Making a Tiny Easter Basket
This tiny Easter basket is made with fabric, paper, and rick rack.
Draw a three and one quarter inches by three and three quarter inches rectangle. Draw a one inch square in each corner. I used grid paper to keep my lines straight. Extend the lines of the squares to match those in the picture below.
Draw a diagonal through each inch square. In my illustrations the red lines show where to fold and the black lines show where to cut. Mark A and B tabs in each square.
Use low heat fusible webbing to bond a small piece of fabric to the back of your basket pattern. Remember to bond the fabric to the blank side of the paper and leave the fold and cut lines visible. Cut out the basket.
Cut the four short diagonal lines to create A and B tabs. Fold the A tabs to the inside and glue down.
Fold three side of the basket up to a basket shape and glue the B tabs over the A tabs.
Fold the last side up to make a basket and finish gluing the tabs.
Cut two 4 or 5 inch strips of rick rack and twist them together. Press the strip if you wish.
Glue each side of the rick rack handle to inside of the basket.
Add plastic grass or tissue paper filler and a small toy or Easter candy if you wish.
