Fabric Bowls

Our SpirARTuality group met this morning to make Fabric Bowls. I LOVED IT!!!

We used to book Fun, Fast, and Easy Fabric Bowls and the book really lives up to it's name.

Step 1:
Cut 2 12 1/2 inch squares of contrasting fabric and 2 5 inch squares of a third fabric.
Also cut a 12 1/2 inch square of either Pellon 70 that has fusible on it OR timtex and 2 12 1/2 inch squares of WonderUnder (I used the Pellon. It was so easy!)


Step 2: Make your big sandwich--fuse the 2 fabrics to the stiffener.

Step 3: On one fabric, mark a line down the middle (6 1/4 inches) both ways, so you've divided it into 4 equal squares.

Step 4: Position one of your small squares so that a point of the small square lines up with the each line you drew (basically step 3 and for are just so you can center the bottom portion--it doesn't have to be that difficult!).


Step 5: Sew around the small square. Turn over. Position other small square on top of sewing lines. Satin stitch around edge. This will satin stitch both small squares down.


Step 6: Draw a line from the point of your small square to the edge of the big square. Cut a V out of it, with the point of the V being 1/4 inch from the small square:


Step 7: This step takes some real strength! Also, it's like freemotion sewing. Do NOT reposition your hands unless you stop sewing!!
Put your fabric into the machine so the presserfoot is at the corner of the small square. Satin stitch forward, and as you do, slowly (and this takes lots of muscle!) push the fabric so the two sides of the V are flush with one another as you are sewing.
You can't put the V together all at once--then it's too shaped to sew. But if you do it little bit by little bit it will work.

Step 8, 9, 10: Repeat step 6 & 7 on the other 3 sides.

Step 11: Satin stitch around the edge of your bowl:



The Spiritual Questions (metaphorically of course) that went along with today's project were:
Hold your bowl. Imagine it is an empty space waiting for something. If God could give you anything, what would you ask for?
Now imagine God has an empty bowl like this. If you could give to God anything you'd like to get rid of from your life, what would you give to God?