Last night, just before it was time to get everyone ready for bed, I had to sew. It didn't need to be big or complicated, but I simply needed to touch, press, cut, and sew with some pretties before the day was over. So, I decided to make Anna's berry basket.
This was such a fun and quick project. And, once again, Anna's instructions were clear and easy to follow with lots of helpful pictures along the way.
The only tricky part??? That binding. I suspected it was going to be quite finicky, but at the end it worked out pretty well.
I attached the binding on differently than what the instructions called for, though. I did a double fold binding just like I would do for a quilt, cutting it at 2 1/4 ", attaching it to the exterior part first. I then used tons of clips to hold it in place and stitched over both the exterior and lining sides of the binding at once. Worked like magic :)
Now I'm just trying to decide what to keep inside. Maybe some thread? or a small wip project? or some special fabric? I'll see.
Speaking of fabric, I treated myself to a new Sugar Flower 2013 FQ bundle. I have never ever bought the whole collection of one fabric before so I'm quite excited to have all these pretties in my stash.
No plans for what to make with them, though. I think some fabric petting is absolutely required before I can cut into any of these :)
Talk to you soon. Svetlana
LOVE this! My sister made me one, and I just bought the interfacing to try them myself. I'm going to sew my binding the way you did, which is sometimes called taco-style. BTW...I referred to your Granny Square pillow on my recent blog post. Thanks for sew much inspiration!
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I've got to make one of these baskets -- they've been calling my name since I first saw them on Anna's blog. Love yours!
ReplyDeleteso so adorable! I just love it!
ReplyDeleteSvetlanko, nadherny kosik!! No a ten obsah - myslim ty nove latky... parada! :) Jasne, ze se muze nakupovat, i kdyz nemas cil na usiti. Ten cil se pak vzdycky najde, kdyz se ma doma takovy poklad :) Tak at kosik krasne slouzi! :) Pa, Jola
ReplyDeleteVery cute, I love that you used a strawberry print!
ReplyDeleteCute, cute basket!! Your fabric choices really make this! So tempted by Flower Sugar. I love every pattern.
ReplyDeleteThat's such a great project and I nearly forgot about it. Thank you for inspiring us with your pretty version :)
ReplyDeleteI'm loving all the small projects you have been making lately.
ReplyDeleteA sweet basket made with such adorable fabric! I love the new Sugar Flower 2013 too!
ReplyDeleteYes! I also ordered the Flower Sugar bundle after debating for days! It should arrive very soon and I am excited.
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet basket! The fabrics are perfect! I am amazed at how you cut your binding to 2 1/4". I almost always cut mine 2.75, for real. But now that I think about it, I do sew it on with a 3/8" foot, so maybe that's why I always need more? Oh, math has never been my strong suit.
ReplyDeleteHow cool is it that you have so many relevant posts to link up to the bottom of this post! You certainly have made some "berry" beautiful baskety things!
Your basket is so sweet, maybe you need more so you can store everything!? ;) love the flower sugar!
ReplyDeletesuper cute and so useful, too
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