April 22, 2012

A Bicycle Basket {Built For Two}

Last month a friend of mine approached me about making a bag to go inside the Bike Basket he was buying for his wife, for their anniversary.  Of course, I told him I would do it!

Of course, it would have been helpful to see the basket before I agreed to make the bag...

At any rate, with some help from Michael {who made the pattern for the bag} I was able to create the following:

sorry for the garish ironing board cover... =(
I can't even tell you how excited I was to find bicycle print flannel at the fabric store.  It totally made the project....

look - pockets! 
What you can't see is the 'outside' of the bag, which is a heavy-duty brown cotton.  I made it that way so it could be take out of the basket and used in the even that they went on a picnic or some such.

isn't the fabric just darling?
Hardest part of making this?  Attaching the cylinder-shaped bag to the vaguely rectangular bottom section.  But about 1.5 hours later, the whole this was done - including cutting time.  I think it's just fabulous!

Of course, I'll gladly make you one if you have a bike basket.... can't guarantee you'll get this fabulous fabric though!

Peace & Love,

3 comments:

  1. Oh that is sooo sweet-- Almost makes me wish I had a bike!

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  2. That is really cute! I love it :-)

    I've said it before and I will say it again - this is a waste of a talent for you to not be earning some kind of a living from your craft stuff - even if it is only part-time through Etsy.

    People are willing to pay good money for such cute things

    Lou :-)

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  3. That is so stinkin' cute! It makes me want to get a cruiser bike that can be best friends with my racing bike, and the cruiser can have a basket with a liner. I love/hate it sometimes when I see such adorableness on a blog!

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