Make a Miniature Scale Coiled Rag Basket for a Dolls House

Materials For a Miniature Coiled Rag Basket

Materials for a miniature dolls house scale rag basket include fabric, glue, fine wire and thread.

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Materials to Make a Miniature Coiled Rag Basket

• PVA (white)Glue
• Miniature Scale Fabric - the basket shown required a 3/8 inch wide strip of fabric 24 inches long. You can also use narrow wired ribbon (without a wire core), or narrow ribbon wrapped around wire. If you choose regular fabric, try to use a selvage edge if possible.
• Fiber Wrapped Wire - the basket shown was made with a single 18 inch piece of lightweight, thread wrapped wire. Use the finest thread wrapped wire you can find to make a small fabric coil. The thread wrapping helps glue adhere to the wire.
• Embroidery Thread - For your first project choose two coordinating colors to make the project easier to work. Four, 12 inch, 2 stranded lengths of each of two colors were used for this project.
• Sharp scissors
• Tweezers
• Pressing Iron - needed if you have to turn over an unfinished fabric edge.

• Make a Miniature Coiled Rag Basket
• Materials For a Miniature Coiled Rag Basket
• Wrap A Wire With Fabric To Make a Miniature Coil Basket
• Add Thread Ties to the Fabric Roll for a Rag Basket
• Start the Coiled Base For a Rag Basket
• Set the Decorative Tie Lines On the Rag Basket Base
• Add in the Second Set of Anchor Threads for the Rag Basket
• Begin the Sides of a Miniature Coiled Rag Basket
• Tie Off the Stitching Threads to Finish Your Rag Basket
• Finish the Rag Basket Top