Thursday, March 25, 2010

Easter Basket from Recycled Container

Yes, that's right, it's a recycled oatmeal container from Starbuck's.

Mr. Bunny needed a basket, and it needed to bunny-sized, and this container fit the bill.  

To give it shape I wrapped it with quilting fleece and tied it with yarn:




Then pulled the bottom together and basted it:


then rolled the top of the fabric over the lip and sewed it right through the cardboard (it was pretty easy to pierce).

I wrapped a fabric around the bottom, tacked it in place, then lined the inside of it with the discarded silk purse from one of my Easter Bunny's outfits.  I also used the discarded trim from the waist of one of the bunny's skirts to wrap around it.


Florist wire and a ribbon sleeve to make a basket handle:

Here's what it looks like with the handle attached:
Instead of filling his basket with eggs, I decided it would be cute to fill it with peeps.  After all, he is a farmer bunny:


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Thursday, March 25, 2010

Easter Basket from Recycled Container

Yes, that's right, it's a recycled oatmeal container from Starbuck's.

Mr. Bunny needed a basket, and it needed to bunny-sized, and this container fit the bill.  

To give it shape I wrapped it with quilting fleece and tied it with yarn:




Then pulled the bottom together and basted it:


then rolled the top of the fabric over the lip and sewed it right through the cardboard (it was pretty easy to pierce).

I wrapped a fabric around the bottom, tacked it in place, then lined the inside of it with the discarded silk purse from one of my Easter Bunny's outfits.  I also used the discarded trim from the waist of one of the bunny's skirts to wrap around it.


Florist wire and a ribbon sleeve to make a basket handle:

Here's what it looks like with the handle attached:
Instead of filling his basket with eggs, I decided it would be cute to fill it with peeps.  After all, he is a farmer bunny:


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