EPP Bowls

Currently a furor on FB...EPP bowls.

First, Pirate posted one that she did and it was gorgeous. She posted the vendor she got the pattern from, Cake and Ale, and a bunch of us ordered the same bowl. I ordered a couple of others too.

Here is my first 'DOOM Dish'. DOOM stands for 'Didn't Organize, Only Moved'. I have lots of DOOM piles. This will make a DOOM pile that is contained, and movable.  

Edge treatment - I do ladder stitching on the edges

The underside of the dish

Another view of the edging - I am proud to say, my stitching does not show!

The inside of the bowl. The fabric was a bit loose, so I sprayed just the inside with Magic Sizing and when it was dry, the fabric both had shrunk AND was adhered to the paper plate that used as the templates for the bowl. Yippie!

BUT...it seems like its not really getting to live up to its name!

I used it for corraling my little tools in my recent class - there is a wee tomato pincushion in there and I stuck the tape dispenser and the the scissors in when I started sewing. I had a wheel of pins in there too.

This isn't my first 3 dimensional EPP object...

This was an attempt to make a bowl that I did many, many years ago.. it typically holds yarn balls. It has one layer of Peltex...and that was a BEAR to stich thru. The top edges are kind of moldable - I have them curved out.

Back

The seams overlapped - getting the needle in there was really hard!

And the hexies that this bowl were made of are ALL the same size as the DOOM dish's center!

Road to California - 3D Sculpture - Day 3

Today we added flowers to the trees:

 This is my friend's Beast and Tree:

Our Beasts and Trees on  the teacher's stage:

Closeup of 'Blowing Kisses':

I loved this class! Learned sooo many techniques for making 3d sculptures.

Road to California - 3D Sculpture - Day 2

Today we learned how to couch wire using our machines...we made leaves for our trees! Fortunately I didn't break a needle - there were some that did...

And..we met 'The Beast' (he really didn't come in a bag). I was the only one to get my beast sewed, stuffed and pinned together..

I need to stitch the openings closed, and stitch the limbs on the beast..and stitch up his gestures : here he is blowing kisses:

Tomorrow we will make flowers for the center of the tree and hopefully I will be done with the hand stitching..just will need to make a base for the sculpture (she will show us how she does bases, but its not something we will make in class.)

If you ever get a chance to take a class from Susan Else (and 3D fabric sculpture floats your boat) - she is an excellent teacher. I have enjoyed this class SOO much!

Road to California - 3D Sculpture - Day 1

It rained pretty steadily today..fortunately I got there early and got a really close in parking spot. Tomorrow and Sunday, I am going to a friend's house and her hubby will drive us..thus saving us BOTH 18 bucks! The upstairs was SUPER crowded, most likely because of the rain.. Didn't get a table but did score a few chairs..so lunch was eaten off our laps!

Today was the first day of the 3D sculpture class with Susan Else..O.M. G...this is a terrific class..she provides ALL of the supplies..already cut so we just do the sewing! Best supplies fee, ever!!

Here is a picture of the Beasts in the Jungle we are working on..her sample is way more involved than what we will be able to do in three days...but we are doing 'elements' of the scene. The 'beast' in the center is the one we will be creating (There are 3 figures/beasts in this scene - the lady in the tree, the beast swinging on the branch and his friend peaking out from behind the second tree - Susan describes the Beast as having a duck body, cat legs, chimpanzee arms, horse head with dinosaur horns):

Here is my tree after FMQ, trimming and stitching the shapes together..

Here is the tree after stuffing. I started out using a chopstick to stuff with, but then tried out one of the metal stuffing forks. I had to buy it! (only purchase of the day):

Here are the wires and the stiffening rod (an old knitting needle!) that keep the tree up and let us bend the roots:

Here is Susan's tree in the Jungle scene - we will be making those large leaves and the flower tomorrow and starting on the 'beast in a bag':

Here is the vine before stitching. Once we stitched all around the leaves, we wet the Solvy:

And...here is what my tree looked like before I left the room for the night - I have a bit more stitching to finish up closing the hole on the bottom and to stitch a few of the 'gestures' in the roots: