Make a Miniature Scale Coiled Rag Basket for a Dolls House

Add in the Second Set of Anchor Threads for the Rag Basket

With the first three coils secured, an extra set of ties is added between the four main ties to secure the larger coils of the miniature rag basket.

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When you have made three wraps of fabric coil around the center of the base, add your second color of thread ties onto the coil at a point between each pair of the starting tie threads. (See Photo) For your first basket it is easier to see these second threads if they are a different color. On this basket I have used red for the first four threads, which are tied out in lines on quarter segments of the basket base, then added in green thread as the second color, which makes lines in between the red lines as the basket grows larger. Tie these second threads in place around the fabric wrapped wire the same way you did the first threads, so that the two ends of each double strand of thread are equal lengths. You will have a red thread, then a green one, then a red one, then a green one and so on. Continue to coil the basket base, attaching the coils with a tight knot each time they meet a line of thread. This basket has a base just under an inch across.

• 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