Mother's Day Threaded Basket & BoxCompleted by Karen Cogan

Using white card I cut 2 sides & 2 circles for the main basket part. I then chose brown & blue for the weaving strips & cut those.

The original design creates a drum to which the flowers & lid are added. As I wanted to fill the baskets with easter things using the silhouette studio software I then created a copy of the circle & slightly enlarged it & cut 2, I also did the same with the basket lid and them in white card.

Again using the software I created a liner for the basket to strengthen it & also created a band to enable me to have a separate lid. I then weaved the strips through the sides & the lid. Then using strong ds tape (red backing) I attached the sides to one of the small circles & the band to one of the large circles fastening the sides together as I did this. I then inserted the liner bit & fastened in place with the tabs from the sides. Using PVA glue I then attached the other circle over the top of the tabs to hide them. This completed the lid & basket. Again using the software & using designs I had in my library I created a rabbit border for the lid & also cut some easter eggs. The border I attached with ds tape. I then cut out the flower elements which I did on white paper for all bit except the daffodil petals & leaves which I used scrapbooking papers for. I then used my promarkers to colour the flowers and daffodil centres. I then made up all the flowers using PVA glue to fix them and left to dry overnight. The next day I then attached the easter eggs, leaves & flowers using plenty of PVA glue. This completed the design. I did also make the box but it's not in the photograph. It's a great design & the results are well worth the effort. I made four of these baskets in different colours photos of which are in my gallery on the forum if you wish to view them.