Rope Bowl

I have been wanting to make a jelly roll rug (a modern version of the braided rug) but I am not ready yet. I don't have the supplies, I haven't picked a colour combination and I don't know where in the house I would put the finished project. Which is too bad because they are so cute.

I regularly watch my favorite crafting sites for new images (embroidery, printables, cut files) and projects. 

Embroidery Library posted a beautiful rope basket with an image embroidered to the bottom. Seeing this post, I had an "Aha" moment. I could try my hand at a rope project and give the finished basket as a gift. 

It took a while to find the right type of rope. I thought my local hardware store would carry this but to my dismay, they don't. I ended up ordering the rope from Amazon. The embroidered image, I had previously purchased from Embroidery Library. You can use any open design image. I chose the "I Love Quilting Wreath".

The basket turned out to be more of a bowl. It was a fun project and I learned a lot while making it. 

I learned that it is a fairly simple project and next time I will give it a gradual curve, not such an immediate one (the difference between a deep bowl and a shallow one).