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Floral Oxford Fabric Basket Bag

 

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If you've seen some of the other posts about the Basket Bags pattern, I list some of the many, many things I stash in these bags. It's hard to keep count of how many I have now because many are stashed away in closets and cupboards, but it is probably at least 20 these days.  

This blue one is my most recent make and this colorful packed floral print is a nice Oxford fabric from Cosmo.  I've had my eye on it for a while and finally ordered the blue and the black colorways from silkfabric on etsy. 

The fabric also comes in white, a pastel version on white, and teal. They are all lovely! I think, but I'm not certain, this print comes in a quilting cotton version. So if you are looking for it and want the Oxford fabric, read the details carefully or you might end up with the wrong one!

Of course, I used the Basket Bag handle templates while making this bag. 

 

Templates for the Basket Bags Handles

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Look what's new!  These plastic handle templates for the Basket Bags will speed things up and make your life easier if you are making a number of these bags.

These are made by Adam and Carolyn Creations and you can check them out right here. They also offer templates for patterns from other designers so do take a peek at their shop. There just might be pieces for one of your other favorite patterns!

 

 

Tuxedo Cats Basket Bag

Tuck some yarn inside this itty bitty Basket Bag and you've got a swell gift for any cat loving knitter!

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Tuxedo Cats Cotton Linen Canvas Basket Bag

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Ooohlala...look at this itty bitty basket bag with these adorable tuxedo cats!  Sew, sew cute!

This little bag is size 1 in the Basket Bags sewing pattern.  

The exterior fabric is a cotton/linen blend Japanese fabric from Hishiei Shoji and the lining is a black and white heart print from Andover.

The tuxedo cat fabric came from Kimono Momo on etsy and she does still have some of this cat print fabric in the beige colorway, but I don't see this pink one. 

So I set off to find more and ran into some trouble since most of the Japanese fabric manufacturers don't name their prints and collections.  This isn't the first time I've wished they'd name the print/collections since it makes it much, much easier to find the fabrics online if there is name as a point of reference.

Since I have this fabric, naturally I started out by looking at the selvedge for the info.  This one shows:

But that's it! 

The problem here is there is no manufacturer info and many search functions now auto-correct spelling and in this case etsy, and sometimes google too, want to change Atuko to Atsuko Matsuyama. Love her fabric too, but that's not what we are looking for here.  

In the end, I was able to find more listings for this fabric on etsy by using a variety of searches like "tuxedo cat fabric", "cotton linen cat fabric" and you can go here if you'd like to see them.  

Basket Bag in Rifle Paper Juliet Rose Canvas

 

Rifle Paper's Juliet Rose cotton/linen canvas fabric has been waiting patiently in my stash for me to make it into something special and here it is now.  

This is Size 2 in the Basket Bags pattern.  I also made a small Grocery Bag from it and will take pics of that bag soon.  

Striped Denim Basket Bag

Striped Denim Basket Bag

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Denim paired with a floral fabric always works for me and here it is again in this bag.  

This is Size 2 in the Basket Bags sewing pattern.  

The exterior fabric is this 10-ounce railroad stripe denim.  I'm making all sorts of bags from this fabric because it looks good with everything!

The floral fabric, which is quickly becoming an all-time floral favorite for me, is available here.  But get over there fast because its on the way to being OOP, and right now I can find only one yard here.  The print name is Garden Serenade and it's from the Carry a Tune collection by Michael Miller.