Clothesline Rope...

I am inspired to have a play with some

clothesline rope... 

It's been awhile but it is coming back to me...

I use an open-toe applique foot so I can see

the rope while I am zig zagging back and forth.

I decided to make a placemat first...

It was so much fun...I made another one !

Next I made a medium sized bowl...

forgot how much fun it is to play with rope !

I made 4 placemats and 4 coasters...

I couldn't resist making a small bowl too...

On the bottom right is a trivet to set hot food on...

There you have it....the whole rope family !

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Bowling...

I caught the Bowl bug...

This is the third Fabric Wrapped Bowl 

this week...

After 2 oval bowls,

I made a round bowl:

I rolled the top edge of the bowl..... down

I like it !

I put all of the bowl making supplies 

away in the closet.

I need to move on.

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YouTube Bowl Tutorial

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LuAnn Kessi

Fabric Wrapped Clothesline.....Bowl

I haven't made a 

fabric wrapped clothesline bowl

in 5 years...


I thought I would give it a try:

Just as much FUN as I remembered !

The fabric strips are a few 

batiks and some hand dyes...

The oval shape was easier than I remembered...

It is rainy, dark and gloomy outside...

these colors cheered me up !

This one will replace the one I made 5 years ago 

that we store our remote controls in.



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LuAnn Kessi

Fabric Bowls, Friends and FUN!

We are spending the day at the Quilting Palace

Fabric Wrapped Bowls

I baked a pie...

Cooked up a pot of stew...

and invited a friend over to make fabric bowls...

Celia is a quick study and began wrapping

clothesline cord for her bowl...

Gunnr is also at the Palace today.

He enjoys showing off the fabric bowls!

Gunnr is also helping the construction crew

with a remodel job in the back of the house.

Celia is wrapping her cord with earthy tones...

I am going with BOLD and BRIGHT fabrics...

I strip out my fabrics and store them by color in bags.

I keep the bags in wash tubs to transport them.

Celia has the base of her bowl completed...

This is her first fabric bowl and she is having FUN!

Time for a lunch break in the Palace kitchen.

The little frig on the right is chilling my fabric dyes.

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I think Celia and I had more FUN than the guys...

Invite your friend over for a day of FUN!

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P.S.

Yes, Gunnr does look like a patchwork quilt with all the shaved sections on his body. Sorry I didn't mention it in my original post, but he has been having surgeries the last 2 weeks to remove tumors. The surgeons are pleased with the results and we are hoping for the best. As always, Gunnr is wagging his little tail and always ready to be involved in everything we are doing.
Many Thanks for your concerns and well wishes. 

My Best To You!
Hugs from LuAnn and Gunnr

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LuAnn Kessi

Fabric Wrapped Bowls…..Tips & Hints

Here is your BURST of color for the day…

Clothesline Rope Fabric Wrapped Bowls

I have been creating these bowls for a few weeks…

If you are on my list, you will get one during the holidays…

I found this ruler at the thrift store…

it works great for cutting the fabric strips.

Fabric strips ready to wrap around rope…

I bag them up by color and keep them in a wash tub.

Here is the fabric wrapped rope laying on the floor…

Coil up the end…

Variegated thread works great on these bowls…

Using a wide zig zag stitch…..

stitch the coils together in a circle.

Continue to stitch until the base is the size you desire…

6 or 7 inches in diameter is the base size of this bowl…

Tip the base on the side... 

and continue to stitch the sides of the bowl…

A couple of feet from the end…

I stop and remove the bowl from the machine.

I create a medallion from the opposite end of the cord

and stitch it together in a circle.

Then I put the bowl back on the machine 

and complete the stitching.

Here is the completed Fabric Wrapped Bowl

This is 50 feet of rope.

I can wrap the rope and stitch the bowl in 90 minutes….or so.

Go get some clothesline rope…

You know you want to make one!

We just returned from a trip to California:

Paul Harvey Quilt at Mount Shasta

Paul Harvey is my personal lap quilt. It keeps me warm when I am on the couch at home, and it also travels with me everywhere I go. I sleep with this quilt when we are in motel rooms while traveling from state to state. It just makes an overnight stay a bit more like home, and I sleep better cuddling up with it.

Yes, I named my quilt "Paul Harvey" after the radio announcer 

that tells us "The Rest of the Story."

This quilt started out as a class kit in Idaho. When I returned home to Oregon I realized all of the fabrics were not in the kit. I waited months for the quilt shop to send the missing fabrics......but it never happened.

I eventually found fabrics on my own and incorporated them into the quilt top.

 The border fabric came from Canada.

This quilt took so much longer to complete than I had anticipated. After awhile I began to feel like it would never be done........when would I see....."The Rest of the Story."

I eventually began to refer to this quilt in progress as my Paul Harvey quilt.

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi