tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32540525.post6278638310314621423..comments2024-03-28T02:59:47.444-05:00Comments on Art In Stitches: How to Make a Fiber VesselSusan Lenzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828597703914908801noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32540525.post-3463809955642870182023-01-14T19:40:19.528-05:002023-01-14T19:40:19.528-05:00I’ve really loved making these, but I think I just...I’ve really loved making these, but I think I just broke my Bernina. Do you drop the feed dogs while making the cording? I did not, and I was pulling pretty hard to get the cording through. It wasn’t really feeding on its own. Anyway, after several vessels the machine froze. I’ve taken it in for repair, but they might not be able to save it. In that case I may have to get a new Kaffe model. But I don’t want to break that one. I think it was going against the feed dogs so hard.Melissa Collardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00940656352700537180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32540525.post-88541313667417171372022-08-01T17:17:18.887-05:002022-08-01T17:17:18.887-05:00When I was a child my mother reused dress sashes f...When I was a child my mother reused dress sashes from the trash of a clothing store to braid the sashes and then sew them together to make those braided rugs. She made a very large one. I don't know if she sewed it by hand or on the machine.smithsenger46@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17700048776813668114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32540525.post-21641528702048854672021-01-06T11:19:53.245-05:002021-01-06T11:19:53.245-05:00Thank you for the tutorial, I'll have to give ...Thank you for the tutorial, I'll have to give this a try with the stash of yarn I have that will never make it to kitting needles. I have done rope baskets and the rope is so hard to work with. Also trying to make a rug with covered rope not going so well frustrated with it curling. I want the rug for under my kitchen table, well it just may become baskets. <br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04152718210858446715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32540525.post-18313703948763327172020-11-05T14:44:33.403-05:002020-11-05T14:44:33.403-05:00As others have mentioned, this has similarities to...As others have mentioned, this has similarities to clothesline baskets and vessels which use fabric strips wrapped around cord. Generally, one sews them from the inside, which limits how deep or narrow the vessel can be. I like this method, sewing around the outside, then letting the vessel hang down, which will enable a larger, deeper rounder and more evenly sewn basket form instead of having to deal with it curling up unevenly. I am imagining using the sewing machine platform table to support the forming vessel until the bottom is as wide and flat as one wants it, then removing the pull-away platform and letting the basket hang off the edge of the arm... I must experiment !<br /><br /> lotzacatz, I don't think the actual sewing of the vessel would take a lot of time... once you get going, it's repetitive... you snug the coil up against the previous row and just keep going with zigzagging round and round. At least that's how it is for my clothesline vessels. BarbieCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07486790399140009180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32540525.post-89729082224428016972019-11-06T07:55:10.027-05:002019-11-06T07:55:10.027-05:00This is so similar to basket making. My last bask...This is so similar to basket making. My last basket was started in 1981 and never finished. It set off arthritis in my fingers. Still carrying that basket around hoping to one day finish it. I think I could handle sewing a "basket" and will give it a try. Thanks for the inspiration.<br />Anita StallsAnitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04549073566601926381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32540525.post-41356962078581472492016-06-17T07:55:51.542-05:002016-06-17T07:55:51.542-05:00I really liked the idea about putting the machine ...I really liked the idea about putting the machine over the edge of the table, it gives better space to form the bowl😃. Thank youSewing girl1https://www.blogger.com/profile/06666055883754731121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32540525.post-90092967618452089752015-10-12T23:38:28.821-05:002015-10-12T23:38:28.821-05:00Must take absolutely ages though!Must take absolutely ages though!lotzacatzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15345012973565803135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32540525.post-6130072773235437872015-07-23T00:07:25.628-05:002015-07-23T00:07:25.628-05:00This is an amazing idea! Clothesline is so dense, ...This is an amazing idea! Clothesline is so dense, I have to use my industrial machine. But this! Beautiful, thrifty, interesting, no bulk, and fun!! Thank you!! QuilterBeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02766487278316865313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32540525.post-38391064854417668632014-12-13T09:08:39.009-05:002014-12-13T09:08:39.009-05:00Brilliant! I've just learnt how to make coiled...Brilliant! I've just learnt how to make coiled fabric pots with a washing line core, but I must try this too. We stitched the other way out ie the stitching was in the inside of the bowl, and it curved upwards. You can then hold it around the top of the machine instead of round the table!Izhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032407776491997007noreply@blogger.com