Fast and Fun Fabric Bowls and Boxes

If you love fabric and are looking for something different and quick to make… these books are for you! The choice of words “Fast, Fun & Easy” for once is truly that… it will take more time to read through the instructions than to actually make your bowl or box.

I started with what looked like the simplest bowl (from the first book), and was delighted when I found it took all of 15 minutes to complete it!

In her first book --Fast, Fun & Easy Fabric Bowls: 5 Reversible Shapes to Use and Display -- Linda Johansen introduces us to the art of fabric bowls with five delightful projects. You can choose from the Easy Round Bowl, Fast Square Bowl, and other simple shapes, all ready to create in an array of fabrics and colors. Projects use simple-to-find materials and are completely washable and reversible.

But the fun doesn’t stop there! Fast, Fun & Easy Irresist-A-Bowls gives us five new bowl shapes to choose from: pieced, fluted, country sunflower, double-square, and fantasy flower. As in her first book, this one is also loaded with ideas and tips to get your creative juices flowing to experiment and design your own bowl designs. Tips and suggestions are given on using different fabrics and embelishments, as well as how to vary the basic shapes.

In Fast, Fun & Easy Fabric Boxes, Linda takes her popular fabric-bowl technique a step further with fused fabric boxes that can be made quickly and easily. Thirteen beautiful box projects include square boxes, to-go boxes, treasure chests, and recipe boxes - all with lids. As in the case of her fabric bowl, books, unlimited options are offered to create one’s own variations with the eight basic box designs offered. They can embellish their boxes with theme fabrics, hand-dyes, or whatever catches your eye. Complete instructions are provided for 13 wonderful projects such as a fabric fortune cookie box, square boxes, to-go boxes, treasure chests, recipe boxes, and more, all with lids included. Eight basic box designs offer unlimited options for creating your own variations, yet each box is unique. Choose theme fabrics for your project, hand-dyes, or whatever catches your eye, and embellish to suit your style. As an added bonus, this book includes instructions for some fabulously fun fabric fortune cookies!