Basket Project – 2018-19

It started with a gift exchange at Rochester Modern Quilt Guild. We were to make a small container or basket to exchange with other members at our January meeting. Here’s the one I made for the exchange:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The interior fabric is from Mali, and the handles are riveted-on leather tabs. The pattern I found was so great, I also used it to make some Christmas gifts.

These went to my sister-in-law and husband, to coordinate with her MacKenzie-Childs collection. Handles were made from the same fabric as the binding, with wire inserts.

These cat-themed baskets were gifts for my daughter, again with the riveted leather tabs.

The pattern was designed by Anna Graham of Noodle Head Designs and can be accessed at:  http://www.robertkaufman.com/assets/pdf/Baskets.pdf I changed the dimensions of the fish bowl basket here, and the Mali-lined one above, by reducing the square fabrics and innerfacings to 12-1/2″ but still used the larger dart template.  It makes a great size.

If you decide to try out this, please send me a photo of what you’ve made. I’d love to see it!

 

Update – Without a Sewing Machine

My hand piecing is coming along.

Six stitches loaded on the needle

Seven Stitches Loaded on the Needle

Loading the needle really speeds up the process. I’m taking a back stitch half way along each square to anchor the stitches. I have five blocks done and am looking at fabrics for alternate blocks.

Sixteen Patch with Auditioned Background Fabrics

A nice, relaxing project for TV time.

Frank’s Quilt – 1943 and 2010

This queen quilt is part modern and part vintage. The blocks were found in a wooden box with a note saying “Frank’s Quilt.” Frank was Jaye’s father, and the blocks were made by his mother, Stella Gertrude Neill Bower, from men’s shirt remnants – plaids and stripes. She used the “Square in Square” or “Economy” block design. Jaye added the blue chambray sashing and completed the quilt for the wedding of a niece in 2010.

Now owned by D. and A. Raymond.