Sewing a Project Bag from a Canvas Bread Basket

When I’m knitting at home, I don’t have a yarn bowl but wanted something that would hold my supplies and knitting without breaking when it’s inevitably knocked on the floor by my kids. That’s when I decided to adapt a canvas bread basket from Søstrene Grene to meet my needs. Here’s what I did.

The bread basket was navy, so I chose a fun navy dot fabric I bought in Dublin in 2009 with my Dad. I also used this fabric to lengthen a denim dress from Gap, here’s that blog post.

 

Adding Pockets

Before I added height and a drawstring channel, I sewed on pockets to the inside. I prepared a rectangle folded over so both sides were showing the right side of the fabric.

Crafting, Knitmas, upcycling, and knitwear in November and December 2018. Details on my blog EvinOK.com

Crafting, Knitmas, upcycling, and knitwear in November and December 2018. Details on my blog EvinOK.com

Crafting, Knitmas, upcycling, and knitwear in November and December 2018. Details on my blog EvinOK.com

November and December 2018 craft adventures. Read all about it on my blog EvinOK.com

 

Loop

For a hanging loop, I used a piece of bias tape.

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November and December 2018 craft adventures. Read all about it on my blog EvinOK.com

November and December 2018 craft adventures. Read all about it on my blog EvinOK.com

 

Added Height

I decided to heighten the bread basket with a strip of coordinating fabric.

Crafting, Knitmas, upcycling, and knitwear in November and December 2018. Details on my blog EvinOK.com

I pinned it all the way around the top of the bread basket, leaving a gap for the drawstring to go through.

Crafting, Knitmas, upcycling, and knitwear in November and December 2018. Details on my blog EvinOK.com

 

Threading the Drawstring

When I threaded the ribbon through the added top section, I used a safety pin attacked to a bubble wand because I couldn’t find my drawstring threader.

Crafting, Knitmas, upcycling, and knitwear in November and December 2018. Details on my blog EvinOK.com

November and December 2018 craft adventures. Read all about it on my blog EvinOK.com

November and December 2018 craft adventures. Read all about it on my blog EvinOK.com

 

Final Result

Here’s the final project bag. The heavier canvas on the bottom of the bag gives the bag a nice weight to not tip over. It’s as close to a fabric yarn bowl as I’m getting this year.

November and December 2018 craft adventures. Read all about it on my blog EvinOK.com

November and December 2018 craft adventures. Read all about it on my blog EvinOK.com

November and December 2018 craft adventures. Read all about it on my blog EvinOK.com

 

So Nice I Made It Twice

I also made one for my mother-in-law so here are bonus photos of that one.

November and December 2018 craft adventures. Read all about it on my blog EvinOK.com

November and December 2018 craft adventures. Read all about it on my blog EvinOK.com

November and December 2018 craft adventures. Read all about it on my blog EvinOK.com

November and December 2018 craft adventures. Read all about it on my blog EvinOK.com

 

I’m sure I’ll make another and play around with the idea a bit. I’ll admit it really suits my needs though the canvas is not practical for on-the-go knitting as it has a bit of extra weight.

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