Sewing with Jelly Rolls

Its a Wrap and Its a Wrap II have some great projects for fabric covered clothesline.  Using pre cuts strips of fabric (or cutting your own) The fabric  strip is wrapped around the clothesline and then stitched into bags or 3 dimensional vessels.  The first bag sample shown left, is taken from the second book in this series by Susan Breire. We used a package of pre-cut jelly  rolls (bali collection called lemon grass) and 1/2 clothesline package. This technique uses a traditional basketry technique, wrapping the fabric around the cording as you work.

Our second sample is a  bag pattern called the Bali Bag.   The pattern uses 2 1/2" strips of cotton and 120 yards of clothesline. For this sample we cut our own fabric strips from the gerta line of fabric. Strips are then  wrapped lengthwise along the cording and stitched down the center ( covering all of the cording prior to shaping the object)

A coating of Aleens Fabric Stiffener was applied to the third sample to give it the strength to stay frirm so it can be used as a bowl. We used a collection of bali strips called coffee for this bowl.