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    Home » Holiday Crafts » Upcycled Easter Basket – Bear

    Upcycled Easter Basket – Bear

    Published: Mar 28, 2015 · Modified: Mar 30, 2015 · by Vanessa Brady · This post may contain affiliate links and ads · 3 Comments

    I’m taking part in Craft Month sponsored by Crafting In The Rain. U is for Upcycle!

    Five years ago I made my first son his Recycled Bunny Easter Basket and we still use it every year to this day. I still love the sweet little face on it and that it’s large enough to hold the small toys and coloring books we give in place of candy. As is often the case, my second born has had to wait a little bit longer for his basket but I think it’s equally cute and functional!

    Use an old sweater to make this super cute Recycled Easter Basket! Easy tutorial with detailed pictures.The Bear Easter Basket is made essentially the same way as the Bunny Basket except for the smaller ears and larger button eyes. Here’s a quick rundown on how to make one!

    I’m a proud member of the Fairfield Master Makers. This post may contain affiliate links for your convenience and to assist in the maintenance of this site.

    Upcycled Easter Basket – Bear

    Materials:

    •  100% wool sweater, felted (wash & dried)
    •  lining fabric
    • Fairfield World Stiffen Interlining
    •  2 buttons
    •  embroidery supplies
    •  sewing supplies

    Step One. Create an easy square pattern by folding an 8.5″ x 11″ paper diagonally and cutting off the excess. Just for the record, no WAY I used my fabric scissors to cut the pattern. They’re just there for show!Recycled Easter Basket - PatternStep Two. Cut out five squares and four ear pieces from the fabric, interlining, and lining.

    Recycled Easter Basket - CutStep Three. Iron the interlining to the lining material and sew each side together with a 1/4″ seam. Make sure to stop 1/4″ away from the bottom (where you will attach the floor panel.)

    Recycled Easter Basket - SewStep Four. Sew the final panel to the bottom of the basket. Repeat steps three and four with the sweater squares. (Try to remember to leave a 4″ opening at the bottom of the lining basket!)

    Recycled Easter Basket - BoxStep Five. Once your box is assembled. Hand embroider the nose and mouth onto the front. I just kinda winged it but feel free to use a disappearing ink pen for guidelines. Sew the button eyes in place to finish face.

    Recycled Easter Basket - EmbroideryStep Six. Layer the sweater, lining, and interfacing ear pieces (in that order) and sew around the edge. Flip right side out, press, and sew around the round edge to finish.

    To make the handles: I cut two 9?x4? pieces of my lining fabric, folded them to the center and then folded again (like bias tape). I also inserted a piece of interfacing in between the folds before I sewed the handles up to make them stand on their own. When your handles are done, attach them to the sides of your sweater box.

    Recycled Easter Basket - EarsStep Seven. Position the ears and handles in place at the top of the basket, matching edges (see pic below). Baste in place.

    Recycled Easter Basket - AssembleStep Eight. Place the sweater basket inside of the lining (right sides facing) and sew a 1/2″ seam all around, trying to press the corner seams open as you go.

    Recycled Easter Basket - Sew TogetherStep Nine. Pull the sweater through the hole left in your lining basket to turn the whole piece right side out. Press the seams with an iron to finalize the box shape.

    Recycled Easter Basket - Right Side Out

    My son was so excited when he woke up to see his new Easter basket! We plan on filling it with lots of paper grass, some fun miniature toys, and maybe a chocolate bunny. Hope you enjoyed this tutorial and let me know if you have any questions!

    Recycled Easter Basket - Found Eggs!Recycled Easter Basket - Boys

    This is the final week of Craft Month sponsored by Crafting In The Rain!
    Check out all the great projects created by some awesome bloggers and scroll down below to enter a great contest!

    T is for Tee Shirt  ||  Mabey She Made It
    U is for is for Upcycled Basket  ||  Tried and True 
    V is for Vinyl Decorated Sweatpants  ||  Play.Party.Pin
    W is for Watercolor Calendar  ||  My Craftily Ever After
    X is for is for X-acto Knife-cut Jar Pump  ||  See Vanessa Craft
    Y is for Yarn Wrapped Eggs  ||  Cupcakes and Crowbars
    Z is for Zinnia Wreath  ||  Up to Date Interiors

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    Comments

    1. Steph @ Crafting in the Rain says

      March 30, 2015 at 8:32 am

      That’s the cutest basket every–thanks for the pattern, and for joining my series!

      Reply
    2. Kathleen Berlew says

      March 31, 2015 at 5:40 am

      An Easter bear . . . what a cute idea!

      Reply

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