How to Make an Easter Basket from Cleaning Cloths!

For this Easter basket I bought a 99p packet of cleaning cloths, the pastel colours are perfect for this Easter project. In The 99p Shop I found a packet of 15 pearlized eggs, they open up, you can put sweets of your choice inside. Alternatively you could put chocolate or decorated eggs in the basket . For the basic basket I found this comprehensive tutorial on Maya Made Maya has made a beautiful basket, I have just tweaked it a bit for this project. For the body of the basket cut a piece 33cm x 20cm (13" x 8") sew up the sides. Try to be as accurate and even as possible with the next step, other wise you will have a wonky basket! Sew and cut off two corners, as shown in photograph below. Turn the body right side out, fold over the edge 3cm (1 1/2"). For the handle I cut two pieces, one was 30cm x 3cm (12" x 1 1/8") and one was slightly smaller 30cm x 2cm (12" x 3/4"). Sew the two pieces together. Attach the handles to the basket. The flowers are made like windmills with a button sewn in the centre. I filled the basket with straw before I put the eggs in but tissue paper, shredded or crumpled, would be good too