We’ve been experiencing a little problem over here, but never fear, I sewed something up to fix it.
Yep, that’s right. There was a pile of pacifiers on the nightstand with no fabric bowl to hold them.
Actually, the problem was that I was tired of searching – on my hands and knees, in the pitch dark, at all hours of the night – to find the binky that Oscar had accidentally kicked out of the crib. So I decided there’d better be a handful of spares on the table. And if there’s a handful of spares, they’d better be in a cute little dish. Or better yet, a fabric bowl.
That’s when I remembered seeing this thread catcher, and figured I make a little binky catcher. I bought Nova’s Nesting Fabric Bowls pattern back in January and made this one out of linen and Echino right away:
It’s the 6-inch size and I’ve used it all over the house – to collect baby toys, mail, random junk – I just keep moving it around because it looks nice everywhere. Here it is on top of the toy shelf for scale.
((And yes, I can’t help it, I love to arrange stuff on shelves more than just about anything.))
Anyway, I absolutely love this pattern, and while there are many tutorials and freebies out there for fabric baskets and bowls, I’m so happy I bought this one. Everything you ever wanted to know about making a structured fabric container is included in this pattern, right down to the proper method for fusing your interfacing. It’s super detailed and thorough and wonderful, trust me.
The pattern comes with a formula to make any size bowl you like – her lovely little thread catcher is 3 inches, but I made the flowered one in the 4-inch size thinking the smaller size might be too tiny. But then I made a 3-incher in some Kokka robots just for fun. You can’t have too many binky bowls, right?
But back to this one for just a moment:
The floral fabric is from the Carnaby Street line, and was a free sample I picked up at Pat Bravo’s booth when Quilt Market was in town a few weekends back. Now let me just say, it pays to be friends with Kristin of skirt as top, not only because she’s all-around awesome, but also because she’s in with all the cool kids, including the amazing Rae of Made by Rae fame. And between the two of them I got to go to Quilt Market – thanks for the hook up, ladies!
That’s right, I got to meet Rae, and she was just as fabulous and delightful as you might imagine (and the only one of these three who could be bothered to look up from Instagram for my photo! :)). I also had the pleasure of spending time with Cherie (left) of You & Mie, who was also, no surprise, utterly delightful. And that’s the ever delightful Kristin in the middle! What can I say, it was wall-to-wall delightfulness!
And, AGAIN with the connections, Kristin introduced me to Liesl of Oliver + S, which was just totally surreal. It goes without saying that I adore all things Oliver + S – these are patterns that got me really excited about sewing in the first place, and to me they’re in a class of their own. It was such an honor to meet Liesl, and I’m preeeeety excited to have photographic evidence of the event (plus, look! she’s touching me!)
Anyway, those were the Quilt Market highlights for me – it was exciting to see all the beautiful booths and upcoming fabric lines, but even more fun to spend time with some very lovely and talented members of the sewing community. Thanks again to Kristin for facilitating it all!
p.s. I’ve got a giveaway going on through tomorrow for the Fancy Pants Leggings pattern, so enter now if you want a chance to win – details in my last post!
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Wow, such a nice company, like a dream! I love the things they do and what YOU do, congratulations! A kiss from far, far away (North Germany), Patrizia
LOVE THEM! I totally could have used a few binky bowls around the house with my second. So far he’s been my only binky kid and I feel your pain of the late-night searches, etc.
who doesn’t need a reason to make a cute little fabric bucket, right?!! 🙂
HAH!!! thanks for the groupstagramming photo, you silly person. that was such a fun weekend, glad Oscar let you get away for a few hours at a time to hang out! Love the buckets, too! 🙂
Ohno not another cute pattern to buy! You’re officially one of the cool kids now:).
Those fabric bowls are all kinds of cuteness!
And the pictures from Quilt Market are just surreal – too many of my favorite bloggers/designers in one place!!
I remember at one point, with one of mine, we had 8 plugs (that’s what we call them) and ALL of them were missing. currently we have 4 good ones and only 1 to be found. A basket is a great idea for the middle of the night!
Love the binky catchers!! I have that same robot fabric – so cute. And I’m loving all the Quilt Market updates. You all look like such a fun group 🙂
ooh, these are great! I’ve been dying to sew up some fabric bowls/bins for all sorts of junk I have laying around the house, so I’ll have to check this pattern out. It’s nice that the stripe lets you use up a small piece of something you like.
really, they are such a satisfying thing to sew, you should try them! the “feature panel” on this pattern is a big selling point, it’s a great way to use some precious little scraps 🙂
love those binky catchers, seriously so good. And that shelf, can I come play??? 🙂 I love how you organized everything. So glad you had fun at market!
so funny when the celebs you get all starry-eyed about are sewists (and by “you” I’m including “me”!). Looks like you had an awesome time at the quilt show and happy for you that you were able to attend. And those fabric bowls are awesome! I’ve been looking for a way to use up my growing remnant pile . . . these look like they may be the ticket!
Love those little fabric bowls/bins. I love things that give me an excuse to gaze at fabulous fabric around the house!
Ahh, I love your fabric bowls/baskets! So pretty! Nope, you can never have enough of those around the house! and I loved reading your highlights from Quilt Market – glad you had a delightful time! 🙂
I love your little bowls. I went and bought Nova’s pattern. But I have to ask, did you use fusible fleece lining and interfacing?
I just started reading your blog recently. I have since bought the Geranium dress pattern and made two. This is the first sewing I’ve done since I was a teenager. Now I’m a sewing enthusiast. I don’t know what you would call it – a re-beginner?
oh good, hope you enjoy the pattern as much as i do! yes – the fusible fleece in combination with the interfacing makes for just the right amount of structure. thanks for reading and congrats on your “re-beginning”! 🙂
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