Coiled Beauties

CLASS DESCRIPTION
Coiled baskets and bowls are great to have and give.  Lisa’s are meticulously finished.  Learn from a master the techniques needed to make yours.

Cotton clothesline, with narrow strips of fabrics wound around it, is stitched in a spiral.  The final shape may be flat or curved (in the shape of a bowl or basket, for example).  Batiks are preferred, but quality cottons work well too.  Fabrics with stripes, polka dots, large prints, pretty colors, etc., are great candidates.

CLASS MODELS
Large basket is 10” x 11”.  Small basket is 4½” x 5”

FABRIC REQUIREMENTS
2 fat quarters.  You may wish to precut into strips, 3/4" x WOF
Package of cotton clothesline, 3/16" x 100 ft, typical

EQUIPMENT & NOTIONS
Sewing machine capable of zig zag stitching, 90/14 top stitch needle
Rotary cutter, 24-in ruler
A few Wonder Clips and flower-head pins
Glue stick (Elmer's purple)