How to Make a DIY Fabric Gift Basket (perfect for Mother’s Day!)
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How to Create a Fabric Basket: This DIY Fabric Gift Basket Tutorial is a versatile project that you can tailor to suit any theme or occasion, making it the perfect way to elevate your gift presentation. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced sewer, this sewing project is both fun and rewarding!
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Sew a DIY basket for Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is just around the corner!
Do you have a gift basket planned for Mom this year? If so, I’ve got a great DIY Fabric Basket tutorial to share that will dress up any gift basket!
I love Mother’s Day, don’t you?
Every mom deserves a little pampering on Mother’s Day. This year, I decided to create something special for all the moms in our family (myself included, of course, lol). Thoughtfully curated gift fabric baskets are one of my favorite go-to gifts for occasions like this.
Gift baskets are a great gift option
When you want to combine multiple items or customize a gift to suit a specific person or theme, creating your own DIY gift basket is the perfect solution. Personally, I enjoy selecting my favorite treats and thoughtfully curating each inclusion.
For this Mother’s Day gift basket, I chose a “pampering” theme and carefully selected some of my favorite at-home beauty and self-care products to include. To complete the easy basket, I added a few additional pampering items, all in coordinating, vibrant packaging for a cheerful and cohesive look.
Are You Ready to Sew a Fabric Gift Basket?
This easy fabric basket pattern can be sewn to any size basket and with any fabric to fit your gift or theme. The best news about this project is that you can whip several out in less than 30 minutes. (And even less time if you use store-bought bias tape!)
Fabric Gift Basket Pattern Sewing Tips:
- Use a .25-inch seam allowance
- If you want these baskets to be truly reusable, I recommend using a heavy-weight iron-on interfacing. (Iron it to the back of the lining piece.)
Materials Needed for the Fabric Basket:
- Coordinating fabric (this basket uses fabric cuts that measure 27 inches (w) by 9 inches (h))
- bias tape
- optional heavy-weight fusible interfacing
- rotary cutter/scissors
- needles
- iron
- disappearing ink marker
- basic sewing supplies
DIY Fabric Gift Basket Sewing Instructions
Step 1: Cut out fabric.
(Optional step 1a: Cut a piece of interfacing to 27 inches (w) by 9 inches (h) and iron to the back of your lining fabric.)
Cut two pieces of fabric 27 inches (w) by 9 inches (h)
If making your own bias tape, cut one strip 28 inches (w) by 1.75 inches (h)
Step 2: Sew fabric basket together.
Fold the outer fabric piece in half, right sides together (as shown below), and sew along the side and bottom, using a 1/4 seam allowance. Trim seam allowance 1/8 inch.
Repeat on the lining piece.
Step 3: Creating the boxed corners.
Fold the fabric basket, with the bottom seam up, as shown below. Use a ruler and measure down 2 inches from the top point. Draw a line with a disappearing ink marker. Repeat on the other side.
Sew along the lines you drew.
Trim the excess fabric off the bottom corners.
Check out your awesome boxed corner:
Repeat step 3 on the lining piece.
Step 4. Putting the basket together.
Insert the lining piece into the outer fabric basket piece, wrong sides together, so the design faces up, lining up the side seams.
Sew a basting stitch along the top of the pieces to hold everything in place.
Step 5: Adding binding to the top of the basket.
Want to make your own binding? Follow these directions to make your own ==> Easy binding for fabric basket.
Open binding strip.
Line up the raw edge of the binding along the raw edge of the basket. (You can also use the “sandwich technique if desired; I find this way makes for a neater application.)
Fold the beginning edge of the binding over and pin it in place.
Sew the binding in place, right above the 1st crease.
Flip the binding around the edge of the DIY fabric baskets and pin it in place.
Sew along the bottom of the binding, catching both sides in the stitches.
You are done. How gorgeous is that basket!!!
Now fill your fabric bin full of your favorite lip balms, lotions, and other pampering goodies for mom!
As always, if you make one of these gift baskets, be sure to come back and share a picture on my facebook page or tag me on Instagram with #scatteredmompatterns!
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Materials
- Coordinating fabric (this basket uses fabric cuts that measure 27 inches (w) by 9 inches (h))
- bias tape
- optional heavy-weight fusible interfacing
- rotary cutter/scissors
- needles
- iron
- disappearing ink marker
- basic sewing supplies
Instructions
(Optional step 1a: Cut a piece of interfacing to 27 inches (w) by 9 inches (h) and iron to the back of your lining fabric.)
- Cut two pieces of fabric 27 inches (w) by 9 inches (h)
- If making your own bias tape, cut one strip 28 inches (w) by 1.75 inches (h)
Step 2: Sew fabric basket together.
- Fold the outer fabric piece in half, right sides together (as shown below), and sew along the side and bottom, using a 1/4 seam allowance. Trim seam allowance 1/8 inch.
- Repeat on the lining piece.
Step 3: Creating the boxed corners.
- Fold the fabric basket, with the bottom seam up, as shown below. Use a ruler and measure down 2 inches from the top point. Draw a line with a disappearing ink marker. Repeat on the other side.
- Sew along the lines you drew.
- Trim the excess fabric off the bottom corners.
- Check out your awesome boxed corner:
- Repeat step 3 on the lining piece.
Step 4. Putting the basket together.
- Insert the lining piece into the outer fabric basket piece, wrong sides together, so the design faces up, lining up the side seams.
- Sew a basting stitch along the top of the pieces to hold everything in place.
Step 5: Adding binding to the top of the basket.
- Want to make your own binding? Follow these directions to make your own ==> Easy binding for fabric basket.
- Open binding strip.
- Line up the raw edge of the binding along the raw edge of the basket. (You can also use the “sandwich technique if desired; I find this way makes for a neater application.)
- Fold the beginning edge of the binding over and pin it in place.
- Sew the binding in place, right above the 1st crease.
- Flip the binding around the edge of the DIY fabric baskets and pin it in place.
- Sew along the bottom of the binding, catching both sides in the stitches.
- You are done.
