How to sew a rope Easter Basket

inside: How to sew a rope Easter basket. Sew a rope basket for Easter with beautiful, colorful cotton rope in any size for Easter.

I’ve been making my kids Easter baskets since they were small, but the last couple years we have just been using buckets I bought on sale. I was inspired to make cute rope Easter baskets this year and I just love how they turned out. Today I have a tutorial showing you how to sew a Rope Easter basket in both video and photo form.

Rope Easter Basket with Cotton Rope

How cute are these rope Easter baskets? I love that you can really make them in any size too! I bought three different colors and sewed a rope Easter basket for each of my kids. They are getting older, but who doesn’t love a basket of candy and gifts for Easter!

I bought this rope off Amazon, but you may also be able to purchase some in a craft or hardware store. Make sure it’s a bit stiff and 5mm {3/16″} is good size. a 100ft coil was perfect for this project. I’ve linked this exact rope from Amazon below in the tutorial.

The far right basket here looks a bit purple in the photos, but actually its a nice blue color. This rope is a nice cotton feel that sews up perfectly and creates a great basket!

Rope Basket video tutorial

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Fun Easter projects to make

• Easter Treat Bags
• Easter Earrings
• Felt Easter Basket
• Bunny Bags
• Candy Table Decor
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How to make an Easter basket with rope

Check out the video tutorial above if you need to see this all in action. Here is the photo walk through as well!

First up you need some rope… Here is the rope I used… I love that it comes in several colors and it was just the right amount of thickness and stiffness. HERE is the link on Amazon for the colored cotton rope. I purchased the 100 ft length.

The only other thing you will need for this project is thread that matches your rope. You will be needing a lot of thread and you will SEE the stitching on the rope, so the colors should be close to matching. I was able to find thread the matched in my stash, but if you are shopping, make sure you have thread while you are getting your supplies.

Here are the settings for my zig-zag stitch. You want a long-wide stitch to catch both ropes in every stitch, but you don’t need it too close together.

Start the basket by creating a tight coil of rope with your fingers. {this is about the hardest part of the project!} Place this coil under your presser foot and sew over it in all directions {doesn’t matter what direction.

Set the needle and lift the foot, then turn the rope about a half turn and sew that new section of rope. The first several turns of the rope with not be smooth. It’s a lot of lift, turn, sew, lift turn sew, and it’s slow going. You may want to use sharp scissors/stiletto to help turn/guide the rope under the foot.

Once you have 4/5 coils of rope you shouldn’t have to lift the presser foot to turn it anymore. You should be able to guide the rope with your right hand and turn the coil with your left. At this point the sewing becomes faster and smoother.

For a medium size basket, sew until the bottom is about 6.5″ across. At this point, use your left hand the lift the basket bottom straight up as much as you can. We had been sewing the rope side by side, but now you want to be stacking the rope on top of itself each layer.

Keep the left hand lifting and turning and the right hand will guide the rope. I also like to make sure the rope is going under the pressure foot flat and not curved, so I press the basket down a bit to flatten the side.

Continue sewing rounds until you are about 1″ from the height you want. At this point take the basket off the sewing machine and mark both sides. The next time you sew around, when you get to the marked spot you will leave a 1″ gap in the rope. Sew only on the left rope leaving the right rope free for 1″, then connect them back together after 1″.

The second time around you will sew the two ropes together as usually, leaving the 1″ opening you created in the previous round. Sew three more rounds after the opening.

To finish, cut a three inch tail of rope and pull it over onto the basket and zig zag over it to the very end. Then back stitch back and forth to completely finish the raw end of the rope on the inside of the basket.

For the handle. Cut three pieces of rope that are each 26-28″ long. Thread them through the opening from the inside of the basket. Tie a knot with all three pieces together.

Braid the rope until you are four inches from the end.

Push the ends through the gap on the other side and tie a second knot. Trim any extra rope. Now you have a cute braided handle for your basket.

Fill your Basket with Easter goodies and enjoy!!