I had fun last weekend making some little woven baskets out of 2-1/2" batik strips. These baskets are often made out of paper such as magazines, newspaper, maps, potato chip bags etc. but I wanted to use fabric. I used interfacing to stiffen the strips and make them easy to weave.
Materials needed:
20 strips 2-1/2" x 21" (I used precut batik strips) Note: One Bali Pop makes four baskets.
40 strips 1/2" x 20" (1/3 yd.) Decor bond fusible interfacing
20 strips 1/2" x 20" (5/8 yd.) Heat and Bond Lite fusible web
Fabric glue, wonder clips or clothespins, scissors, thread
Prepare 20 Fabric Strips:
1. Fuse interfacing strips along each edge of the strips on the wrong side of the fabric. (yellow)
2. Press edges in to meet at center. (purple)
3. Fuse Heat 'n Bond web along one fold. (orange)
4. Peel paper off, fold in half and press. (turquoise)
Weave strips together - 10 vertical strips and 10 horizontal strips. Weave a thread or string around the edge of the woven section to mark the edge and hold the weaving in place.
On each side, weave the first 5 strips into the last five strips to make a diamond shape as shown. A new corner will form at the bottom of the diamond. Place a wonder clip or clothespin at the top to hold it in place.
Continue weaving to connect the sides.
Pull the strips to tighten and fold the strips down. Use wonder clips to hold the edge in place.
Weave the ends in on the inside of the basket. Use a point turner or crochet hook to help push the ends through.
Put a dab of glue between the layers along the top edge. Use big wonder clips to hold the layers tight until the glue is dry. Trim the ends inside the basket and your basket is finished!
Here are some resources showing how to make these baskets out of paper:
Thank you for posting this!!!! :) I love mine! ;)
Posted by: Mylovelypatchworklife.wordpress.com | February 13, 2014 at 08:59 PM
You posted some pieces get interfacing and some get heat n bond. Are the half inch pieces after they are folded? Which piece gets the interfacing, and which ones get the heat n bond?
20 strips 2-1/2" x 21" (I used precut batik strips) Note: One Bali Pop makes four baskets.
40 strips 1/2" x 20" (1/3 yd.) Decor bond fusible interfacing
20 strips 1/2" x 20" (5/8 yd.) Heat and Bond Lite fusible web
Posted by: Linda Cartwright | February 19, 2014 at 12:43 PM
Linda, 1/2" x 20" is how big you cut the strips from the interfacing and the Heat 'n Bond Lite.
Posted by: Terry Atkinson | February 20, 2014 at 11:27 AM
Linda. Each strip gets both.
In the picture the different colors are the steps each strip goes through.
So you put it on each edge. (Why there are 40) and fold to the middle. Then only on one edge (why there are only 20) and fold to the middle again
Each strip is basically folded in half longways twice.
Posted by: Teralyn Byrd | February 21, 2014 at 07:15 AM
What is the approximate size of the finished basket
Posted by: Teralyn Byrd | February 21, 2014 at 07:17 AM
This tut is VERY well done and I have some rather hideous fabric that I wouldn't mind using up this way--it'll probably not be hideous anymore once it's mixed with all the others. It'll probably turn out to be very pretty. These would make great gifts for Boss's Day (Oct 16). I've been wondering what I was going to come up with this year. I'll have to give this a try.
Posted by: Trish Schuetz | February 21, 2014 at 07:01 PM
Love it! As Teralyn Byrd asked, what are the approximate dimensions of the finished basket? Thanks.
Posted by: Gail | February 22, 2014 at 08:11 PM
look at the hand on the basket to judge the size. Looks like candy dish size.
Posted by: Linda La Bella Paré | February 23, 2014 at 07:54 AM
Here is another page that explains the weaving with pictures from some other angles that helped me when I got stuck.
http://makezine.com/craft/flashback_woven_map_basket/
My basket measured about 5 inches on each side and about 4 inches tall.
Posted by: Brittany Lorraine Graetz | February 23, 2014 at 03:58 PM
will it work with 20" strips? I have pretty kitchen towels I would like to use that are 20" long.
Posted by: Linda La Bella Paré | February 23, 2014 at 04:19 PM
The basket measures about 5" x 5" on the bottom and 4" tall. The top of the basket relaxes to about 5-1/2" x 5-1/2".
Linda, 20" strips will work - if you don't have enough to tuck in you can make it a tad shorter.
Posted by: Terry Atkinson | February 24, 2014 at 08:56 AM
OK...I now have the basket idea for the flowers I want to make for a Meet-N-Greet Baby shower this summer :) Isn't Pinterest and Atkinson Designs wonderful!!! YES & Thank you!
Posted by: Deebi27.wordpress.com | February 28, 2014 at 08:30 PM
The fabric strips are 1" longer than the interface strips. Where do you start the interfacing? Within one 1/2" on both ends or leave 1" on one end without interfacing?
Posted by: Linda La Bella Paré | March 01, 2014 at 11:22 AM
Linda, I centered my interfacing!
Posted by: Terry Atkinson | March 03, 2014 at 09:34 AM