Download FREE Ebook Quilting Revealed 101 -> Which Quilting style are you going for, and how can you achieve it? -> Where can you find some of the most important quilts ever created And much more.. Name: Email: We Respect Your Privacy

Quilt Basket Patterns - Introduction to Crafting Hanging Baskets

Learning how to quilt a basket requires special skills like knowing how to learn, listen and think before making a design. Because of the amount of consideration due, some people feel at loss when talking about these things; this is why the guidelines below will try to provide simple and effective explanation on how baskets are made. Hanging baskets are one of the most simple crafting creations and by starting simple, you will be able to later develop more complex designs

Before you effectively start working on the hanging basket, you have to buy supplies, materials and make some plans regarding your design. You will find in the article tips for making the May basket design, so if you don't know where to start with, please read below.

Those with a little experience in crafting hanging baskets, will need to buy the necessary materials, then begin the work with the handle design and only after that, actually start of the blocks and the main body of the basket.

After that, cut the material in strips so that you can make an outline of the basket handles. To ensure the operations go well, make use of the print fabric and starting cutting rectangular shapes. You need to cut six rectangular A-type blocks, which should have five and a half inches per eight and a half inches, once the cutting is finished. The pattern with the measurements will need to be folded, marked and cut after multiplying with two the needed area, so that you have enough space to make mistakes with the fabric and not ruin the whole design. After you do this, go on building the blocks that will make up the basket.

Starting to Work on the Basket Blocks

Purchase dark brown shades and cut the material in six, even pieces, measuring one inch per twenty-two inches. You may even cut the piece in more parts, equivalent to half of an inch so that you facilitate your work. These strips will make up the narrow pieces inside the #1 C-type blocks.

To make B-type building blocks, you need to cut eighteen smaller parts or strips, each measuring one inch and a half per eight inches and a half. For the B blocks, you could use the lighter brown shades that weren't used in the C blocks. Then cut additional pieces of fabric, five of them, each measuring one inch and a half per twenty-two inches to work on the #2 C-type blocks. Remember that the blocks are the used terminology in quilting and shouldn't be associated with the literal, common meaning.

Next, to work on the H-type borders, you will need two strips of lighter brown shade, measuring two inches and a half per twenty-nine inches and a half. Of these narrow pieces, measure two inches and a half per twenty-eight inches and a half. These cuts will constitute the border. Now move on to the C-type blocks again.

Stitch the C blocks with the darker brown shades, by using groups of six parts combined with narrower, light brown shades, using groups of five parts in this case. That means that you should have six darker shades combined with five lighter shades.

Next, your tools should come in handy. Purchase a transparent ruler or maybe a rotary cutter in order to be able to work on your May basket. Measure with the ruler an expansion of one inch and a half and cut this strip in a dozen of smaller strips that will make your C-type block.

After that, combine three pieces of B-style blocks with two pieces of C-style blocks and then make six blocks so that they will last you to finish the basket. The darker fabric should be used to cut those six blocks of the creation. At this point, you should begin cutting the material for the handles, measuring one inch per thirteen inches.

After you cut the necessary pieces, press them to use for ironing. The pieces should be facing the board and be placed on the left; fold them according to the length and bend them in two pieces that meet in the middle. Then gently press the fabric but don't just put the iron on them; rather, treat them gently, because the fabric will suffer from ironing.

Then, mark the rectangular shape A by using a pin. The area you marked should meet at some point the handles you pressed earlier on. The handles' interior should also be marked with a pin, following closely the edges of the material. Use thread according to the fabrics' color and sew the handles; in the mean time, also stitch the fabric together. For the bottom of the basket, be careful when you stitch the bottom to the block. After you have successfully completed these steps, you can now begin working on the basket's flowers.