Free DIY storage baskets pattern

Stitch some sweet sewing room DIY storage baskets to keep your notions safe and sound

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Zoe Williams

Published: September 30, 2020 at 8:00 am

You can never have enough storage solutions, and these DIY storage baskets by Sarah Ashford are a great way of keeping all your sewing supplies looking neat and tidy. This free storage basket pattern also includes instructions for how to make a smaller basket as well as the larger one, which is prefect for keeping all your little odds and ends safe.

You will need

Large basket:

Main fabric: two (2) 11in x 7in pieces
Lining fabric: two (2) 11in x 7in pieces
Medium weight interfacing: two (2) 11in x 7in pieces
Batting: two (2) 11in x 7in pieces
Pompom trim: 1yd

Small basket:

Main fabric: two (2) 51/2in x 31/2in pieces
Lining fabric: two (2) 51/2in x 31/2in pieces
Medium weight interfacing: two (2) 51/2in x 31/2in pieces
Batting: two (2) 51/2in x 31/2in pieces
Pompom trim: 1/2yd

Notes

Seam allowances are 1⁄4in, unless otherwise noted.

Press seams to one side, unless otherwise instructed.
RST = right sides together.

Fabrics used

All fabrics are Kona Cotton Solids by Robert Kaufman in Pond, Banana, Punch and Bubblegum.

Free storage baskets pattern

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Step 1

Making the baskets

Fuse the interfacing to the main fabric pieces, following the manufacturer’s instructions. Then fuse to the batting pieces. Quilt as desired. Sarah quilted straight lines across her panels, spaced approx. 1in apart.

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Step 2

Place the lining pieces RST and stitch 5 down each short side using a ⁵⁄₈ in seam. Sew along the bottom edge, leaving a 3 in gap for turning.

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Step 3

Place the exterior pieces RST and sew down each short side and along the bottom, using a ½ in seam.

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Step 4

Cut a 2in square in the two bottom corners on both the lining and exterior pieces. Pull the corners apart and match up the seams on the sides and the bottom, aligning raw edges. Stitch along the raw edges of each corner using a 1⁄4in seam allowance.

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Step 5

Insert the exterior panel inside the lining panel, RST. Secure around the top edge with binding clips.

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Step 6

Sew in place using a ½ in seam allowance. Turn the basket right side out through the gap in the lining, and slipstitch the turning gap closed.

Step 7

Push the lining down into the basket and press well along the top edge. Carefully roll the seam between your fingers as you work your way around, so the lining doesn’t show on the outside. Topstitch in place.

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Step 8

Clip the pompom trim around the edge of the basket, and slipstitch in place to finish, using small stitches and
a coordinating thread.

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Making the small basket

Assemble the small basket following the same instructions as the large basket, but in step 4, cut a 1½ in square from the two bottom corners, rather than a 2 in square.

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Fancy taking on a bigger project? Browse our quilting kit for beginners guide to find out everything you need to make a quilt.

For more DIY storage ideas check out our roundup of Top 10 storage ideas.

Launch Editor, Gathered.how

Zoe launched Gathered.how as editor in 2019. A keen crafter, quilter and sewist, she has worked with the UK’s best-selling craft magazines – from Today’s Quilter to Love Patchwork & Quilting, Simply Sewing and The World of Cross Stitching. With over a decade of craft publishing experience under her belt, she loves crafting with her kids and curling up on the sofa with a spot of hand patchwork. Zoe has previously written for radiotimes.com, Simply Knitting and The World of Cross Stitching and was previously Deputy Editor of Papercraft inspirations magazine. She has guest-lectured at Bath Spa University. She’s a keen quilter with 5 projects in progress at any one time and another 12 or so planned. Specialist skills include hand modelling for YouTube craft tutorials and fabric foraging (she has an inbuilt radar for local haberdasheries and community craft gatherings).