I have been seeing some rather cute Blossie Baskets popping up here and there. It is a design by Nic of Craftapalooza, a West Australian designer.
She announced that she was having a stitch along, so I decided to join in. Why not? It is a quick and easy project.
The hardest decision is the fabric choice. There are so many versions out there in so many different styles. In the end I decided to raid my 1930s fabrics. Initially, I was going to use a variety of colours, but in the end just used a selection of pretty blues. Then to choose the contrast fabric or fabrics. The winner ended up being a micro dot with red and green dots. It is actually a Christmas print, but works well here.
The next fun part was making all the hexies. They were the ideal project to work on at my Wednesday stitching group last week. The pattern suggested hand quilting each hexy, but I like the finish of machine sewn…….and I’m lazy.
Today, I joined them into the little lidded basket. So sweet.
Inside, the bottom hexy is reversed. The pattern calls for a felt needle keep under the lid. I was also too lazy to make that, but wanted a neat finish to the elastic closure. The mini hexy finishes it off nicely.
This is my first project that was started and finished in 2026. Happy dance.
That's a cute little basket!
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