Roxanne and I have chose fabric baskets for our Christmas project this year. The first one i made was scrappy, which is great practice for improve piecing. OK, for piecing of any kind. I'm enjoying the practicing, too...
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| finished now, but with "issues" so I get to keep it! |
We went on from here. I'm doing most of the cutting out, and we are sharing the sewing. I wish we had more time to sew together. It is our treat to ourselves. The baskets are pretty simple. Each block is 6.5 inches square with a lining, and a quilty kind of innerfacing for depth, and for the baskets to stand. Sew the outside blocks togther, and the inside blocks together. Then sew the bottoms on. Since I don't like my results when I leave the turning hole at the top edge, I leave it in one side of the bottom of the lining fabric. Even if you close that by a quick machine line on the "outside" fabric, it is stuffed down in the bottom of the basket to be invisible.
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more baskets...
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One week, we embellished with laces and rick rack that I had in my stash. Roxanne added the cording for cute handles on one basket. On the top edge of the pieced basket above, we used bias tape for a finished look. Another time, we did some improv piecing on a couple. When you have the innerfacing square to go by, you get the right size pretty quick, so while it is more time consuming than using a whole block, it sure makes a nice focal point on a side or two.
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| fill them with ornaments for a festive look! |
We have had fun with these baskets, as you can see. Hope we can finish them all before Christmas!
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| decorate your children! |
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