Embellished Thread Bowl

Using water-soluble stabilizer as in the project for fiber scarves, you can create beautiful, translucent thread bowls and vases. This bowl from C&T Publishing, embellished with Perle cotton thread, is inspired by Wendy Hill's Fast, Fun & Easy (R) Incredible Thread-a-Bowls. 
 

Materials:

• Water-soluble stabilizer
• Perle cotton thread from Valdani thread- size 12
• Large glass bowl
• UV resistant clear acrylic coating

Instructions:

1. I found the largest glass bowl I had and measured across the outside of the bowl.
    
2. I used that measurement to draw a circle on heavyweight water-soluble stabilizer.
   
   
    
3. Using regular weight thread, I first free-motioned stitched a grid, then I went back and free-motioned fairly densely all over.
    
4. I drew the design that I wanted to use on another piece of water-soluble stabilizer and pinned it to the stitched stabilizer.
   
   
    
5. I stitched out my design in size 12 Perle cotton, washed out most of the stabilizer, and draped it over my glass bowl to dry.
    
6. After the bowl was dry, I took it off the glass bowl and sprayed the thread bowl with a few coats of UV resistant clear Acrylic coating.