July Meeting 2011 Fabric Bowls

This month's meeting was taken by one of our own members Pat Patterson. Pat showed us her fabric bowls last year and the members asked her if she would run a workshop.

She brought with her a wonderful selection of beautifully coloured and dainty examples.

Pat suggested we choose a colour scheme and to use light materials, fibres and threads. We were then shown how to lay the cut up materials on the solufleece and we were advised not to be too heavy handed. We were then shown how to put the second piece of solufleece on top and then put in a ring ready for stitching.

We began by placing cut up glitzy fabric, threads and fibres between two sheets of solufleece. The resultant fabric was held in a ring and then machine stitched in matching and contrasting threads.

When all the stitching was linked together it was time to dissolve the solufleece.

Once the solufleece had been disolved in water the bowl was put over a mould covered in cling film. A little PVA glue was spread on the bowl and smoothed down.

The bowls made by Sandra, Jennifer, Janet and Ann were then left to dry on the moulds.

Sandra dried her Venetian inspired bowl in the airing cupboard and then removed it from the mould.
It was a very enjoyable workshop all thanks to Pat.