ReSew Giveaway and Tutorial!

by Kelly Rand March 3, 2011, 7:30 am 63 Comments

From each of the sweaters, cut 1 square, 3 1/2″ x 3 1/2″; and 4 rectangles, 3 1/2″ x 7″. Determine which sweater fabric you would like to show on the outside of the basket and which sweater fabric you would like to show on the inside.

Lay one of the outside and one of the inside 3 1/2″ x 7″ rectangles wrong sides together. Lay the two 3 1/2″ squares wrong sides together. Place the square layers on top of the rectangle layers, making sure the pieces that show on the outside of the basket are facing out. Align the edges of the squares with the short sides of the rectangles and pin.

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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.