A Valentine Tutorial

Woven Heart Baskets

Pattern originally published by Minnesota Fabrics

Materials:

1/4 yard material A -Suggested plaid taffeta or cotton

1/4 yard material B - Suggested solid broadcloth

3/4 yard fusible webbing

1-1 1/2 yards of ribbon

Fray Check

Tacky glue or needle and thread

Pinking shears

pattern template items

Tailors chalk

Instructions:

Fold material A in half crosswise. Press. Cut fusible webbing to fit inside the fabric layers. Fuse.

(basically you are reinforcing the fabric into two layers to give more stability) Repeat for material B.

Trace pattern and cut out. (See end)

Cut six of each pattern from the materials. Fray check edges.

Fold each pattern piece in half crosswise (hamburger fold) and press. Figure 1.

Lightly mark with tailors chalk slash marks. cut on lines with pinking shears. Fray check edges.

Weave strips of fabric A with strips of Fabric B. Straighten out weaving by pulling fabric gently. Figure 2 and 3. (basically identical to the placemat weaving from elementary school classes)

Attach 9 inches of ribbon as handles at the inner points of the heart with either glue or needle and thread. Figure 4.

Fill with candy, etc and give as a valentine!

Pattern Piece:

Pattern measures 3 inches across by 6 inches in length at greatest length. Figures beside pattern correlate to step 5, 8, and 10.