April Stash Bust is Over But not Out

Fabric Basket

4. Woven Fabric Basket

This is beautiful and highly functional! Marshmallows and Pickles – Skye used left over fabric and quilt batting to make this stunning basket. The woven detail really makes this stash busting project really pop. Here’s the how-to so you too, can try your hand at fabric weaving.

Written by Kelly Rand

Kelly covers visual arts in and around Washington, DC for DCist and is editor of Crafting a Green World. Kelly has also been published by Bust Magazine and you can find her byline at Indie Fixx and Etsy’s Storque and has taught in Etsy’s virtual lab on the topic of green crafting.

Kelly helps organize Crafty Bastards: Arts and Crafts Fair, one of the largest indie craft fairs on the east coast and has served on the Craft Bastard’s jury since 2007. Kelly is also co-founder of Hello Craft a nonprofit trade association dedicated to the advancement of independent crafters and the handmade movement. Kelly resides in Washington, D.C. and believes that handmade will save the world.

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