My First Fabric Bowl

More about the Smoky Mountain Quilters...If you’ve never been to one of their shows, it’s amazing! Overflowing with talent and loads of “eye candy”. My mom and I have attended their quilt show the past few years and have never been disappointed.

While we were there we saw a vendor demonstrating a technique for making fabric bowls, and I just had to try it out. Basically it is made by wrapping strips of fabric around cotton clothesline and zig-zag stitching it together as you coil it.

Here is my first bowl. It was really fun!



There is a book written about the technique, "It’s a Wrap" by Susan Breier. Check it out if you are interested.



My very, very first piece ended early on because I realized I wanted to use a shiny thread instead of plain cotton, my tension was off, and I didn’t want the lighter strips in it...but it makes a lovely coaster! I’ve been using it beside my keyboard, and it makes me smile.