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kkbrand 03-03-2010 08:03 AM

I love it, so when you say you wrapped the cording did you use 2" strips of fabric? And do you have to zig zag both sides? Can you give a little more detail, did you buy a pattern? Can you give us a pattern of how you did it if you made it up as you go?

alaskasunshine 03-03-2010 08:06 AM

eddie, your bowl is adorable! i quilt with a bunch of ladies and they were making these too. i have yet to make one. it is on my "list".

amy WI 03-03-2010 08:26 AM

Eddie; Tute, tute tute! You know you want to! Please do a tute so we can get it right. :)

rootyr 03-03-2010 09:22 AM

Wow Eddie, that is great!

Eddie 03-03-2010 03:20 PM


Originally Posted by Quilter7x
I always thought those bowls were hard to sew on, but it sounds like if you get the cotton clothes line that it's not so hard to sew on. Did you have to use a denim needle?

No, I just used a regular needle (size 90 Sharp). It sewed through it very easily.

Eddie 03-03-2010 03:22 PM


Originally Posted by mrs theo
Do you know how much fabric you used on this project?

I used right at about 1 yard, which I cut on the bias. But not a 45 degree bias, more about a 60 degree bias because that was how far my ruler would stretch without having to reposition it. The reason for cutting on the bias is that it reduces fraying of the strips.

Eddie 03-03-2010 03:26 PM


Originally Posted by kkbrand
I love it, so when you say you wrapped the cording did you use 2" strips of fabric? And do you have to zig zag both sides? Can you give a little more detail, did you buy a pattern? Can you give us a pattern of how you did it if you made it up as you go?

No, I used 3/4" strips of fabrics and overlapped them about an 1/8" as I was wrapping (think like the stripes on a candy cane). You just zig zag on the top side and it goes all the way through and does the bottom as well, so you just sew on one side. I didn't really have a pattern, just spiraled out from the center until I had the bottom as big as I wanted it, then you lift up the left side of the bottom as far as you can so that the cord starts going upwards to form the sides of the basket.

Eddie 03-03-2010 03:26 PM


Originally Posted by amy WI
Eddie; Tute, tute tute! You know you want to! Please do a tute so we can get it right. :)

I'm going to start another one in the next day or so, so will take pics and do a tutorial on it.

Piedmont Quilter 03-03-2010 04:17 PM


Originally Posted by Eddie

Originally Posted by amy WI
Eddie; Tute, tute tute! You know you want to! Please do a tute so we can get it right. :)

I'm going to start another one in the next day or so, so will take pics and do a tutorial on it.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!! Don't forget to leave the link to it on this thread!!

Tink's Mom 03-03-2010 05:07 PM

Nice work, Eddie! Would work really nice to hold all those remote controllers in the family room.....


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