Sew a Cozy Fabric Bowl for Homemade Bread — Perfect for Fall

Hi everyone! My name is Cataleya (@happystitches_us on IG), a 10-year-old sewist wanted to sew a fabric bowl for my homemade sourdough bread — something soft, cozy, and perfectly “fall.” I picked a daisy print cotton fabric for the outside and a deep mushroom-green lining for the inside. Together, they felt like how I envision autumn: warm, natural, and just a little bit whimsical. From there, I started creating this cozy reversible bowl, filled with texture, color, and a tiny nod to the change of seasons.

 

MATERIALS:

• two coordinating cotton fabrics (outer + lining)
  • (1) outer piece – 31½” × 9¼” (mushroom green)
  • (1) inner piece – 31½” × 9¼” (pink daisy)
• (1) 10″ circle that matches the outer fabric
• (1) 10″ circle that matches the inner fabric
• cotton batting
  • loosely cut pieces about 1″ larger than your fabric (1) rectangle and (1) circle
  • trim to size after basting for a clean, even edge

• thread to match
• Rotary Cutter
• Water Erasable Tracing Paper (for the buzzing bee design)
• Double Tracing Tool + tracing stylus
• Metal Hera with Stylus
• Wonder Clips
• Heart-Shaped Pins
• Patchwork Scissors (mini)
• Magnet Pin Caddy
• Wonder Clips
• Wonder Pins
• Hot Ruler
• Point Turner 
• Seam Ripper
• iron + wool mat
• ruler
• heat pen
• hand-embroidery needle + floss
  

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BREAD BOWL TUTORIAL:

Prepare the fabrics.

Using her Rotary Cutter and Hot Ruler, Cataleya cut both fabric rectangles (31½” × 9¼”) and two 10″ circles for the base.

She loosely scissor-cut the cotton batting about an inch larger than each fabric piece, then layered it behind the fabric.

To keep everything aligned, she secured the layers with Wonder Pins before basting close to the edge using a long stitch.
After basting, she trimmed away the excess batting so the edges matched perfectly.

Form the sides.
With right sides together, she sewed the short ends of the outer piece rectangle to form a tube at a 1/8″ seam allowance.
For the lining piece, she did the same but left a 4″ opening along the seam — this opening is where she would later turn everything right side out.

Attach the base.

Grab the outer fabric tube first. Clip the 10″ circle to the bottom edge using Wonder Clips, right sides together, and then sew around with a 1/8″ seam allowance.

Sew slowly around the curve, using the Metal Hera to help guide the fabric smoothly under the feed dogs and keep the seam even.

Then grab the inner fabric tube and repeat the same steps. Before attaching the base, she used her Hot Ruler to fold down 2½” from the top edge and pressed it in place. This fold became her guide for a small decorative touch — her signature buzzing bee.

Using Water Erasable Tracing Paper and a Tracing Tool, she lightly drew the bee design and hand-embroidered it before finishing the bowl.

The little embroidered bee added a sweet nod to fall — a simple detail that tied together her cozy colors and seasonal inspiration.

Join the bowls.

With both bowls complete, she placed the outer and lining pieces right sides together, aligning the seams along the top edge.
To keep the layers from shifting, she used her Heart-Shaped Pins to secure the fabrics together inside the seam allowance and Wonder Clips around the outer edge for extra hold.

Using her Magnet Pin Caddy to keep everything organized, she sewed carefully around the entire top rim.

Turn + press.
She carefully pulled the bowl right side out through the 4″ opening left in the lining seam.
Using her Point Turner, she shaped the edges and smoothed out the curves.

Once everything was in place, she stitched the 4″ opening closed.
She gave the bowl a final press with her iron, then topstitched around the rim with matching thread to close the opening and give the bowl a clean finish.

The finished bowl is soft yet sturdy — perfect for holding a warm loaf of homemade sourdough bread (the inspiration behind this project!). For Cataleya, the bee represents summer flying away, while the deep mushroom-green lining feels like hello, fall.

It’s a small detail, but one that perfectly captures the change of seasons — and her love for sewing what she feels.

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