I little while ago I made a moses basket for Alice's little doll. Alice loves carrying bags around and playing with her baby dolls, so a Moses basket seemed the ideal toy. To start, download and print the pattern here.

You will need:
- wadding
- outer fabric
- fabric to be used as a sheet
- some lace and buttons if you fancy
- Begin by cutting out the base twice from the outer fabric and once from the wadding
- Cut out:
- either two 58cm long and 8cm wide or one 58cm long and 14cm wide strip of the outer fabric
- one 58cm long and 7cm wide strip of wadding
- place moses basket base wadding between moses basket base fabric. (like a sanwich. rigt sides on the outside)
- stitch them together around the outside and if you like, do some quilting and stitch some squares across the base to hold the wadding in place.
- do the same with the sides. If you cut 2 strips for the side, you will need to stitch them together on one of the long sides, right sides facing each other. The fold over so that the right sides are showing and press. Please the wadding in between and stitch it into place by running the sewing machine around the top and bottom edge of the side. (I wish I had taken photos at the time ... I hope my description makes sense to you!)
- Pin the side around the bottom of the moses basket and stitch it together.
- Also close the still open side of the side strip by stitching it together on the inside of the moses basket.
- You are now done with the main part of the basket. You can now add buttons and make the handles. To do so, cut out two 32cm long and 5cm wide strps of your main fabric.
- Fold the raw edges to the inside, press and stitch along the length of each handle to ensure they stay folded over.
- sew the handle onto the moses basket. The buttons are purely decorative.
- Now you can make the sheet. - Again, cut out 1 base and a 58cm long and 8cm wide strip of fabric for your intended fabric and a 58cm long strip of lace, which should be at least approx 4.5cm wide.
- pin and then sew the lace onto the side strip of the sheet.
- pin and sew the side strip to the sheet that will cover the base and close the open seam of the strip.
- Place the sheet into the basket and sew some pillows and a divet to go with it.



3 comments:
brinkka2011 says: Informative post, Im now one of your feed followers
So pretty! What are the dimensions of the finished basket? I'd love to make one for my 2yo's 9.5 in doll!
Hi Shelly - Thank you & sorry, this is a late response as I only now have gone back to blogging ... The finished dimensions for this basket are approx 20x14cm (7.9x5.5inches). Hope this helps, but probably too late to be of use to you :-(!
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