Creating a FABRIC BOWL or BOWL COZY.

⇒CHOOSE A DIMENSION.  MEASURE your bowl (across the bottom, lip to lip, widest point) and ADD any overhang amount you may want. The pointy corners will overhang already.  Any added overhang amount will show at the middle wedge seam.
(I hope that makes sense.)

⇒Take this measurement and CUT:
2- fabric squares (I used 1 denim and 1 other fabric).
2- batting squares 1" smaller than your final dimension.  (This batting has a foil center.)

Note: The outer edge will be frayed. I don't want the batting to show so it must be smaller.

⇒CENTER & SEW batting squares to the wrong side of fabric square.

Corner to corner in an X works well or you could randomly quilt.  Following the pattern in the fabric looks good too.

BE SURE to catch the corners.  This keeps the batting from falling down and bunching if is not caught in the outer edge seam.

Fold squares in half right side together. Mark 3” in on each END of the centerfold and 1” from the fold line on the edge.

Sew a straight line from the 1” outer edge line to the 3” centerfold mark.

Do this on both ends of the centerfold and then refold the square in the opposite direction and repeat the process, so each side of the square will have a wedge sewn in it. (This creates the bowl shape.) Do this to both squares.

PIN the quilted pieces together, matching up corners and seams.

On my second bowl, I cut the wedges open so they would lay flatter. If you cut them the same way and then set the one half on top of the other they lay in opposite directions.  Alternating the direction the wedges lay is a good idea if you choose not to cut them open.

STITCH 3/8" to 1/4" from the edge.

CLIP, WASH and your DONE!

I like to use a DECORATIVE stitch around the edge.

The CHALLENGE with using a contrasting thread and a decorative stitch when sewing thick stuff is it is easy for the sewing machine to MISS a stitch and it is very VISIBLE. You can counter this by just using a straight stitch. A missed stitch in a straight line doesn't show up as much.  You can also try stitching very slowly and walk the machine over the thick spots by hand.

I do love the look of a decorative stitch and will often call it CHARACTER if there are imperfections in a seam.

Other IDEAS and options to try and EXPERIMENT:

Old TOWEL for the batting. (I noticed the foil lined batting was more ridged and seemed hold its shape better than an old towel.  It may not matter, but I wonder if a specific quilting pattern could compensate or add rigidity.)

DENIM for both fabrics and only one layer of batting.

ALTERING the size & shape of wedges for different bowl shapes & sizes.

MY EXPERIMENTS:

Spice up for Summer AND Winter by creating FABRIC BOWL COZIES.

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