jc469273

These are very nice. You did a great job.

klarina

Great job.

clem55

love them, very pretty!

RenaB

Those are gorgeous!!

RenaB

Is there plastic in the bottom of the third one or just fabric only?

Jim's Gem

What beautiful bowls!!!

greencat

Very nice bowls!
Sometimes when I use dark colors on some bowls or postcards, I have to satin stitch two (or three) times around the edges.

lolo307

Superbeeeee et trés originale

k3n

Only fabric - I ironed fusible to all the fabric and there is low loft poly batting inside. The centre squares therefore have four layers of fabric/fusible as well as the batting, which gives the stiffness. I'm working on another to get the satin stitch better - it's the first part of sewing up the side that is tricky.

Thanks for the tip about going round the edge more than once though - perhaps if I do a wider zig zag first then go over that with satin stitch, that would work better. I'll try and report back. :-D I'm also going to try one with Fast 2 Fuse today.

k3n

OK - I just made one with the Fast 2 Fuse and in spite of it being smaller (I only had an 8" square) hence more fiddly, I think it's OK. Butterflywing suggested I zigzagged the sides from the centre out first to hold them then satin stitch over the top and this worked brilliantly. I also went twice round the rim with the satin stitch as greencat suggested and that combined with the fact that the Fast 2 Fuse is more stable worked fine. It's still a little bit lumpy here and there but I think it's OK. I don't know what was going on with my tension though that I got that two-tone effect on the back but I quite like it!

Anyway, I'm going to get some more Fast 2 Fuse and persevere. I need to really have it down pat if I want to teach it in my workshop. :lol: