Fast Fun & Easy Incredible Thread-A-Bowls: 2 Techniques―5 Projects―Unlimited Possibilities - Softcover

Hill, Wendy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1571203311 ISBN 13: 9781571203311

Publisher: C&T Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

Fabulous fun with bowls of thread.

Turn any thread and fabric, leaves, or embellishments into bowls and dimensional works of art in just a few hours!

Use your sewing machine and two goof-proof techniques - moulding and shaping - to create endless options for unique gifts and home décor

Snip, stitch, and shape 5 different styles of thread bowls, or use common household items as a mould - just stitch thread on stabiliser and rinse!

About this title

About the Author:

Wendy remembers dreaming of colours when she was very young. Her first sewing projects were doll quilts and clothing. In high school, Wendy created a vinyl bikini bathing suit and waterproof raincoat using bread wrappers. When her sewing teacher insisted it couldn't be done, Wendy made a faux fur coat with perfect bound buttonholes to prove that it could. In 1971, Wendy made her first big quilt: a replica of the floor of the Taj Mahal, in corduroy, for a king-size bed. Creative work with fabrics and fibres, by both hand and machine, has been a steady force in Wendy's life.
An incident in a Dansk Outlet store a few years ago made Wendy appreciate the power of imagination. The sales person insisted Wendy couldn't use the steeply discounted saucers as plates- for appetisers. The salesperson patiently explained the difference between saucers and plates, as if Wendy grew up in a cave and didn't know any better. But Wendy and all quilters know that saucers can become plates and a pile of fabrics can become a beautiful quilt- by letting imagination lead the way.

Wendy follows her ideas wherever they may take her, from a reversible chicken/egg doll (Housewife Hen/Rietta on the Town) to thread-web quilts to bed quilts and more. In the past few years Wendy has gotten carried away (okay, obsessed) with Tyvec, circle patterns, zippers and new variations of log cabin blocks. The abundance of products and information can be overwhelming. Wendy reminds us that it's easy to make a quilt- it just takes a lifetime to play with our imagination and learn from experience.

Wendy's work has been in print in some form since 1992. She has contributed projects to several books and authored magazine articles and four books (On the Surface: Thread Embellishment & Fabric Manipulation (1997), Two-for-One Foundation Piecing: Reversible Quilts and More (2001), and Fast, Fun & Easyr Incredible Thread-A-Bowls (2005), Easy Bias Covered Curves, Create Quilts with WOW Appeal (2006) with C&T Publishing).

Synopsis:

Presents the concept of turning sewing-machine thread into bowls and dimensional works of art. The two techniques included in this book, aim at producing beautiful, unusual thread containers that can be made in just a few hours.

About this edition

• Publisher: C&T Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1571203311
• ISBN 13: 9781571203311
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48