I recently organized a Hooker's Only Swap on Craftster. My partner was the very talented StudioANF. She requested a rectangular basket for keeping a few skeins of yarn in. This one was made with this pattern from the Bernina Blog, but instead of making the fabric sandwiches, then quilting, I did 2 large quilt-as-you-go panels, then cut the basket pieces out of them.
The basket holds about 4 skeins of average yarn, in this case Caron Simply Soft. The color scheme came out of one of her Pinterest boards, which was filled with fabrics she liked. I noticed that most of them were turquoise or teal, with bits of flamingo pink thrown in. So I dug through my stash for anything that fit.
I have to say that I'm thrilled with how the basket came out, and I'm glad my first attempt didn't work out, because this is much cuter.
Studio also had a pair of scissors on her wishlist, which I picked up for her. Since I made my quilted panels pretty big, I had a little leftover, and made a scissor sheath to match. It is cut out as a heart, then folded in half, with one of the tops folded down and sewn in place, with some buttons as embellishment. Tomorrow I'll share the stitch marker and yarn cutter necklace I made her to go with it.
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