In this sewing tutorial i am going to show you how to make this adorable fabric basket creation and I make sewing tutorials
Hi Guys I'm Cassie from Faodail Creation and every single Wednesday they are either on how to use your sewing machine or
simple sewing tips and tricks in order to make this fabric basket you are going
to need six inch squared of outer fabric six inch squared of the lining fabric
six inch squared of the fusible fleece for
decoration purposes you can use some ric rack that's optional. Ribbon for the
handles and some matching thread I use fusible fleece all the time one side is
fairly rough which is the gluey side and the other side is a more fluffy side I
use it in my bag making it's relatively inexpensive and it's perfect for
projects like this so this is a fusible fleece up so this is a sticky side and
we are placing our outer on top and just try to remember not to have too much
steam coming out of your iron otherwise you'll end up with wrinklies.
This is the same for all five pieces and I'll meet you here when we're done
So this is all five pieces of your fabric baskets outer pieces all fused and complete
I would like you to lay out all of your fabric pieces like this so it looks like
a t-shape I am going to use a 90/14 needle either a Microtex or a universal is
going to be fantastic for this project I am also going to use a quarter of an
inch foot so all of my seams are a quarter of an inch and I am going to set
my stitch length to a two point zero as you are looking at your T shape I want
you to get this section here and just fold it over like so
and we are gonna stitch down this seam when you start sewing I want you just to
start a little bit away from the beginning and there'll be a reason why
they'll explain that later so you just leave in a little bit of space at the
beginning there and you've got right sides together and you're just going to
stitch a quarter of an inch all the way down
it's always good practice to press our seams open so we're going to do that
right now with our fabric basket this is our t shape once again these are the
two sections that I have pieced together and this is the portion down here that I
left slightly open which is going to marry up to this bit down here so the
next thing we are going to do is take this section here turn it right sides
together and do exactly the same as what we did on the first section leaving a
little bit open at the bottom here and I'll show you why later again I just
have it a little bit away from the beginning and I am just going to stitch
a quarter of an inch
once again we are going to press this section down to make it flatter we want
our seams nice and flat. This is the first section of our fabric basket complete this is like
the top of the t and now we're going to work down so we're going to get this
piece of fabric here and we are going to do it right sides together and the
reason why we left that space is so we can get that seam enclosed so as you can
see here I've got these two sections right sides together and I'm just going
to pull that back so you can see that we have enough room in order to create that
seam all the way down there so now we're going to start this seam right at the
very beginning because we want to close all of this up so now we're going to
start this seam right at the very beginning because we want to close all
of this up so we're going to go all the way down at a quarter of an inch and
finish this part off
and as we did before we are going to press this seam down now this is what our
fabric looks currently we're going to get this last piece of fabric right
sides together and sew straight down here we're not leaving a gap we're just
gonna sew straight down
once again we are going to press this is now what your fabric basket should look
like so now what we're going to do is we're going to work on forming our
fabric basket we are going to get this side here and we are going to marry it
up against this side here and we are going to sew all the way down
so you're going to end up with something that looks a little bit like this so
this was the T shape and now we are going to stitch these sides together
do you see how it's now forming a box shape and now you're just going to close
this guy in
and now you should just be left for this one section here of your fabric basket
just stitch down the final section and you're going to have like a little box
so here's your fabric basket you can stop at this stage if you want to but
I'm going to continue on and I'm going to make the lining of the fabric basket
so if you just push out all of your corners and flip the box up so that's
how it looks so far I'm going to put a little bit detail on my fabric basket
this is called ric rack and I'll show you how to do that first of all take the
arm section off your machine just so you can get your fabric basket right in
there like so and I've now switched to my regular foot also you'll want to use
some coordinating thread this is the best I have to your ric rack as that
will give the best results I'm going to start in the middle of my fabric basket
and I'm going to start a little bit of a way from the beginning of my ric rack
as well just leave a little bit free and start sewing through the center of your
ric rack all the way around the basket you also don't want to be too near the
top of your fabric basket because we need to fold this right side out when we
have our lining in place
when we get near to the other side of the ric rack
we want to cut it up a little bit further and we want to match this
ric rack to the shape of the other ric rack
so here is our fabric basket the outside of it is all complete so we are now
going to do our lining and I'll go through is the same process I'll just go
through it quicker set your fabric up in your t shape and fold these two
sections together first we are going to leave a little bit of a gap at the
beginning leave your space at the beginning quarter of an inch foot on and sew
remember to press form your T shape back again making sure you have this little
gap here at the bottom get this piece of fabric right sides together start a
little bit in and sew all the way down
and press again form your t shape again making sure you have these open
seams and then you're going to grab this piece and you're going to fold it over
and then you're going to sew down this line here making sure that you move
these out of the way so you can get right in there
press again form back your t-shape and then you're just going to get this piece
here flip it over and you're going to sew right down here
and we're just going to press this section once again make our T shape
again and we are going to grab this section here and we're going to put it
right up to here and we're going to sew all the way down here
this is our t-section once again so now we are going to marry these two
sections here
so this is the T section right here and it's starting to form in a fabric box we
are just going to sew the remaining seams like so
just have one seam left to sew on this basket
now you have your outer fabric box and your lining of your fabric box and I
just want you to open that you're lining out and we're just gonna move on to the
handles now it's up to you how long you want your handles this is a meter of
ribbon so i'm literally going to fold the ribbon in half and make that
the length of my handles for my fabric basket this is where Wonder clips come
in really useful you've heard me talk about wonder Clips time and time again
so I am going to look at my box so you want to look at it like this just pinching
these sides and we're just going to put our handles on and we are going to
attach them with our Wonder Clips like so I might just make these handles a
little bit shorter like that and clip this on here so this is one side done so
you're just going to turn the opposite side over and you are going to attach
your other handles on this side
so I basically have this ribbon just so it's touching the bottom of the box
there if you want your ribbon to be the same length as I just now cut it it is
now measured in at 15 inches just make sure you have a slight overhang at the
top for your ribbon because you want all you've ever been to be enclosed so you
currently have both your fabric baskets like this I want you to flip your lining
fabric so it's inside out like so and I would like you to place this portion
here of the fabric basket inside of the lining fabric so once you're finished
it's going to look like this so this is the outer here and this is your lining
fabric right here so they are inside of each other make sure that your handles
are far down and everything is straight at the top like so because we don't want
to catch our handles just be mindful of that. A few points that I want you to
bear in mind so we are going to be flipping this right sides out so I want
you to start your stitches maybe about here and I want you to end your stitches
maybe about here so you have this big gap because you want to flip all of this
right sides out and we have a bit of bulk here so we want to not be forcing it
and we want it to be really easy of getting it through this open space
here the next thing I want you to bear in mind is getting your seams your seams
here all in line with your lining fabric as well as your top fabric once
again I have taken off the arm of my sewing machine so I can get my basket
right into the sewing machine and I'm starting a little bit away from this
corner seam here because I want to leave that space in order to flip my fabric
basket right sides out so I'm going to
start sewing around a quarter of an inch and I am just going to be mindful of my
little handles here so you may have to lift your foot up and down as you go and
past but we are just going to go all the way around the basket and we're going to
stop a little bit of a way from the other corner
as you can see from that video I was stopping and starting all the time
lifting my presser foot up and down that's perfectly fine it's perfectly
normal just go as fast or as slow as you feel
comfortable now I am coming to this final end here I am going to come a
little bit further in and I'm just going to leave a space now you can see here how I
have left this space here in my fabric basket I am just going to snip these
little bits of ribbon here off because we don't need them
now we're going to get this end of this basket and we are going to flip
everything through that opening it's gonna be a little bit of a struggle but
just keep pushing everything through
so you're gonna end up with something a little bit like this so now we're
going to push everything inside of the basket and we are going to close that
opening hole up I recommend just getting your iron and just flatten all of these
down and when you come to your opening just fold everything back the way it
wants to go and fold it flat so I've just gone in there and flattened all of
my fabrics down so it's a little bit manageable this is my open part and we
are going to top stitch all the way around this basket so everything is all
flattened and perfect you may just want to switch your top thread out to a
matching color so I have orange and I am doing a little bit of smaller than a
quarter of an inch top stitch here and I'm going to go all the way around my
basket just to finish that off and just help to flatten
the lining down so just watch when you come to your little handles here that
you're not catching anything and go all the way round just guiding all that
fabric basket through
go as fast or as slow as you want it is not a race
here is the final project I hope you've enjoyed watching it don't forget to give
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