This fabric basket only looks complex. If you’re looking at this fabric tray and thinking it’s too difficult to make, think again. It’s easy to create, you’ll find endless uses for it, and you’ll have bragging rights to go with it.
To make this tray, wrap strips of fabric of one kind or many around a length of lightweight clothesline. As you wrap and sew, you’ll master the coiling techniques necessary to craft the tray, including simple tricks for completing the sides. Once you know how to shape the sides, altering the look is a piece of cake. Linda Permann shares these techniques in this article from Quick Stuff to Sew Vol. 3. Click on View PDF below.
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San Francisco-born artist Kaffe Fassett is a celebrated name in the quilting world. His work has been commissioned by the British monarchy, American fashion designers, and the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has authored numerous bestsellers, including Quilts in Italy, Quilts by the Sea, and Quilts in an English Village.
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Kaffe Fassett is a renowned painter and textile designer known for his visionary use of color. Based in London, he was the first living textile designer to have a solo exhibition at the V&A in 1988. He designs fabrics for Rowan Patchwork and Quilting, knitwear for Rowan Yarns, and has authored over 70 books, including Quilts in Wales and Quilts by the Sea.
This winter jacket was designed and sold by a firm called Roland Originals based in downtown Dayton, Ohio, the state’s most prosperous city at mid-century. The company flourished from the…
Learn how to create one-of-a-kind jackets through appliqué or reverse appliqué, coupled with boro stitching, on layered fabrics for an interesting textured look.
Love the colors on this basket!
What a lovely idea. Something I can use the scraps of my ethnic cottons on.