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A Fishbowl
I'm a huge fan of Tamar Mogendorff... she makes fishbowls and birdcages with fabric . So i tried to make my own... and I like it (so does my cats).
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Step 1I have taken a lot of pictures, because I'm not sure that my english is good.
First you take the blue fabric and cut it in long pieces. About 10 cm broad and 30 cm long. (4 pieces) and 1 piece about 35 cm long.
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Step 2Stitch them togheter.
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Step 3Turn the stitched pieces inside-out.
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Step 4Make 5 long pieces.
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Step 5Cut 2 round pieces out of brown fabric (or green).
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Step 6Put on a brown piece al 5 blue pieces. Make sure that they are al inside. Just the end of the blue strokes can be outside the brown circle.
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Step 7Put the other circle on it. Make sure there are only 5 blue pieces visible. You can pin them together so they don't move a lot.
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Step 8Stitch al the pieces together. This is a little bit hard to do. Don't get nervous. :-D
Let one side open between 2 pieces, so you can turn the whole thing inside-out.
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Step 9This is how it looks when you turned it inside-out.
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Step 10Cut 5 pieces of iron wire, like 12 cm ( a bit longer than your blue pieces). Put the wire in each stroke. I pushed the wire on the end trough the brown fabric and folded 90 degrees so it doesn't come back.
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Step 11After pushing the iron wire into the blue strokes, fill the brown fabric with soft filling.
And then close it by sewing it with your hands.
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Step 12Make a knot with the longest stroke.
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Step 13Now you need a fish. I took orange fabric. Draw a fish on the fabric and cut it out. Then you draw it again (same shape) and also cut it out.
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Step 14Stitch the both pieces together, but not completely. You must be able to turn the fish inside-out.
Then fill it with soft filling and sew it completely now.
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Step 15Put 2 nice eyes on the fish.
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Step 16Stab a thread through the fish. Search a good place so the fish hangs horizontal.
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Step 17Now hang your fish in the bowl.
Keep the cats away... :D
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