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Humble Beginnings - A Dollhouse Miniature Basket Tutorial

Hello Dear Readers!
It's been a long day but I finally have some time to get the basket tutorial posted here for you.

This basket has very humble beginnings - *grin* it is made from a toilet deodorizer container. A NEW one, hahaha, not used. I took out the deodorizer cake and put it in netting and set it on a paper towel in the cabinet in the bathroom...the cabinet under the sink that always smells musty. I buy these at the dollar store, they are very cheap and you can get two baskets from one deodorizer.



You will need:

• An Empty Toilet Deodorizer as pictured below


• Fine Hemp Twine or Linen Cord - I chose a dark brown for this basket
• Side Cutters or Kitchen Scissors for Cutting the Spokes
• Glue
• Paint in your color choice. Testors or other brand plastic model paint or spray paint made for plastic are best but you can use stain or acrylic paint if that's what you have.

• Step One


Pull the deodorizer apart...you now have two basket bases.

• Step Two

Cut the ring from the top of the deodorizer basket.

• Step Three

Begin your basket weave...over and under, over and under. Leave a short tail and keep your weaving tight.

Keep going....over and under, over and under...

Once you have obtained the depth you are happy with, run a bead of glue around the top of your basket. Let dry. Next, clip the spokes as close to the weaving as you can...Don't accidentally snip your weave!

Now lay down a bead of glue and coil the linen/hemp around the top of the basket to hide the spokes and finish off the top. Clamp and let dry. I apologize, i forgot to take a photo of this step but I simply coiled the cord around the top two times and allowed to dry.

Next, I painted the basket with a deep brown.

And you're done! Easy Peasey!

Hope this tutorial was helpful :)