Tie - On Basket Lid

Materials Needed:

1. Basket (if you'd like it lined (as shown) please see "Lining a Decorative Basket Tutorial" on this blog)
2. Stitched Piece
3. Mat Board
4. Quilt Batting
5. Tacky Glue
6. Twisted Cording/Braided Cording for embellishments
7. Ribbon
8. Needle/Perle Cotton for lacing
9. Scissors
10. Clothes pins


STEP ONE:
Get your basket (see my "Lining a Decorative Basket Tutorial" to line the basket - if desired)

AND draw around the top edge on mat board for the "lid". Cut out.

(Hint: cut out using scissors that you are NOT going to use on fabric, mat board will dull your scissors!)

Using the first circle as a template, draw around and cut out a second circle. You should have two circles to complete project!

STEP TWO:

Cut out two circles of quilt batting and glue one each onto each mat board circle.

STEP THREE:

Cover the circles in material, I use the "lacing method" for covering the circles as it makes the finish smooth and perfect! (I use Chenile Needles (#21) and Pearle Cotton DMC.)

STEP FOUR:

Take a length of ribbon (be generous!) and lay across the bottom circle...spread glue all around on bottom of circle and top circle. Sandwich it all together - as shown with the ribbon running through the center between both circles:

STEP FIVE:

Place clothes pins all around permeter of "lid" and set aside to dry:

STEP SIX:

Get stitched piece and set aside. Cut out shape of mat board that you want on your basket. On mine I wanted a circle - so I cut out one circle of mat board that will fit with 1-2 inches inside the "lid" of the circle already prepared above as my "lid". For my project this is a 6 inch circle (my "lid" is a 7 1/2 inch circle).

Cut out the mat board circle (after determining size) and then cut out TWO quilt batting circles and glue onto mat board circle

STEP SEVEN:

Mount the stitched piece onto the circle; again I used the "lacing method" to attach my stitched piece to the circle:

STEP EIGHT:

Glue the stitched piece circle onto the already prepared "lid". Add embellishments at this time...I put braided cording around the lip of my "lid" and twisted cording around my mounted stitched piece.

Now you have created a beautiful Tie - On Basket Lid!

(NOTE: this works for any size/shape basket! - as long as it has a "handle" to tie it on!)

Here's various views of my completed project:

ENJOY!