This is a project from last summer - I wove a picnic basket for my brother and his wife for their wedding. The lining is custom printed fabric with a picture of their two dogs. It is also hand quilted with a heavy canvas on the other side for durability. The handles are custom bent to size (since my basket was not a standard size, surprise surprise).
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| Original Sketch |
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| Paper trial |
After watching a few videos on how to do a box weave I dove right in! Got all supplies from amazon. I had difficulty keeping the sides straight. I definitely didn't have the tension 100% right. It all turned out well in the end though.
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| Starting to weave |
I found some pictures of my brother's dogs and used it to design fabric on
Spoonflower.
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| Spoonflower design site |
It finally came! I was so excited to quilt that I didn't take a picture of it in the box, but here it is all quilted.
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| Custom printed fabric post quilting |
I quilted the fabric backed with canvas for durability. The fabric from Spoonflower was fairly thin.
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| Finished project without handles |
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| Inside without handles |
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| Frisbee for scale |
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| Doggy for scale |
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| Steam box for bending the wood |
I wouldn't recommend bending wood using a PVC steam box. The PVC started bending as it heated up. We had to turn it periodically to keep it straight.
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| Bending the handles |
And the finished product:
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