Storage Basket Bag Tutorial

Would anyone like to make this storage basket? Free Sewing Step by Step Tutorial. It measures 20x8 cm at the base and 19 cm high.

  So get your fabrics, needle and thread and let's get started (I recommend that you read everything before you start).

Materials needed

    Cloth for the outside of the bag: 30x45 cm
    Cloth for the inside of the bag: 30x45 cm
    Fabric for the pockets: three pieces of 30x30 cm
    Thin wadding: 30x45 cm (in all pieces 30 cm is the width)
    Bias: 1 m
    Mouse tail (ribbon, cord,...): 80 cm (50 for the closing cords and 30 for the bow)

Step by Step We quilt the outer fabric piece with the wadding (only outer fabric and wadding) We can cut the fabric and the wadding a little bigger, quilt and then profile to the final size. We quilt by machine or by hand, as we like.

We prepare the pockets (I have explained this part taking into account that my fabric has a foot) We fold the three pieces of 30x30 cm in half, so that we have three pieces of 15x30 cm (the 15 cm are the height of the piece, so be careful with the foot of the fabric). Stitch the top (in the photo only two of the three pockets are shown).

Now, with two of the pieces, which will be the outer pockets, we sew them as shown in the image (we sew the long sides that are not sewn, putting right sides together, to make a single piece with these two pockets).

The other piece, which will be the inside pocket, we also turn it inside out, and putting right sides together, we sew the long side that is open.

Assemble the outside: Center the outside pocket piece as shown in the picture and zig zag the sides and backstitch in the middle of the pocket to make the separations.

Fold this piece in half, placing right sides together and matching the pockets well, and sew the sides.

Now we mark an 8 cm gusset and sew.

Assemble the inside: Center the inside pocket as shown in the picture and zig zag along the sides and stitch along the bottom. And we make all the divisions we want.

Fold this piece in half and sew the sides as we have done with the outer part. And we also make the 8 cm gusset.

Now we cut the rounded shape according to the diagram, both on the outside and inside, centering this cut well.

We put the inner part inside the outer part, fasten well with pins and stitch a zig zag stitch all around.

We put the bias binding on the curved area, one part by machine, the one that goes on the outside, and the inner part we sew by hand.

We put the bias binding on the outside, first by machine, as shown in the pictures, leaving 10cm as a handle without sewing in the center. Place the mouse tail in the center of each curved side and stitch a backstitch. Fold the bias binding and sew with a hidden stitch.

All that remains is to sew a mouse tail bow in the center of the outer pockets and place the buttons 10 cm from the center, as shown in the image, and our storage basket is ready!