This is a music basket that I made for my Mother-In -Law. It has an actual music box built right into the base.
The base is a double wall. You weave two separate bases. I used a 1/4" paper hole punch to punch a round hole in one of the spokes. This is where your winding mechanism goes. Place the bases together, sandwiching the music box between them. Off set the spokes and then twine a couple rows to twine the bases together to each other. Upset the spokes and continue to weave your basket as desired. The sunflower design is paper ribbon that is placed over 1" reed and woven into the basket with the 1" reed row. It is also important that you use basket feet to hold your basket up off the winding mechanism. Otherwise your basket wouldn't sit flat. Do take note that it is only the base that has a double wall. The sides are a single wall.Happy Weaving,
Love,
Nancy
WOW! very creative!! your baskets are beautiful!.....thanks so much for stopping by my blog site too!....you asked if I've been published?...yes!....I've had some of my work published in Creating Keepsakes Magazine, Memory Makers and will have 4 layouts published in 2009 in Scrapbooking and Beyond.
ReplyDelete~Gabrielle :D
Hi Nancy
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that youstoped by. Your baskets are great. Basketmaking is one craft I have never tried. Thanks for leaving a comment.
Hugs, Rhondi