Felt Accessories — October 3, 2023

Woven Felt Baskets

Felt Accessories — October 3, 2023

Woven Felt Baskets

Beginner

30min

If you’ve been around for a while, you know how much we love a DIY basket! We have made a few woven baskets using paper as well as ribbon. But this is the first time we’ve created a woven felt basket — one with handles and one without.

Since the cutting needs to be precise, you will need to cut this project by hand with your craft scissors. When you’re ready to get started, just download the template and tutorial below.

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Meagan crafted this woven felt basket specifically for the felt foods we’ve created. This way, your little one can easily carry around their felt fruits, breads, and more. Another option is to use these small baskets to organize toys. Or you could even use them as home decor if you’d like!

Though we like for our baskets to be neutral, you can always make them in whatever felt colors you want. The colors we use are linked below, or you can explore our felt selection for more ideas.

Skill level: Intermediate due to the precise cutting and placement that’s required to make sure your basket is straight.

Other DIY crafts shown: Felt pears, apples, and artisan breads

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How to Make a Woven Felt Basket

Gather your craft tools and materials. Then download the pattern below.
Take a 12″x18″ sheet of felt and iron the same size piece of extra firm fusible interfacing to one side.
Cut a 12″x18″ piece of fusible webbing, then iron together a second piece of 12×18 felt and the felt sheet with interfacing from step 2.
Using a ruler, mark every 1.5 inches along the 12″ side of the felt sheet.

Full tutorial available for members to download below.

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Tools

Craft Scissors
Rotary Cutter
StarCraft Heat Press, Cricut EasyPress, or Iron
High-Temp Hot Glue Gun
Gold Ruler

Materials

Lia Griffith Wool Blend Felt — Terracotta and Dewy (5 sheets of one color)
Heat N Bond Fusible Interfacing — Extra Firm
Lia Griffith Fusible Web

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14 Comments

Julia April 9, 2025 at 3:00pm

Just double checking, so I’ll take one piece of 12×18 felt and iron the firm stabilizer, then use the web to iron together that stabilized felt and another piece of felt? And then make two of those for the strips?

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1. Lia April 10, 2025 at 10:31am
  
  @Julia
  
  You are correct! You will need two sheets of the doubled up felt to make the amount of strips needed for the basket.
  
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Jackeline February 14, 2024 at 4:33am

Hi, there is no SVG file attached.

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1. Lia February 14, 2024 at 9:56am
  
  @Jackeline
  
  This is a hand cut project. Meagan felt it was too large for the Cricut.
  
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Laura September 26, 2022 at 1:42pm

Hi Meagan,
I did try attaching felt to the white side but this interfacing only bonds on one side. At least the brand you are recommending is only bondable on one side. Please advise.

Thanks,
Laura

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1. Lia September 27, 2022 at 9:10am
  
  @Laura
  
  Step 3 of the tutorial explains that you will need to use fusible web to attach the second piece of felt to the not bondable backside of the interfacing.
  
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Laura September 26, 2022 at 6:12am

Hi Lia,

How do you hide the fusible bonding? I have the felt on one side and this white bonding on the other. Nothing in the instructions.
Please advise.

Thanks,
Laura

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1. Lia September 26, 2022 at 7:57am
  
  @Laura
  
  Hi Laura, I have asked Meagan to answer this question (the original one a few days ago) since this is her project. Unlike me, she doesn’t work on weekends. Haha. 😉
  
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Laura September 24, 2022 at 12:01pm

Hi Lia,
I was able to get this cut on the Cricut maker using the Felt Glitter Bonded setting – More Pressure and run the mat twice through the maker. When you place the felt on the mat move it down and over about 1/4″. I create 3 layouts that made good use of the Felt real estate. My question is how do you hide the fusible bonding? I have the felt on one side and this white bonding on the other. Nothing in the instructions.
Please advise.

Thanks,
Laura

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1. Lia September 26, 2022 at 8:43am
  
  @Laura
  
  Hi Laura, in step three of the photo tutorial and written instructions it instructs you to cut a 12×18 piece of fusible webbing, use this webbing to iron another 12×18 sheet of felt to the white interfacing side of the first piece of felt to make it felt on both sides. It sounds like you figured out a layout solution for yourself to cut on the cricut which is great! I attempted to cut on the cricut with the two layers of felt and the thick interfacing. I found it to be too thick and didn’t provide as clean of a cut as the hand rotary cutter, which was very quick and easy while wasting no materials.
  
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Laura September 14, 2022 at 4:48pm

Hi Lia,
Not sure what you mean. I am a pro at arranging templates to make the most of the material to minimize waste. I will figure out the svg on my own if you cannot provide one.

Thanks

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1. Lia September 17, 2022 at 4:46pm
  
  @Laura
  
  I guess what Meagan meant is that she used all of the felt, edge to edge. If you are using the Cricut (at least in my experience), it will not allow you to have a template that is 12 inches wide but will tell you it is too large to cut. The felt is 12×18 so you could make a smaller basket. Another thing I will ask Meagan is if she has attempted cutting the two-layered fused felt on the Cricut. It is quite thick so she simply may not want to recommend the Cricut for this project due to the issues with cutting this type of material.
  
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Laura September 11, 2022 at 5:17am

Hi Lia,
I love these baskets They would be a great project for my Cricut Maker. Can you provide an SVG file for this project?

Thanks,
Laura

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1. Lia September 12, 2022 at 9:27am
  
  @Laura
  
  Hi Laura, this project uses all of the felt pieces so cutting on the Cricut would waste materials. These are nice long straight cuts, perfect for the hand rotary blade.
  
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