Fast, Fun & Easy Irresist-A-Bowls [Paperback]

Linda Johansen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2005

Join the newest, hottest craft trend - fabric bowls! Make 5 new bowl shapes in any size.

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About the Author

Linda Johansen is an award-winning quilt artist and teacher with her own line of hand-dyed fabrics and has uncovered a whole new "dimension" with her fused, 3-D fabric bowl and box creations.

Product Details

• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: C&T Publishing (May 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1571203079
• ISBN-13: 978-1571203076
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #416,258 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

When Linda was seven years old, her mother sat her down at a treadle sewing machine and taught her how to sew. By the time she was in junior high school, she was making all her own clothes. She loves to stretch her creativity with every innovative fabric technique she can find, from dyeing, painting, and stamping, to making bowls and boxes. And as of this writing, she has created over 200 bowls! Linda teaches workshops on beginning, traditional, and contemporary quiltmaking; color and design; dyeing and stamping. Of course, her very popular classes on making fabric bowls and fabric boxes are always filled. Under the company name Johansen Dyeworks, Linda hand-dyes fabric, specializing in color gradations and variegated, one-of-a-kind pieces. This fabric, along with commissioned art quilts and fabric bowls and boxes, are sold through several shops around the Northwest. Although her two sons have grown up and left the nest, Linda still has the company of two border collie mix dogs. She and her husband live in Corvallis, Oregon. Visit Linda's web site at www.lindajohansen.com

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fast, Fun & Easy Irresit-A-Bowls, July 7, 2005

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B. Bunn (Jacksonville, FL.) - See all my reviews
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This is an excellent book as were her first ones. I have them all. Good diagrams and easy instructions. Very pleased with the results. Must have for your library!

B. Bunn

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Instructions!, March 19, 2006

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Very concise descriptions of how to make the bowls! Pictures are great!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wedding crafts, February 19, 2008

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Diane S (Iowa) - See all my reviews

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This book has easy to read, easy to follow instructions, with excellent pictorial examples. It shows how the sample bowls are made and then has suggestions on how they can be customized. Where the materials are not readily available, they suggest easy-to-find substitutes and explain the changes necessary to make that work.

I think I'm going to have a lot of fun with these and end up with a set of products that look hand-crafted, rather than home-made, that will tie together all the decorations for the wedding. The fabric flowers I'm making will be perfect in these, braided into a ring, encircling an oil votive.