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coiled fabric bowls part 2

10 March 2010 by Julianne

Since the first rainbow bowls I made were so popular I decided to make some more. The practice has made me faster and more familiar with the technique. I’ll be selling these at the April Freret Market and in my Etsy shop, and I thought I’d post the individual bowls here too.

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The bowls are made by wrapping strips of cotton fabric around rope, which is the coiled and sewn into shape. The bowls are very flexible and sturdy. I use different colors of thread on each side of the bowl which effects the tone of the rainbow–the bowls can be reversed as you prefer! There is some slight fraying as your bowl is handled but this does not in any way compromise the structural integrity of the bowl (one of my favorite phrases from Katrina!)

I determine the pricing by the amount of rope that is coiled into each bowl. Twenty feet of rope can be coiled into many different shapes, so I think this is a pretty accurate way to assess the value of each piece.

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Standard Coiled Bowl

This is the most common shape. At 7″ across at the top and 2″ high, this bowl can hold a lot.

$20 + shipping

Blue and Yellow Thread (above)

Blue and Red Thread (above)

Red and Yellow Thread (above)

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Small Coiled Dish

This dish is 5″ across and stands about 1″ tall. Perfect for catching those little things from your pocket. Sewn with red and blue thread.

$10 + shipping

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Small Coiled Bowl

Here’s a smaller version of the coiled bowl, but with all the charm and rainbow fun of its sister. This size is 6″ across and 1.5″ tall. Sewn with yellow and blue thread.

$15 + shipping SOLD – THANK YOU!

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Thick Coiled Bowl

This bowl is made out of thicker rope than the other bowls, making it sturdier with thicker bands of color. About 9″ across, 2″ tall, sewn with red and blue thread.

$25 + shipping

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Set of 4 Coasters

These coasters are about 4″ across, with red thread on one side and blue on the reverse.

$20 + shipping

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completely hand-made bicycle tee

5 March 2010 by Julianne

After the failure of my first attempt, I decided to start from scratch. My idea was to make several bicycle shirts for sale, so I decided to go for a complete Made by Julianne package. Voila, the new tee shirts I have made!

Aaaaaand they’re available on Etsy!

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That’s right, each shirt is 100% made by me! I picked up several yards of super-soft, fine jersey in the Fashion District with our friend Svetlana and then developed a pattern that would be flattering to many different shapes. Each shirt is sewn individually, and then the art is applied with heat-set fabric ink.

While the bicycle design on each shirt is very similar, there are differences in each drawing: the bicycle, the pattern rainbow, the field of flowers, and the glowing sun changes from shirt to shirt.

I also made a point of using a ladies’ classic bike frame, since most images of bicycles feature men’s bikes with a horizontal bar across the frame. I think that’s kind of ugly. I love my vintage Schwinn and Galaxy Flyer and wanted a way to declare that passion even when I’m not on my wheels.

I’ll be selling these Freret Market in NOLA. If you need to have your own my Etsy shop is always open.

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bicycle tee

4 March 2010 by Julianne

In the spring of 2007 I did this drawing of a bicycle on a pattern rainbow over a field of flowers and have always wanted to use it for something. Finally I tried it out on a tee shirt, and I’m pretty pleased with the result.

I love bicycles, I love rainbows, I love patterns, and I love fields of flowers! Plus I like tee shirts, so this project pleases me greatly.

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I used an unbleached American Apparel shirt I got for $1 in Missouri and a red fine line Sharpie Jason had hanging around his desk. I put a cardboard box inside the shirt to keep it taught and then started drawing on the fabric. When I was finished I set the ink with an iron, which has done a pretty good job. I’ve washed the shirt in the sink a couple times and there’s been some slight bleeding, but really it’s more like a faint pink glow around the lines and I like it that way. I think I will try another shirt using a different ink, maybe a fabric marker.

UNFORTUNATELY the ink did not hold up to a machine washing. At all. Well… Time to re-think and re-vamp this project! Its reincarnation turned out soooo much better than this American Apparel prototype!

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coiled fabric bowls part 2

completely hand-made bicycle tee

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