Flower Girls Basket
Like most wedding items, a flower girl basket can get expensive. A typical flower girl basket retails for approximately $15-$45 and can get even more expensive. Instead of buying one, make one! I ended up making mine for about $3.00.
My Inspiration
Bakset
Fabric (satin)
Needle
Thread
Scissors
Accessories (ribbon, pearls, embellishments, other fabrics)
Step 1
I bought this basket from GoodWill for $.99. Take the fabric (I used a white polyester satin from Hobby Lobby $2.99 with 50% off) and guestimate how much you will need.
Step 2
Gather the fabric into the basket to see how much you need.
Step 3
Cut the fabric (rectangle) and pin up the edges for sewing (or hot gluing like I did)
Step 4
I did this project before I knew how to sew. I used hot glue. I folded the edges over the glue and it worked just as good.
Step 5
Gather the fabric and either sew the piece into the basket or hot glue. Make pleats around the basket that are clean and crisp. Make small stitches (about one every 4 inches) to keep the pleats in place.
Step 6
Stitch up on the handles to secure the sides.
I added 3 pearls to mine.
Step 7
Use ribbon or excess material to cover the handle using hot glue. Since it looked a little weird in the bottom, I stitched in a ribbon flower (it is a flower basket)
I left mine plain for right now. I plan on matching these to the ring bearer's suit because I want the pillow and basket to match. Feel free to add bows, pearls, ribbon, flowers, broaches, etc.
What do you think of dog's as ring bearer's and flower girls?
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