Aren't they adorable? I think so. And so handy.
Super easy as well. Let's get started. These are my notes on the ones I made for reference.
This basket starts with an 18" square fashion fabric enforced with stiff interfacing and an 18" square of fabric for the lining.
Iron on the interfacing to the backside (wrong side) of the fashion fabric. I used Pellon 808 for this basket and it worked very well. The extra stiff Pellon craft interfacing would work well also but is not necessary for the basket to hold its shape.
Place the two fabrics right sides facing and sew around with 1/2" seam, leaving a 3-4" opening in the middle of one side for turning. Clip corners and turn. Poke out corners and smooth sides then topstich 1/4" from edge around all four sides (this will close the opening left for turning).
Fold in half. Measure 3 1/2" from bottom corner and mark on bottom and side then draw a line to join the two points. Do this for right side and left side. Sew along diagonal line. Be sure to backstitch at edges starting and ending the seam.
Now fold in half on the other side. This will feel a bit awkward as the first two corners will distort the rectangle a bit but it will work fine. Measure 3 1/2" from bottom corner up along side and down along bottom fold and mark then draw diagonal line between the two points for both sides again. Sew along the diagonal line for both sides.
Whatever fabric side is facing you when sewing the corners will be the lining.
Turn inside out. Fold tabs down onto sides of basket. Topstich 1/4" from edge along top to hold tabs in place.
The tabs inside the basket can be tacked in place. Or they can be cut 1/4" from seam and surged or zig-zagged to cover the raw edges. I left in to provide added support.
I ran out of Pellon 808 and the replacement was Pellon 809 which is firm but did not feel as firm as 808 so I attached to both fabrics for the owl/polka dot basket. Worked really well.
Baskets can be custom sized for any dimension.
What I've made so far:
A. 18" square 3 1/2"x 3 1/2" Finished 5" h x 7 1/2" w
B. 16" square 3 1/2 x 3 1/2" Finished 5" h x 5 1/2" w
C. 12" square 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" Finished 3 1/2" h x 4 1/2" w
D. 12" square 2" x 2" Finished 3" h x 4 3/4" w
I plan on making a chart once I get some more done of varying dimensions but this gives a general idea of results that can be expected.
A.
C on left and D on right.
(B got put to use right away so I did not get a picture of it at this time.)
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