BellaBoo

I like making the fabric bowls from cotton clothesline. Ami Simms has a great tutorial on her website how to make them. She dyes her clothesline and doesn't wrap it in fabric. Great idea! She makes nice fancy edges to her bowls too. She calls it Bowling. She's so fun. :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

http://www.amisimms.com/botu.html

I asked DH to pick up more clothesline for me today and he called from the hardware and asked will braided cotton rope work? I said I don't know, get some and I'll see. It worked great. And so much cheaper then the package of clothesline cotton. DH said it came in different thickness, he bought 9/64" (little over 1/8" inch thickness) 48ft for $2. 39 at Ace Hardware. (Pre cut package so it cost more then buying per foot off the roll. He said he was in a hurry but it came with a nifty rope holder) It made a very nice small bowl. I'll be buying at least 100 foot for a bigger table size bowl. I use variegated thread and sew the rope plain for a neat look or use neutral thread and stencil or paint the bowl, like pottery.

Fiber Artist

Thank-you!

Quilter7x

Did you post a picture of yours? It sounds intriguing.

ScubaK

Post a picture please!
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sewcrafty

That's really neat!! I'll have to keep that in mind. I wonder how hard an oval one would be to do?

reach for the stars 2

I love her bowls, purses and rugs. She is inspiring.

woody1229

Thanks for the link - she has a section on her site called 'the WORST Quilt in the World Contest' that is absolutely hysterical! Check it out!

littlehud

I like the idea of dying the rope. I'm going to try this.

craftybear

love to see a photo of your bowl, come on we are begging you!

sharone

I love rope bowls and have done a number of them. I do them in between projects. Please post some pics of your bowls.