A few weeks ago I saw this great tutorial from My Poppet on making fabric twine and got busy right away with some scraps from work. I was happy twisting away, but before I could finish, it was stolen in the Great Mother’s Day Car Break-In of 2014. It and the Super Tote that carried it are gone forever.
So I got some new scraps and started over, making nearly 15 yards of fabric twine while reminiscing over the Hercules movie with my daughter.
Let’s just say that 15 yards is a lot and in the Summer ’13 palette of Kona colors, it’s absolutely beautiful.
I tried stitching it together by hand, working on it a little at a time, but it was cumbersome and slow-going. Too much work for too little enjoyment and I was taking time away from paid work to do this…forget it; I’m taking this baby to the machine. 
And so I did, twisting it around and around and around, zigzagging along the way until suddenly, I had a bowl of fabric. 
It’s not perfect. There are places where the zig zag missed and little gaps are visible. The bottom doesn’t sit flat. And I don’t quite know what to do with that tail yet.
But it’s pretty and bright and already sitting on the table, waiting to be filled with something, anything. Sitting there, just adding a little color to my day.
