It's time for Easter Baskets! Fun Tutorial

It's that time of year again!
These Easter Baskets are so fun to make and use a simple yogurt cup for the basket! 
Don't forget about May Baskets too! Wouldn't these be so cute fulled with flowers and hanging on someone's door as a little surprise!

So many possibilities using this basic tute-

This was my inspiration for my baskets- 
I just loved the lines of my silver basket and wondered if I could recreate it somehow.

I had such a fantastic time creating the ones for the swap that I had to make more-

Easter is right around the corner and what better way to celebrate by making some pretty  baskets!

I thought I would do a little tutorial on how I made mine

Supplies needed are a yogurt cup a plastic container top and something to use for a base- I found the plastic Palette cups at Hobby Lobby, 2 to a package for 99cent.  Other supplies

spray paint

spray adhesive

-glue gun

fabric scraps

chenille for basket handle

misc pretties to decorate basket

Little chick for moral support!

I cut the outer rim of container top off then cut an inner circle

Snip donut shape piece and overlap about an inch or so then hot glue ( I used the paper clip thingys to hold it while glue dried)

I placed the 3 plastic pieces together just to get an idea of what basket would look like (don't glue them together at this point) .  Little Miss Chick is not so sure this is going to work at this point-can you see the confused look on her cute face?

Take all pieces outside and spray paint away!

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Make a pattern for basket body by laying yogurt cup on side and with pencil slowly tracing top then bottom of cup as you roll it on its side

Cut out pattern - place on fabric and cut fabric about 1/2 inch on all sides.  For basket rim cut fabric about an inch wider than collar. I just took a pencil and traced around an inch wider then plastic then cut out. Cut another fabric collar piece of coordinating fabric (I used a satin) to use as underlining.

Spray the outside yogurt cup with spray adhesive.  Take fabric yogurt piece and wrap around cup leaving 1/2 inch above and at bottom of cup.  With hot glue, tuck the fabric ends over and below cup. Use a piece of lace or other trim and hot glue on inside edge of cup.

Spray basket collar with adhesive and cover with  fabric same way as you did the basket.  Cut an X in inside area -cut excess fabric as shown leaving a little over 1/4 inch to glue and tuck under inside rim.

Make handle for basket with chenille wire stem.  You may wrap ribbon around it or leave plain- what ever look you like.  Bend  each end of stem 1/2 inch from end and glue on the inside collar bent stems glued to underside of collar.

I kind of fiddled with the under side of collar lining- and I am sure there is a better way. I sprayed the underside of collar with adhesive, took the circle I had cut out and placed it on underside of collar then trimmed away excess to just 1/8 inch from edge of collar.  Trims and laces were then hot glued to cover raw edges.

Glue pedestal base on basket and use trims to cover.  You may also choose to  cover pedestal in  fabric then glue to basket. 

Using beads, silk flowers, lace etc. pretty up the basket to your heart's desire!

If you have any questions let me know- I am not the best at tutorials and would love this to be as simple as possible so will edit as questions are asked!!

Here is another version of the same basket-