Soft Baskets

A monster has been unleashed! I absolutely LOVE these baskets!! These that I have made are simply made from flannel with quilted batting inside.
This first one was my learning experience. Still playing with proper sizing etc.

Since the first one turned out smaller than I was anticipating, I decided to try again to make a basket large enough to hold all the "stuff" that comes with my girls' doll house.

 (ignore my girls' play zone in the background)

This one turned out wonderfully - sewing wise. Cosmetically, it looks fabulous (and cute, if I do say so myself). The only thing I would do differently (especially for this size basket) would be to add an extra layer of batting inside to make the sides of the basket a little more sturdy.

These baskets are super great for letting the kids drag around, sit in, throw around, jump on, etc etc :) And it makes for easy clean ups :) And of course, makes storage cute! 

I think this larger size would be the perfect size for a child's laundry basket ...

 
*Business Thoughts*

I found how to make these from a tutorial online. The tutorial however says that it is for personal use only. So I need to make some adjustments to the pattern to make it "my own" in order to sell ....

But once I do, I think these baskets could be a success :)

I would like to create 3 different sizes .. small, medium, large. Small being the first basket shown here, and large being the other basket shown. I would create a medium that is somewhere in the middle of these two sizes.

I also want to try and make square baskets.

These baskets really do have lots of potential. I could sell them as individual baskets. I could sell them as a set of matching baskets all the same size or a matching set: one of each size, etc. :)

What would you pay for something like this?