I just used my Brother's J foot, which is the foot for zigzag stitching. And yes you do go through the rope with the needle. I know it sounds "machine abusive" but it's not, at least mine didn't seem to mind at all. :)

I wrap my cord before I sew too. I can't imagine doing it the way shown on that other website. Too time consuming and ...well... fragmented. Once I get the fabric and cord glued together (gotta love that Elmer's glue), the baskets come right together!. Thanks Eddie.

you do some assum work on what ever you do.

I am very new to quilting. But I was reading and looking at the tutorial you have on these bowls. They look very interesting. I think I an going to get the supplies this weekend and try and make one. What kinda of thread do you use. Like regular sewing thread or heavy duty sewing thread. I just brought a new brother sewing machine, so I need to put it to good use. Thank You for the very good instructions.

I just used regular sewing thread, nothing special about it.

Have any of you made rag rugs like this? I am going to try this week. Bowls are great but I want a couple of rugs and my hands won't pull thru the rope and fabric. Great job of teaching, Eddie.

Thanks Eddie, I am definitely going to try this! I have a piece of material that I don't really like! :-)

I absolutely love this ! Do you think it would be possiable to continue on and somehow make a small rug ?

I am going to work on a rug with this process next week. I will let you know how it works. Can't see why not. Just keep going around flat.

thanks for the tutorial!

Thanks Eddie for the wonderful idea and the instructions,it looks the perfect way to make a rag rug. Oh,yeah,they also carry the clotheline rope and Dollar General Stores,I don't know if ya'll have them in your area but a "real" inexpensive store, thus , dollar store !! :thumbup:

Thank you for the detailed tutorial, Eddie! I attempted this a couple time but ended in tears when my needles continued to snap. I spoke to a lady in Paducah this last week who gave me some pointers so with her encouragement and this awesome post I will be trying again very soon. I'll be sure to let you know how it goes! :-D

You Da Man!! Eddie.
I can only wish to be as good as you someday.
Is that new machine room ready yet. It's almost here isn't it?


Ray..

Hi, Ray! It is ready and waiting. He's going to deliver my Gammill on Sunday. Got an empty spot just waiting on it. :D

Then I guess we won't hear from you for a while. With all of the fun on the (new) machine. Us (old) friends will have to wait for the newness to ware off.
Just remember to have pictures taken along the way. So we can see all of the beeeeauuuutiiiifullll things you have gotten done, OK?


Ray..

Hi Eddie! I can see right off I bought the wrong kind of rope for this. Well, hubby has a new rope for the boat. Next time at Walmart I'll get a cotton rope. Have you played yet with the new quilting machine? Waiting to hear what projects you got lined up.

Wow, those bowls are really pretty! Thanks for sharing how to do them!

I have read about these bowls,, but never knew how to even start it! Your step by step instructrions are perfect!!!! Thanks a million!!! I can not wait to start this project with my children,, I think they would love to play in the glue!!! LOL!!! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Thanks, this tutorial helped not only with the bowls, but seems I could use this application for a rug using larger rope. Excellent!

Aren't the fun to make, I Miss Embellish Queen so I add beads and bobbles and what knots to finished product.Thanks Eddie

I love it and seems to be simple to make ...

Wow, never seen those before. Thank you. Hope to find some line and have a go.

hmmmm, can a rug be made like this? a small one , a throw rug?

oh and another thing, about the sewing, do you do a small amount then sew the x's? is that hard to sew on the sewing machine? looks thrifty, frugal , excess scraps used etc,

does look good, the bowls, that is. Mary

Yes, I've seen small rugs made like this as well. I made placemats for our breakfast area table, too. I only sew the X once, at the very beginning of the spiral to hold it in place. Then you start at the beginning of the center doing the zigzag.

Eddie, thanks for the info! yes I'd like to see about making
placemats, coasters too. Mary

Wow, can't wait to try this. Looking for the clothes line rope. OK, when you run short, what do you do to add a new piece?

I'd just do a straight stitch across the two ends back and forth several times to hold them together, then use a good bit of glue when wrapping those ends.

Thanks for the tip--can't wait to try this!!!!

I found some at a dollar store

I love this. Your work is so neat. I am going to do this as soon as I get my clothesline. Thanks so much.

I love your instructions, thanks! I couldn't find the cotton clothesline so I bought 1/4" cotton rope. I didn't cover it with fabric as the rope looked muslin colored and natural. One package cost about $3 at Ace hardware, enough for a small size bowl. I used variegated thread and the design was nice on the natural rope. I then found synthetic clothesline at the Dollar Store. It's puffy but sews up great for coasters and small projects. The clothesline I found at Walmart is synthetic but better then then the Dollar store. It is not puffy. It made a nice sturdy bowl.

That is awesome.

Thanks for teaching this, I have always wondered how they were constructed.

I love this, thank you for sharing.

Thanks for this tutorial. I have been wanting to learn how to do this!!

Love this idea. I think I will start with coasters, this would even make a wonderful floor rug! Wonderful job in showing us how to do this!

try a hardware store

Thank you for tut. I just added a new project to my agenda. I can placements and bowls galore for presents at xmas.

I love this! I made a coaster and started on a rug- I found that my SID foot really helped to keep me on track while sewing. Thank you for the wonderful tutorial!

WOW - AWESOME TUTORIAL - THANK YOU - Can't wait to try it.