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 enlarge | Author: Susan Breier
Publisher: That Patchwork Place
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 7894
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 80
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.3
ISBN: 156477662X
Dewey Decimal Number: 746
EAN: 9781564776624
ASIN: 156477662X
Publication Date: August 14, 2006
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It's a Wrap: Sewing Fabric purses, Baskets, and Bowls July 17, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I thought this book was full of useful information with very well done directions and excellent photos of the projects.
 Great Book May 14, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book has very good instructions with illustrations. Have experimented with a basket and just loved the technique. A must have for any quilter. Good way to use up fabric.
Fantastic - Immediately sparked creativity April 13, 2007
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I found this title intriguing the first time I saw it and it didn't disappoint. Breier's explanations and photographs are clear and the gallery is inspiring. The technique is straightforward (wrapping clothesline with fabric strips and zig-zag stitching them together) and it doesn't require a fancy sewing machine.
Once I figured out the correct stitch length and width to use, I found myself addicted to assembling the coils. I still have yet to do a bowl but my family is impressed by the look of the plates. I've shown this book to several other people and each has immediately wanted to go find clothesline and try it. Be sure to purchase clothesline ahead of time (3/16", no solid core) because you won't want to wait once the book arrives!
WOW! April 10, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I just finished by first two projects. A small bowl and then a larger one. The instructions are very easy to follow and the more you make the more you want to make!! Now I have another way to use up my scrap material. The projects in the book are very inspiring and I'm sure I'll come up with some very unique things!
So easy...and the results are great! March 26, 2007
35 out of 35 found this review helpful
This is the first time I've reviewed a craft book, though I have a history of buying many and never really using them. I had to write to add my recommendation for this book to those others have written.
The directions in this book are so clear and the project pictures so inspirational that I immediately went to work to make my first bowl. That was followed in the same day by another. I had a full box of fabric I considered "too ugly" to use for any quilts, but I dug into it and found it had new life as bowl material. In fact, the ugliest fabric I used looked fantastic when cut into strips and wrapped around the clothesline into the bowl's "coils." (Note: finding the clothesline in a local store is the hardest part of making these bowls. Be sure to do some comparison shopping before purchasing your clothesline. I found mine at Wal-Mart for less than a quarter of the price it was at the hardware store).
You do not need a fancy sewing machine to make these bowls. Any machine that does a zig-zag stitch will work. I decided to use my Bernina's walking foot after some experimentation, but it certainly isn't necessary to be successful.
I am already thinking about my next bowls and the great gifts they will make for birthdays and Christmas. The possibilities for embellishment are endless. I am already imagining how I can twist funky yarns or metallic floss around with the fabric to create a whole new surface texture.
Also, don't feel like you are limited to using 100 percent cotton on these bowls. On my second bowl I used a metallic-looking lame and some thin velvet strips and they were gorgeous. I plan to do some beading to really make this bowl zing. You are only limited by your imagination in making these bowls your own individual creations.
I don't consider myself an "artist." I usually need clear instructions to get a project going. But on these bowls I really felt like I created something special right from the get-go. I recommend this book and the bowls very highly.
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