Storage Baskets Tutorial

Storage Baskets Tutorial

Posted by Fekete E.

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I love finding tutorials on the net and making things myself and I have become especially artsy-crafty since my son was born. The latest in a long line of things that I have made are some hanging storage baskets for his toys. I found a wonderful tutorial by the Mother Huddle based on which I made them.

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You Will Need (2 things)

  • Materials
  • 1 x Curtain Rod

Steps (10 steps, 120 minutes)

  1. 1

    First of all you will need the following materials:

    * three 20x 25.5 cm (8 x 10 inch) wooden panels (in the tutorial mentioned above you will find that Plexiglas sheets were used which you can also do, but wood was more accessible to me)
    * three 47 x 72 cm (18½ x 28 inch) fabric pieces from you outer material and the same size three pieces from your lining material
    * three 10 x 27 cm ( 4 x 10 ½ inch) pieces
    * a curtain rod for hanging the baskets

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    First you will need to fold your large pieces in half with right side in, short ends together and them sew up the sides, leaving the top open. Like this:

  3. 3

    do the same to your lining material as well

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    Next, take your fabric and fold your corners down like shown in the picture below. Measure 8.5 cm (3¾ inches) from the endpoint and pin across on both sides

  5. 5

    like so:

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    do the same to your lining material as well

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    like so:

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    Then turn your fabric right side out, place in the wooden panel,

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    then your lining material and pin the top by adding the smaller material (hem the sides of it before inserting) to what will be the backside of the basket.

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    sew it up, insert the rod and you are done