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Clothesline 1 by ~PepperSunlight:iconPepperSunlight:

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©2006-2009 ~PepperSunlight
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This is the first in a series I will be adding to within the next week or two. I have made several bowls and baskets with this technique, and I also taught a class about it. I wrap fabric strips around cotton clothesline and use a zigzag stitch to hold it together. It is very similar to making a coil pot, only I use fabric instead of clay. Stay tuned, folks! There are many more to come.

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~AnywhereButHome Nov 21, 2006, 12:23:28 PM
OOOH i absolutely LOVE IT!

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~PepperSunlight Nov 21, 2006, 1:58:04 PM
Thanks Nick! :hug: This is just one of the first ones I did, the others are much nicer. I want to see some of your new work. Mr. College Photographer hasn't updated in quite a while.
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Mood: Hope ~MN-Vixen Nov 21, 2006, 4:07:30 PM
That looks so neat.

Any chance we could convince you to make a tutorial on this? I'd love to give this a try as i have lots of scrap fabrics.

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~DickDangerous Nov 21, 2006, 10:08:38 PM
Thats pretty cool. :clap: How did you get it to stay in the bowl shape?

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~PepperSunlight Nov 22, 2006, 8:36:54 AM
Sure, I could take some pictures of things in progress and show how to wrap the fabric around and how to sew it together. Scraps are perfect, all you need is 3/4" strips. I wish I could take credit for the idea, but there is a book out called It's A Wrap by Susan Breier all about it. You can make purses, boxes, rugs, waste baskets, anything you can think of. It is on Amazon, or your local quilt shop might have copies. It is a really great book, I would definitely recommend checking it out.
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~PepperSunlight Nov 22, 2006, 8:41:12 AM
Thank you. :) It is really simple, but hard to explain without showing you in person. When you start to sew, you form a base, either round or oval shaped, going under the needle. Then when the base gets big enough, instead of feeding it through the machine normally, you tilt it up at an angle. That starts to raise the sides up and form and actual shape. I don't know if you can actually picture that. I am going to take some pictures of things in progress so people can see the technique. It is really fun, I think I have made about 10 so far.
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Mood: Happy ~MN-Vixen Nov 22, 2006, 10:31:04 AM
I may just have to raid the local library to see if they have a copy. Thanks *so* much for the info! Now I have a Turkey-Day-Weekend project.

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