Fabric Basket Tutorial for Spring

Use this fabric basket tutorial to make a gorgeous and useful basket made with fabric! The hunt is one for cute Spring Decor at my house and so I love that this fabric basket is useful {hold treats} AND makes a lovely centerpiece on our table.   I’ve got a free template so you can use this fabric basket tutorial to make a basket for you home {or a gift}

Fabric Basket Tutorial – with Template

I’ve got a free downloadable template for you to make this fabric basket, but if you want a slightly differently shape you can make your own, just use the same general concept. I had tasty Easter treats in mine over the weekend and now I have paper napkins in it. It’s a great centerpiece for the table, no matter what you put inside. The snaps on the basket make it collapsible as well and it lays flat for storage.

Let’s get started with this fabric basket tutorial.. You will need…

• Cotton Fabric,
• Fusible Foam {for stability},
• and snaps..

You can also find out information for my spring themed treats by clicking the photo below. Go download and PRINT the template HERE

Use the provided template to cut out TWO fabric pieces and and ONE of fusible foam. The foam should be 3/8″ {1cm} smaller than the fabric on all sides. You can see when its’s fused to the fabric that there is seam allowance all around foam.

With right sides together pin the two fabrics together. Leave around a 4 inch gap on one straight side for turning. Sew with a 1/4 to 3/8 seam allowance.

After you sew, clip all the corners.

Turn the piece right side out. You will have an opening on one side.

Fold the raw edges in and pin. Top-stitch to close the opening and around the rest of the edge to finish. I sewed very close to the edge.

You can use velcro or a button for this step, but I used plastic snaps.  Place a snap on each of the outer tabs. The snaps should be in the center of the tab and towards the end. You can fold up the fabric to see where you want to place the snap.

Here is with the snaps on the end of the tabs..

You could also have more overlap and place the snaps further in.

Isn’t this fabric basket adorable? It’s reversible, useful, and folds down flat for storage.

Here are a couple of other fun spring/Easter projects you can make…

Felt DIY basket

Felt Bunny Bags

Quilted decor