November: Bowls!

 We had a good turnout for the bowl-making lesson.  

There was a lot of Show & Tell.

Hope brought the quilt she made from last month's pumpkin blocks.

And another that's newly quilted.

Jean brought this quilt and it has a fun backing fabric.

Leslie quilted these two quilts...

... and she made these three.

table runner from last month's pumpkin blocks

Sandra O. made this dachshund.

Sandra P. brought the monochromatic challenge from years ago.  The inspiration was a window design by Frank Lloyd Wright.  We were allowed a tiny amount of a second color and that's where the blue-accented purple batik came in.

Marlene's Block of the Month is Bear Claw.

BOWLS!

Lots of examples made by Lydia and Ruth.

A less stiff cord

and embellished on the inside

With light color thread, you can see where the stitching better.  Also notice the wrapped edge design.

Three views of a Hurricane bowl

Three views of a patterned cord plus embellishments

A view of the star stitching that stabilizes the center

This is the bottom for a more square bowl.

And this is the inside.

Check out the handles on this one

Three views of a bowl made from mesh-covered cord

mesh-covered cord and ribbon with nubs

The materials to create shiny cord:

36 feet of cord from the dollar store

 and mesh that can be fed onto the cord

Variegated thread adds a lot of color too

More embellishment ideas

Sue made this one from 1/8" cord, while not the 1/4" cord that's recommended, the bowl turned out pretty and dainty.