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Sew a Fabric Gift Basket

With Spring just around the corner, I thought I’d share how to sew a fabric gift basket. These homemade baskets make great gifts for all different occasions, holidays, and themes! I sew these DIY fabric baskets for everything from baby showers to teachers’ gifts and more. Add machine embroidery for a nice custom touch. Use these homemade fabric baskets for custom storage bins as well! Get the tutorial below on how to sew your very own fabric gift basket.

Supplies:

  • FS60X
  • NV180 was used for the embroidery
  • 1 yd. cotton fabric exterior
  • 1 yd. cotton fabric liner
  • 1-2 yds. fusible fleece
  • General sewing/cutting supplies

Cutting:

Exterior: 2 pieces that measure 17” (wide) x  13” long

Liner:  2 pieces that measure 17 x 13”

Fusible Fleece: 4 pieces that measure 17 x 13”

Strap: 1 piece 17 x 6”

Fusible Fleece: 17 x 6”

For the 2 piece (Blue Checkered)

Exterior: Top section: 17 x 3 x  ¾”

Exterior: Bottom section:  17 x 10 ¼”

The rest of the pieces measure the same as above.

Fuse the fusible fleece to the wrong side of all pieces.

Use a grid ruler and mark off a 3” square at the bottom corners for both exterior and liner and cut.

Place exterior and liner pieces right sides together. Stitch the sides and bottoms with a 1/2” seam allowance.

For the corners: With right sides together, connect the seam so it’s centered to the other side and clip or pin.

Stitch together and repeat for all corners. (1/2” seam allowance).

The bottom should look like this when complete.

Now let’s sew the handle.

Fuse the fleece to the wrong side.

Fold the sides into the center and press.

Fold in half so the edges are together and press.

Top stitch down both sides (about 1/8” from the edge).

Find the center front and center back  of the basket and mark. Place the handle right sides together with the basket over those marks and sew (1/4” seam allowance).

Flip the basket so right sides are out including the handle.

Place the basket into the liner so the right sides are together. Attach seams to seams and pin or clip all the way around.

Sew ½” seam allowance all the way around the edge leaving a 3” opening just an inch off one of the handles. This will be the opening to flip right sides outs.

Flip right sides out through the opening.

Press the basket. Top stitch with a 3.0 stitch length and just off the edge (1/8” or so) around the top edge of the basket, closing the opening as well.

Now fill your homemade gift basket with all sorts of goodies. I sew these fabric baskets for gifts, but they’re also great to use as homemade storage bins. You can add some machine embroidery to customize them. For the blue checkered basket, I embroidered the name on the top section. You can use this tutorial here for that portion. I also embroidered a sash to tie around the floral basket. Make these for all different occasions: I love sewing them for party favors, Mother’s Day gifts, and more. Use your imagination and take your homemade gift baskets to the next level of fun.

This article has been republished from Brother Sews USA.

The original article can be seen here: http://blog.brothersews.com/projects/sew-a-fabric-easter-basket/ 

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Fashionable Custom Eyeglass Case

Want a quick project to try over the weekend? This eyeglasses case is it! I love how you can customize it with anyone’s initials. This eyeglass case makes for a great gift for your friends and family. Customize your DIY eyeglass case with your favorite colors and prints. The sky’s the limit! I know that you will enjoy this project. Have fun!

Supplies:

  • Fat Quarter Cotton Fabric or ¼ yard of Cotton Fabric
  • Double Fold Bias Tape
  • ¼ yard Two-sided Fusible Flex Foam
  • Fabric Vinyl
  • Brother ScanNCut

Sew Eyeglasses Case:

  1. Cut two rectangles out of your fabric at 8” x 13.5”. On the bottom end of one corner, cut a curved corner.

2. Cut one rectangle of your flex foam at the same measurement, 8” x 13.5”.
3. Adhere the fabrics to both sides of your flex foam with your iron. Make sure the right side of your fabric is facing out.

4. On the long side, pin your bias tape in place. On each end, the bias should extend about ½”.

5. Stitch bias tape in place. As you are sewing, don’t forget to fold the ends of the bias tape inside the bias tape.

6. Fold your DIY eyeglass case in half and attach the bias tape on the outer edge.

Cut Letters with Your ScanNCut:

  1. Place vinyl with shiny side down.
  2. On the ScanNCut, press on pattern

3. Press on the letters and choose your font. I chose FO-A001.

4. Type in your letters and press ok.

5. Adjust size to 1.74” height and pre-set.

6. Press Edit, then Edit Object.
7. Press on the duplicate button. You want to create two of the same image so adjust the number to 2.

8. Now, press the mirror button. Be sure to mirror both sets of letters.

9. Click ‘OK’ three times to pass through the menu. Then, press ‘Please Select’ and ‘Cut’.

10. Click on the wrench to edit your cut to half cut
11. Before making your final cut, test your cut first.
12. If your letters come out clean, proceed with your cut. If not, adjust the pressure and test again until it comes out clean.
13. Once you’re finished cutting, press ok.

Press Your Letters onto Case:

  1. Center your first set of letters in the middle of your case. Press in place.
  2. Place your second set of letters on top but, move it slightly over to create a shadow effect. Press in place.

FINAL LOOKS:

This article has been republished from Brother Sews USA. The original article can be seen here: http://blog.brothersews.com/sewing/fashionable-custom-eyeglass-case/

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Embroidery could be applied to a variety of items such as tee-shirts, canvas shoes, caps, tote bag and more.

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