I thought this was going to be quick and easy...

 

The Seamstar craft kit for February was some particularly lovely spring bunting.  Luckily for me, my daughter's name is palindromic in shape, so the fussy bit of ironing on letters in reverse was stress-free, and the bunting was relatively simple to make (although it did take a little longer than the "leisurely afternoon" I was promised.

Here's her bunting.  As you can see - each end has a nice simple heart with a word and a little button sewn on for good measure.

"I want bunting too for my new room!" says Asher.  Since we are not moving for a little while, I think this is certainly within the realms of possibility.  "And I want robots at each end!"  OK, no problem.  Hmmm. Not only is his name an irritating two whole letters longer than Ava's, it's even palindromic.  I consider just doing an A in the middle of two robots.  Apparently this is not acceptable.  So tonight I finished robot no.1. The enjoyment of his creation was hampered quite significantly by the knowledge that I have to make another, identical one before I can get on with sewing the flags up.