#Dephemerember Fabric Bowl

#Dephemerember preparations – making the fabric bowl for junk journal scraps

Short process video: https://youtu.be/zBr6HubSMpM

@49dragonflies fabric bowl video with link to free Ephy download:  https://youtu.be/SUBdt-giJbY?si=4DID0tLfQMBbHWzc

Barbara built her bowl with fabric layers and PVA glue over an existing bowl as the base.  There’s a lot of drying time and not much rigidity in the finished project. I tried that approach with plaster, similar drying time but more rigidity, and that was a horrible idea that did not work at all.  I’ve used plaster-infused gauze bandages in a paper mache project before with great success, so that was probably the better approach here.  Lesson learned.

The second attempt was modeled on the base of a chocolate truffle box from Aldi.  I cut a cardboard base into a square, with the maximum measurement dictated by the size of the box, and then removed the corners to make it a plus sign.  I covered that with cotton fabric attached with a thin coat of PVA glue, which dried quickly.  While leaving the corners in was fine on the truffle box, it didn’t work for me on my version. I cut out the fabric corners until the fabric matched my chipboard base. I attached ribbon to each top edge using hot glue. I folded up the sides and wrapped fabric strips and trim around the whole thing, attaching that with hot glue. I cut out Ephy, the #dephemerember mascot, from paper and attached that to the bottom of the bowl with a thin layer of PVA glue. The whole project took under 30 minutes start to finish.

Now, perhaps I’m stretching it to call this a “fabric bowl” since it’s about 40% cardboard and it’s pretty blocky.  However, it was speedy and I like it.  Looking forward to filling it with fun supplies for all the December challenges!

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