Hello and welcome! It’s Julia from Inflorescence Designs! I’m so joyful you are visiting today! For today’s tutorial, I am sharing my experience in creating a woven basket using the Riley Blake Designs fabric line “Spoonful of Sugar” by Jennifer Long.
The video tutorial I used, created by Mr. Domestic, was simple and easy to follow. Below I show you some of my tips and tricks to make this basket turn out perfectly!
Supplies:
- Fabric Fuse Liquid Adhesive
- HeatnBond Craft Firm Non-Woven Fusible (yardage style)
- Fabric: I used Riley Blake Designs Fabric “Spoonful of Sugar” by Jennifer Long
- 10 main color strips: 2.25” x wof (width of fabric)
- 6 side color strips: 2.5” x wof
- 2 top color strips (same fabric): 2.25” x wof
- Quilt Clips
- Basic Sewing Notions
- Pins
- Foam board
- Oliso Iron and Pressing Mat
Tips & Tricks:
Start by viewing the Video Tutorial by Mr. Domestic. Cut out your material. In the video he uses a 2” strip of fabric. He mentions using a 2.25” width to be safe or with thicker interfacing, so that is what I did. You will also notice he has handles on his basket. I chose to omit those.
I played around with how to best apply the fusible interfacing. I found this method gave me the smoothest and flattest strips.
Directions:
- Apply the HeatnBond Craft Firm interfacing to the wrong side of your fabric strips. Leave about a ¼” of fabric on the top.
- Next, fold over and press the ¼” fabric strip.
- Then, turn the fabric over. Fold the fabric up to the interfacing and press really well. I used steam for all my pressing.
- Next, fold under the raw upper edge to meet the folded edge. Press well with steam.
- Finally, sew along the long edges of each strip. Read the next step to see how to not get bubbles/wavy strips.
IMPORTANT INFO: The first time I sewed these, my strips were really wavy. I figured out if you sew them with the opening facing your feed dogs, the fabric does not bunch up. The top strip below was sewn the way I usually sew–with the side that opens facing up towards me. The bottom strip was sewn with the side that opens facing away from me. It would probably work better if I had a walking foot that could change the attachment foot, but I only have a standard walking foot. I used an edge foot for this so my stitching was really close to the edge.
Once all your strips are made, continue to follow the video’s instructions. For the fabric glue, I used Thermoweb’s Fabric Fuse Liquid Adhesive–My absolute FAVORITE supply in my sewing room!
Thanks for visiting today!
Starting to bloom by choosing JOY~ Julia
