I had leftover fish outdoor fabric from making a pillow that I bought at Joanns link: https://www.joann.com/minnows-indigo-outdoor-fabric/19169721.html and bought a skein a rope at a garage sale that I thought I could cover with the fabric and then hot glue to a metal bucket.

I cut the fabric to about 2″ wide and the length of the fabric (around 52″ wide) in strips. I used four strips to cover the rope and the bucket. I laid the rope in the center of a strip and hot glued the center of the rope to the center of the fabric. Then I covered the end of the rope with a scrap of fabric and hot glued the fabric around the end of the rope. Next, I hot glued one side of the fabric around the rope as taut as possible, and then continued down one side of the fabric to the end of the rope. Then take the other side of the fabric, put hot glue under it and roll the fabric on a silicone mat so the material surrounds the rope and keeps your fingers out of the way from being burned. I did this about a foot at a time as I seemed to be able to control that much rope.

If you decide to do this project, instead I’d use a cotton clothesline rope like this. https://tinyurl.com/nx2xy6k2

When you get to the other end of the rope and have surrounded it with fabric, take another scrap of fabric and wrap it over the end and around the sides so it looks finished like the rest of the rope. Once you’ve covered the entire rope, take your bucket and starting at the spot near the top you’ve chosen as your starting spot, hot glue the end of the rope to the bucket and then keep gluing and wrapping the rope to the bucket, making sure there are no gaps between the bucket and the rope and no gaps between each row of rope, so you’ll put glue on the bucket and on the top of the rope that you’re adhering to the row of rope above it, since you are working your way down the bucket. Keep gluing and wrapping until you run out of rope. I was able to wrap mine around the bucket and under the bottom of the bucket so it all looks finished.

If you have any shiny areas where the hot glue is too thick, use either a heat tool or a blow drier and melt the hot glue and wipe it off with the metal ends of your scissors. Heating it will also melt the frayed fabric ends that might be sticking out and will eliminate any hot glue strings as well.

My plan is to put a napkin inside the bucket and wrap it over the top so it looks finished.

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