flags all ready for that, can we put the flags up at the Bash? The pole is 5m long which sounds quite tall but isn't that bad, it just slips over a spike in the ground.

Flags are these:



No bother if we can't put them up, just interested to know.

See you all next week!

Sue and Nigel

Love the bongo flag, did you make it yourself?? Would like to have one as at the festivals everyone has much of the same (dragons, pirates, birds etc)

francophile1947 wrote:There'll be loads of flags there

Excellent - that's what I wanted to hear! Maybe we should have a "show us your flags" thread...

umbongocat wrote:Love the bongo flag, did you make it yourself?? Would like to have one as at the festivals everyone has much of the same (dragons, pirates, birds etc)

Yes, we had some material left over after making some cab curtains, so I thought I'd make us a flag. The bongo outline is appliqued onto both sides so the hardest bit was making the two sides line up before sewing it all together - but I managed it despite having only a hazy recollection of school sewing lessons

Sue

Yes, we had some material left over after making some cab curtains, so I thought I'd make us a flag. The bongo outline is appliqued onto both sides so the hardest bit was making the two sides line up before sewing it all together - but I managed it despite having only a hazy recollection of school sewing lessons

Sue[/quote

So how do you get the bongo outline onto the material, or does the material already have it on... confused. Would love to make a bongo flat and some bunting Bongo bunting and flags for sale would be good

umbongocat wrote:So how do you get the bongo outline onto the material, or does the material already have it on... confused. Would love to make a bongo flat and some bunting Bongo bunting and flags for sale would be good

Oh - I drew the bongo outline onto some paper and cut it out, then used that as a pattern to cut out the white shapes from some cheap white material (a sheet or pillowcase would do) then pinned it onto the green material so that the two sides matched up (the hardest part) and tacked it in place, then sewed round the edges of the bongo shapes with a sewing machine. Took me 2 days on and off, so a bit of a project...

Sue

Very neat job Sue.

roofraisers wrote:

umbongocat wrote:So how do you get the bongo outline onto the material, or does the material already have it on... confused. Would love to make a bongo flat and some bunting Bongo bunting and flags for sale would be good

Oh - I drew the bongo outline onto some paper and cut it out, then used that as a pattern to cut out the white shapes from some cheap white material (a sheet or pillowcase would do) then pinned it onto the green material so that the two sides matched up (the hardest part) and tacked it in place, then sewed round the edges of the bongo shapes with a sewing machine. Took me 2 days on and off, so a bit of a project...

Sue

Very clever, I'm useless with the needle, will have to ask a member of the family to help... looks great

Well the Weather forecast from Here Looks okay..... mainly Dry so at Least BDC wont need to be washing his Bongo everyday....... a quick wipe over should be sufficient....

mikexgough wrote:Well the Weather forecast from Here Looks okay..... mainly Dry so at Least BDC wont need to be washing his Bongo everyday....... a quick wipe over should be sufficient....

It's no problem for BDC he's got a full cover for it with a clear plastic panel over the windscreen

do we have to clean our bongos to attend the bash, I knew I had something to do this weekend

dobby wrote: do we have to clean our bongos to attend the bash, I knew I had something to do this weekend

Only if your camping next to BDC.... he wouldn't want any dirt to blow onto his Bongo....

still got volcanic ash on mine
or was it Tackeroo dust

dobby wrote: do we have to clean our bongos to attend the bash, I knew I had something to do this weekend

I cleaned mine last week! It's long way to Stourport from here which means it is pointless doing it again because it is bound to get dirty en route.

Hope I manage to speak to a few more people than my average of 7 at other meets. Time will tell, I suppose

That's our flags on the avatar (and don't worry, roofraisers, our pole is longer than yours )