Sew an Easter basket: For the most delicious chocolate eggs of all! With my tutorial, you can easily sew a beautiful Easter basket. And it’s quicker than a bunny can hop!
The most important things at a glance
- In this post, I will show you how to sew a lovely Easter basket
- The illustrated instructions are suitable for beginners
- The Easter baskets are approx. 17 cm wide (at the top edge) and approx. 10 cm high
- You can adjust the size individually if you would like the basket to be smaller or larger
- I used heavy iron-on interfacing so that the basket retains its shape even when filled
- You can also decorate the cute Easter basket or add a name using textile printing
A quick note: A little Easter story
I love Easter. Fragrant daffodils, chocolate eggs, bright yellow forsythia, longer days—and the promise that winter is finally over! Everything is airy, light, and lovely.
As a child, I used to go into the forest with my parents on the weekend before Easter to collect "Easter moss." For those who don't know, Easter moss is just simple moss from the forest floor. Incidentally, the Easter Bunny usually managed to drop a chocolate egg or two during these walks, so I would find them along the path. ;)
Once we got home, the moss was carefully spread out next to the wood stove to dry until the big day.
On the following Saturday, we would dye the eggs. My brother and I would outdo each other with creative ideas—candle wax, double-sided tape, nylon stockings, funny sayings, and hand-drawn comics: the Easter eggs decorated this way were actually too pretty to eat. Once all the eggs were dyed, my grandmother would rub them with a piece of bacon rind to make them shine. I adopted this tradition from her, but I use a simple kitchen towel and some cooking oil instead of bacon rind.
Afterward, all the eggs were put into a large bowl, waiting for the Easter Bunny to come and collect them.
On Easter morning, we would find them along with other treats in the Easter nest. For that traditional Easter walk, such a beautiful Easter basket with a handle would have been just the thing.
By the way: Our favorite Easter book was The Bunny School*—it was read aloud at least once a day around Easter. So often that every family member could recite it entirely from memory.
Well, rituals are important. ;)
Later on, the wonderful Peter Rabbit* by Beatrix Potter was added. To this day, it's as indispensable for Easter as Charles Dickens' story of Scrooge is for the Christmas season.
Sewing for Easter: Sew an Easter basket
These Easter baskets are approx. 17 centimeters wide (at the top edge) and approx. 10 centimeters high.
You can make them larger or smaller. It is practical if the edge length of the main fabric is divisible by 3.
I used heavy iron-on interfacing so that the basket retains its shape even when filled.
You can also decorate the cute Easter basket or add a name using textile printing. You can find great ideas for this here. I also have a tutorial for pretty placemats for you. For the coziest Easter breakfast ever! ;)
Maybe you'd like to try our other sewing ideas for Easter? Take a look:
You will need these materials
- 30 x 30 cm polka dot cotton fabric* for the inside
- 30 x 30 cm cotton fabric for the outside—cotton fabric with geometric patterns* works great here
- 2 pieces of 25 x 4 cm fabric for the handle
- 25 x 4 cm stiff stabilizer/interfacing* for the handle
- 30 x 30 cm stiff stabilizer/interfacing* for the basket
- 2 buttons
- Needle & thread
- Fabric clips*
- Ruler*
- Fabric marker*
- Pins*
- Iron
- Pinking shears* or rotary cutter with pinking/wavy blade*
Tutorial: Sew an Easter basket
Iron the stiff stabilizer onto the outside fabric and let the prepared fabric cool according to the manufacturer's instructions.
Now pin the two fabric squares together, wrong sides facing.
Divide the square into thirds both lengthwise and crosswise and mark lines as shown in the picture below.
Sew along each of the four lines using a half-presser-foot seam allowance.
Use the photo as a guide:
I used contrasting sewing thread. Sew all the way around the square using a presser-foot width seam allowance.
Repeat the same process for the handle (which is still a bit too long in this picture—I trimmed it to 25 cm).
This is what it should look like then:
Next, cut into the four indentations up to the seam using the pinking shears.
Now trim the edge of the basket to approx. 3 mm from the seam using the pinking shears or the rotary cutter with a wavy blade. Repeat this step for the handle.
Fold the flaps from both sides to the center and iron the edges.
Secure the creases with fabric clips and let the basket blank cool briefly.
This will stabilize the corners and make the basket more likely to hold its shape later.
Now fold the basket together as shown in the picture and secure it with fabric clips.
Next, attach the handle by sewing it on along with the button, catching all layers of fabric.
This can be a bit fiddly with heavy stabilizer.
You can make this step easier by pre-piercing the holes with an awl.
Finished! Now the Easter Bunny can come! :)
Up for more sewing ideas for spring? Then feel free to take a look at my tutorial for the cute fabric birds: for an Easter mood throughout the whole house! :)
And what goes into the cute Easter baskets? Naturally: A little Easter pouch, filled with colorful chocolate eggs! ;)
I wish you a wonderful Easter!
Happy simple sewing,
your Sabine
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