These great little fabric baskets are a cinch to sew. I have used tea towels to make this super quick, but fabric also works well. You’ll just have to do some extra hemming.
I picked these sweet towels up from Woolies for $9 (for 3).
You’ll need:
- Two tea towels that look great together
- Thread
- A sewing machine
- Pins
- Scissors
- Ruler
- Iron
How to make the fabric basket:
- Fold one tea towel in half so that two shorter edges meet each other at the top. Sew both sides. Leave the top open. Repeat for the other tea towel.
- This is the clever bit. Iron the fold at the bottom. Place one sewn seam so that it lies on top of ironed crease. This will create a triangle. Measure about 7cm in from the apex of the triangle. Pin. Put the ruler vertically against the pin and mark a straight line. Sew along that line. Do the same on the other side.
- Turn inside out and you have a box. Repeat for the other tea towel.
- Place the fabric boxes inside one another, the wrong sides should be facing each other.
- Fold down so that the inner box fabric creates a fold over the outer box fabric. You could sew the two boxes together, but you don’t need to. Keeping them separate allows you to create a few and mix and match!
Love this and great tutorial thanks !. I’m going to be on the lookout now for some funky tea towels.
Check out local supermarkets – they seem to be upping their game!
Love this Roybna!! I’ve got a bit of a stockpile of lovely tea towels and now I know what to do with them. Great tutorial!![My Profile](https://themummyandtheminx.com/wp-content/plugins/commentluv/images/littleheart.gif)
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Oh good – glad you liked it!
I love this tutorial! I may even be brave enough to try it with my amateur sewing skills. Thanks so so much for sharing it on the link up! xo![My Profile](https://themummyandtheminx.com/wp-content/plugins/commentluv/images/littleheart.gif)
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It truly is super easy!
So easy and looks fabulous! What a brilliant gift idea! Bron x![My Profile](https://themummyandtheminx.com/wp-content/plugins/commentluv/images/littleheart.gif)
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I am using them for hampers – Woolies had some very cute Christmas tea towels for next nothing.