SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
- 2 different but complementary heavy, coarse fabrics: 1 1/2" yds each color
- 1 yd of cotton muslin fabric
- Straight pins
- Quick Grip glue
- Piece of chip board (won't crease or fold)
- Glue gun/glue sticks
- Roll of duct tape
DIRECTIONS:
- Read the directions completely through to decide which bottom you want on the basket.
- Decide on the diameter of your basket. Cut your fabric to fit the diameter plus 1" for the seam.
- You may sew two different pieces together to break up the pattern and give it more interest.
- Put right sides together and sew a sleeve or tube with the fabric, leaving the top and bottom open. Make sure you backstitch.
- Cut the cardboard to the height you want the basket.
- Roll the cardboard without creasing and overlap to give it strength. Wrap the cardboard tube with duct tape at the top, middle and bottom of the tube.
- Slide the fabric sleeve onto the cardboard tube and fold over the top of the fabric about 2" against the inside of the cardboard tube. Quick grip glue the fabric to the inside of the tube.
Option #1: Flip the tube over and fold the fabric into the middle (similar to wrapping a present). Hot glue the folded over fabric to close the bottom of the basket.
Option #2: Flip the basket over and fold the excess fabric inward. Pin it and glue the folds together. Cut a circular base that matches the diameter of the fabric tube. Glue the bottom onto the base.
Liner:
- On the piece of cotton muslin, sew a side seam with right sides together.
- Sew the bottom shut. Turn the fabric right side out.
- Place the cotton muslin sleeve into the basket. It will bag into the bottom of the basket which is fine to keep it from pulling on the sides of the basket when finished.
- Pin it in place around the inside of the basket while folding the cotton muslin toward the outside of the basket and Quick Grip glue it to the sides of the basket.
JOANN Hacks:
- Make sure you backstitch all seams.
Rated 1 out of
5
by
jenfromzen from
Agree with other review, not clear directions
No clear directions that totally make sense, especially without PICTURES. If you are going to give a half-arsed tutorial, don't bother then. Either go all out and give a proper tutorial step by step clearly with photos for each step or don't give one at all. This is terrible. You need to give sizes too or advise on how to measure and determine both size of the cardboard structure and size of the fabric pieces, lining and outer and how you are making it long enough to follow the instructions for the bottoms. Why wouldn't you cut and sew a round bottom piece on? You just slap on tutorials here to try to sell fabrics without giving any regard to really making the tutorial actually useful to anyone other than a fairly advanced person who can pretty much look at the picture and just figure it out. Other fabric websites that aren't chain stores have taken enormous amounts of times to provide video step by step tutorials for their free projects.
Date published: 2020-06-25
Rated 2 out of
5
by
CTTY from
The photo is nice...
But having photos for each step would be more helpful. Words alone are a bit confusing.
Date published: 2019-09-24