OK. I can breathe now. Well, if it weren't for my allergies I could. But, enough whining because my point is... I made an awful lot of baskets over the last two months. I came out with a new style this year using the natural reed color and a few rows of fun, bright, solid-colored reed woven in the middle. I dyed purple, too, but I haven't made any using that color (yet).Paired with crisp, white liners made with ribbon ties and hand embroidered, I think they looked pretty cute!
I also made quite a few in the reeds I dye to be variegated- they fade from blue to green or pink to purple throughout a single piece.
Dyeing the reed this way gave me the idea to make camoflague! So, I made a bunch of those, too, but with brown liners because it looks better.
Two extra-special kiddos will be using new baskets this year in contrasting colors... camo and PINK (it is so very pink that I really needed to use all capitals.)
This was the first basket in a long, long time that I dyed an entire basket one color. I took the liberty of embellishing the liner a little bit, too.
This basket was a special order, made to be similar to an antique basket that had been handed down for generations! So cool!
These flat-bottom egg baskets were made to look like the ones that my great-grandfather used to make. I really love the challenge of these reproduction baskets and being a part of something so special.
I did some painted baskets, too. I love the rustic finish on them...
I made over 30 baskets this year, and I have just a few more left to go for my own girls. Sometime before next year, I am thinking about investing in a sewing machine that can embroider letters to make them a bit more prefessional vs. the hand embroidery. What do you think?
5 comments:
WOW, Lindsay! They're amazing. Are these all local custom orders??!?! I didn't know you had so many to make. How long does it take to make one? I'm curious - there must be hours on end of work here and they're all so gorgeous! Way to go!
Lindsay, those are such nice baskets, wow, I am impressed, I even saw on in the pics with the name Joyce on it how cute!
You deserve a extra special treat after all that work :)
Oh wow! You made so many and they are all so pretty!! Love the ones inspired by your great-grandfather! I was wondering the same thing as Anita... how long do these take? Beautiful work!
Those baskets are beautiful! I think your hand embroidery looks very professional but I'm sure that it's also time consuming. Those kids are going to love their special baskets!
Such precious basket liners. I have a liner for my daughters’ basket but had it monogrammed. I like how you did your own!
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