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Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Making a Fabric Bowl is as easy as ABC and it is a lot of fun. Just follow our step-by-step instructions and within an hour, you will be awarded with your very own Fabric Bowl. Let's get started.
  Select your fabric of choice - I picked some beautiful Joel Dewberry Fabric for my Fabric Bowl project.Used the size of your favorite bowl. Measure the bowl from side to side going underneath the bowl. That will give you the diameter of the circle you need to cut. Cut two fabric circles , put the two fabric circles left side together and use a thick interfacing that has glue on both side to iron the two fabric circles together.   Now draw a circle in the center of one of your fabric circles. That will be your flat bottom. I used a small bowl to draw my circle - it should be at least 3 inches in diameter.Now divide the fabric circle into eights. From the outside of the circle, measure 3 inches along the line you have drawn. Draw a triangle as show in the below picture - it is 3 inches long and 1 inch wide on the bottom.   Continue to do so all along the "eights" lines you have previous drawn.  You should end up with 8 triangles.Now choose a zig zag stitch of your liking and stitch all along the circle in the center of your fabric circle.   Now it is time to zig zag stitch the triangles you have cut. Start to zig zag stitch from the inner circle. When you get to the triangle, pull the sides of your triangle together and stitch it together with a tight zig zag stitch.   Continue to do so with all the triangles you have cut. Once done, your fabric circles have now taken on the shape of a bowl. The last step is to zig zag stitch all around the edge of your fabric bow. Voila, you are done with your very own Fabric Bowl.Have you noticed that the Fabric Bowl is reversible? That is why I choose two different types of fabric.  
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26 Comments:
THanks for posting - I've never seen this done before! Guess what everyone's getting for Christmas now!
Have fun making these fabric bowls. They are very versatile and super fun to make.
Hi! Is there a product that you know of that can 'seal' the bowl so that you can put liquid things in it? And/or will let you heat it?
Thank you!
There is a spray you can purchase at JoAnn's that will help with making the bowl water resistant but I don't think there is anything that will "seal" or "heat" it up. Thank you for visiting.
Even I could do this! Thanks for sharing.
Really cool idea, and so versatile. You could experiment with making the triangles longer or wider to make a deeper bowl, and then fill with bath products for a lovely gift. Just a little question for Imagine Fabrics--what do mean by "left" side of the fabric? Did you mean "wrong side" as opposed to "right side"? Anyway, thanks for the tutorial!
Left side = Wrong side of the fabric. Thanks for clarifying. Thank you for commenting on using different triangles to modify the look of the fabric bowl. That is perfect. THANK YOU - Jo.
This is a great idea, and I love the coordinating patterns you chose.
I love this, I want to make this now instead of working on my essay and procrastinating by surfing. Thanks for sharing this! :)
awesome! i agree it would make a lovely gift filled with treats for someone! thanks for the instructions. :O)
I sell a different style of these in my etsy shop. I love choosing the different fabrics, and recently completed a few custom orders using that Joel Dewberry print. I love that bird fabric!!
What a fun looking project!! I posted a link to your tutorial on Craft Gossip Sewing:
http://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-reversible-fabric-bowl/2009/06/06/
--Anne
How lovely! I see that the parts where you sewed have some sort of solid line on them. How did you do that? (I am very new to sewing, so forgive me if this is a dumb question!)
Marsha, the "solid" lines are actually a very tight zig zag stitch. Let me know if you have other questions. THANK YOU.
what a beautiful bowl. I can't wait to try it.
This is a great tutorial I would love to try...do you have the double sided thick interfacing you use for it? Khris
Khris - yes I used double sided and very thick interfacing for this project. Thank you for visiting.
I love this! Must try it when I have the chance. Thanks for sharing!!
You say to make the triangles three inches long... but wouldn't their length depend on the size of the bowl?
Yes, the size of the triangles will depend on the size of your bowl as well as how "high" you want the walls of the bowl.
So fun! How big were your fabric circles to start?
Jennie, the inner circle is 3" in diameter and the outer circle is 6" in diameter. Thank you for visiting my blog today.
I love this idea! Thank you for sharing. :)
Great idea!!
Greetings
Mara Zeitspieler
lindissimo....merci
Maria Filomena
I would imnagine that you could stiffen the bowl by painting it with two-part epoxy resin. It would be worth a try. I have a tray that I received from by m-i-l years ago that was created this way but in a mold. I love the sewing aspect of the bowl and the soft texture. Good work!!!!!
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