Super Easy Fabric Basket tutorial

Super Easy Fabric Baskets

These are about 6" tall and 6" wide.
The LEFT basket was made from (56) 2" squares.
Bottom piece 6 1/2 x 11.
Backing and batting 20 x 13.

The RIGHT basket was made from (30) 2 1/2" squares.
Bottom piece 6 1/2 x 10 1/2".
Backing and batting 20 x 13.

Using 2 1/2" squares:

Sew two sets of 3 x 5 using 2 1/2" squares- EACH should measure 6 1/2 x 10 1/2.

Cut the bottom piece 6 1/2 x 10 1/2.

 Sew the patchwork to each side of the bottom piece.

Layer it with batting and backing and quilt it.

Sew a basting stitch around the edges.

Using 2" squares:

Sew two sets of 4 x 7 using 2" squares--it should measure 6 1/2 x 11.

Cut the bottom piece 6 1/2 x 11.

Assemble and quilt as described above.

Fold in half with right sides together and sew side seams with 1/4" seam.

Zig zag seam to finish.

To make the boxy bottom fold side seam toward center,

measure 2 1/2" in from corner and draw a 5" long line from side to side with the seam in the center.

Baste on the line and see if you like how it will sit.

Sew on the drawn line. 

Trim off excess corner piece.

Zig zag seam to finish.

Sew binding around the top edge to finish it. Cut binding 2 3/4" x 24" (plenty long).

Iron in half with right sides together. Fold one end in 1/4" and pin binding. 

Begin sewing (3/8" seam) 2" from end--about where the first pin is.

When you get back around to the start tuck the binding into the beginning piece.

It should overlap about an inch.

Flip binding to other side and either sew by hand or machine to finish.

Enjoy!!

Port Gamble, WA row

I love this row from Quilted Strait in Port Gamble, WA!

No, I didn't go there to get the pattern--I just drafted it from their photo! 

Sew cute. I did call the shop to order the license plate. 

17 More Rows Sewn

All of these rows are waiting to be put into a quilt. Some I'm waiting for the fabric license plate to arrive. So for now I will continue to stitch the kits into completed rows and store them together in a box.

Thanks to Auntie Bee for sending me this pattern and license plate from All About Quilting, Jacksonville, NC.

Thanks to Bee for sending this one too! License plate coming from Quilt Beginnings, Dublin, OH.

Thanks PB for this row from Pumpkin Patch Quilts, Lee, MA.

Thanks Danny and Andrea for getting married in Ontario where I picked up this row from The Quilting Bee, Fonthill, ON, Canada.

Road trip to southern MD. Michelle's Quilts, Hughesville, MD. I set my crabs on newspaper fabric, ready for the crab feast to begin. Yum.

Thanks SA for getting this row from Cloth Peddler Quilt Shop, Stephens City, VA.

Stopped for this one on the way home from vacation. The Blue Crab Quilt Company, Richmond, VA.

Thanks PB for this row from MarketPlace Quilts, Salem, MA.

Thanks WE for this hurricane row from Sew Worth It, Sarasota, FL.

Thanks Chris Holman for picking up this row for me on your beach trip. From Quilts by the Sea, Chincoteague Island, VA.

Thanks to EG for this row from The Crazy 9 Patch, Ramona, CA.

Road trip southern MD also netted this row from Material Girls Quilt Boutique, LaPlata, MD. 

Road trip with SA to get this. Scary trip through scary parts of west Philadelphia before we found the Cloth & Bobbin, Narberth, PA.

Love this row from Quilter's Corner, Midlothian, VA. Sasha (my dog) was a good sport as we kept detouring to quilt shops all the way to our vacation in NC.

Thanks EG for sending the pattern and kit for this row from Bluebird Quilts & Gallery, Grand Terrace, CA.

From Bonny's Sewing & Fabric, Alexandria, VA.

From Prints Charming, Fulton, MD.

"Fun X Fun" quilt finished

"Fun X Fun" back of quilt rows from:

Sew Much Fun!, Lowell, NC

Quilts & Treasures, East Longmeadow, MA

Loving Stitches, Fayetteville, NC

The Crazy Cousin, Fredericksburg, VA

Waterwheel House Quilt Shop, Londonderry, VT

Cottonseed Glory, Annapolis, MD

Serendipity, Dagsboro, DE

Sew Happens, Wilmington, NC

The bottom row doesn't have a license plate to identify the shop so that is where I put the quilt label.

"Fun X Fun" front side of quilt. Rows are from:
 The Quilt Vine, Trappe, MD
 The Round Bobbin, Ambler, PA
Mare's Bears, Lewes, DE
Bear's Paw Fabrics, Towson, MD
Capital Quilts, Gaithersburg, MD
Ellicott City Sew Vac, Ellicott City, MD
Spring Water Designs Quilting, Columbia, MD
Bless My Stitches, Murphy, NC

I took the quilt in to Spring Water Designs Quilting to win their prize.

Connecting rows for Quilt As You Go

I forgot to show this row from Ellicott City Sew Vac as I pieced it and now its already quilted!

I chose to make a 2 sided quilt. So I sandwiched 2 rows back to back and quilted it.

These 2 rows are joined forever too.

I purchased these awesome binding fabrics at Mare's Bears in Lewes, DE as I picked up their row.

Cut each binding strip 1 1/2" wide by length of quilt plus 2 inches. Fold WST in half and iron.

Pin with raw edges to edge of quilt. Pin one on each side of the quilt. 

One will show on the front of the quilt and one will show on the back.

Sew through all layers with 1/4" seam allowance.

Abut the 2 sections to be joined.

 Using a piece of folded fabric as a bridge, pin sides to hold them together.

Use several bridges to hold the sides together.

Sew together using a wide zig zag stitch.

Fold the binding toward the joined piece and iron. 

Repeat for both sides. Pin through BOTH bindings. 

Check the bottom side to make sure the binding has been captured by the pin.

Sew the folded edge down. I used the serpentine stitch to secure both top and bottom.

The binding is is now holding the two halves together.