It's a Wrap: Sewing Fabric Purses, Baskets, And Bowls
Wind, wrap, and sew fabric strips into fantastic containers! Start with a plate shape to learn the technique. Then experiment with four basic container styles to create round, oval, square, and other shapes.
• Create purses, baskets, and bowls in an endless variety of sizes, shapes, and colors
• Simply wrap fabric strips around cotton clothesline, coil into the desired shape, and secure with machine stitching
• Special sections on lids, handles, and embellishments offer unlimited options for your own variations
Bead Quilled Jewelry: New Beadwork Designs with Square Stitch
Kathy King has developed a variation the decorative paper craft of quilling to create unique designs in beadwork. In bead quilling--instead of thin strips of paper--thin strips of beads, made with square stitch, are wrapped to form circles, scrolls, and squares. The holes of the beads, rather than the sides, are exposed, to become part of the distinctive design. The author works with simple and complex combinations of quilled beads to create a variety of jewelry designs.
