Each Cranberry Cottage basket liner pattern includes complete instructions on how to make the basket liner and how to make your own ruffling.  The following additional instructions are provided to give you even more choices in making your liners!

How to Make Fabric Ties

1.      Start with a strip of fabric 9 inches long and 1 1/4 inches wide. Press the strip in half lengthwise down the middle.

2. Now fold in 1/4 inch down each side of the strip (the raw edges of the fabric will meet in the middle of the strip) and press. Now fold in half again, so you have a strip approximately 1/4 inch wide, and press.

3. Stitch down the length of the strip, stitching your strip closed. Now you have a fabric tie, that you can attach to your liner just like ribbon! Make two ties for each handle cutout on the pattern.

How to Make a Corded Standup Style Basket Liner

1.      First you will need to cut strips of fabric to cover your cording.  To determine how wide to cut the fabric strips, wrap a piece of fabric around the cording.  Pin it together, encasing the cording.  Cut ½” from the pin.  Measure the width.  Cut your strips to match.

2.      Cut enough cording to go around the top of your basket liner.  Allow at least 1” extra for overlap.  Cut a fabric strip long enough to cover the cording.

3.      Wrap the fabric strip around the cording, RIGHT SIDE of fabric out, aligning raw edges.  Using a zipper foot, machine-baste close to the cording.  TRIM SEAM ALLOWANCE TO ¼”.

4.      Follow steps 1 and 2 of “How to Make a Basket Liner” included in your Cranberry Cottage basket liner pattern.  For step 3, omit ruffling.  Instead, baste cording to the RIGHT side of the basket liner along the top edge, aligning raw edges.  Begin stitching 2” from the end of the cording.  Stop stitching 2” from the point where the cording ends will meet.  Leaving the needle in the fabric, cut off one end of the cording so it overlaps the other end by 1”.

5.      Remove 1” of stitching from each end of the fabric-covered cording (using a seam ripper).  Trim cording ends so they just meet. Fold under ½” of overlapping fabric. Lap it around the other end.  Finish stitching.  Follow steps 4 and 5 of “How to Make a Basket Liner”.  ENJOY!

How to Make a Button and Loop Closure Around Basket Handles

1. To make the loop, begin with a piece of fabric approximately 1” x 5” OR use purchased ½” wide double fold bias tape.  Fold long edges in and press to meet in the center of the strip.  (If using bias tape, this step is already done for you).
   
   
2. Fold the strip in half lengthwise and press.  Stitch close to the long edge.

3. To form the loop, bring one end of the strip to meet the other end, placing the ends side-by-side.

4. Press flat, creating a point at the fold.

5.  For each handle cutout on the basket liner pattern, stitch one button loop at marks indicated on the pattern for stitching ribbon, extending the two ends of the loop ¼” into the seam allowance.  Complete the basket liner.  Sew one button on the other side of each handle cutout.