Friday, November 7, 2008

Little Fabric Baskets!

Oooh - a little chilly here this morning and we are well into spring!

Look at the cutest little fabric baskets - tutorial from the Pink Penguin! I have been looking at them on other girls' blogs and thought they may be too fiddly for me - well, they are really nifty and easy once you have done the first one. Thank you so much to the Pink Penguin!

I made four on Wednesday and took them along to show the girls at one of my sewing groups yesterday for Show and Tell - a lot of them are very enthusiastic about making them for Christmas gifts, so we are having a little sew-and-sew next Thursday. It will be interesting to see the little baskets created by a group - I will post a piccie!

DD, Angela, will be over after dropping the kids at school - she's a hairdresser, so time for a little trim and blow-dry, then I'm off to meet friends for a little retail therapy, then lunch. Guess where the retail therapy will happen!

Have a good weekend everyone!

13 Lovely People said ...:

Anonymous said...

Oh, Lurline, your little baskets are so cute!! Aren't you glad you decided to try them? I just love them. I'd like to try a little bigger one. I wonder how it would work? Maybe if I used some stabilizer to stiffen it up a little?

Anonymous said...

These little baskets are cute as can be, and thank you for sharing the link! I'm hung up on making totes lately, and these will be fun too.

Julie said...

These are really cute. I'm looking for an idea for my son's pre-school teachers for Christmas, these might be just the thing with a few goodies inside.

Kristie said...

Very pretty! I just love these little baskets. I have two that were made by a friend and they are such handy little things. I have one full of chocolates sitting here by the computer.
Kristie

em's scrapbag said...

Your baskets are adorable. Thanks for the link. Have fun with your retail therapy today. I want pics of your finds. Have a great day! Em

Quilter Going Bananas said...

Love the baskets! Will try to make some at the quilt retreat I'm going to in 2 weeks time. Lucky you to spend quality time doing retail therapy and lunch. Please give us a report (with pics of course) on how the therapy goes.....cheers, QGB

Laila L S said...

Cute fabric baskets, I`m planning to make some, but have other things I have to make first.
I too want a report and pictures from your retail therapy.
Have a nice weekend!

Julia said...

Love the baskets! so cute...
will make great little gifts.
Hugs Julia

RG said...

Lurline, Hi!! :o)
Your little bags are gorgeous!! I've been meaning to make one myself for a while...mmmm, I wonder if today's the day? :D
Thanks so much for your kind words about the button...it was totally my pleasure...Christine's a lovely lovely lady.
Yes it would be lovely to catch up :o)
Thankyou for your encouragement!!
Robyn xx

Shari said...

I've had my eye on this tutorial for a few weeks now - I even put a shortcut on my desktop. Your baskets have turned out great. I hope to have at least one finished by the next time we meet. Hugs to you dear friend!

Nanette Merrill said...

I love all those fabrics. They are so wonderful. And that bag is darling.

Nanette Merrill said...

I commented on the wrong post. Sorry. Oh well.

truebluenana said...

I really like those little boxes. I have seen an article in a quilt magazine for making them. what a great idea for Christmas.