A tisket a tasket, a grocery bag basket.

My sister Gina called me last week to ask a favor.
We do that,
It usually involves moving furniture or building stuff.
This time it was for a donation to her MOPS auction.
This year they are doing a "green" theme.
Not green the color,
Green the ecopsychobabble.
Yeah, I recycle, I wrote all about it here.
A Basket full of earth friendly items is what she was thinking.
And the basket should be made of recycled material.
Which is why she called me.
I have made bags, I have made a rug, I have even made a hat for fun.
But a basket? That has to stand up on its own,
It has to be visually appealing, so people will use it in public rooms.
"I don't know if I can make a basket."
"I will play around and see if it is do-able."

This is what I came up with.

Another couple of hundred bags NOT going overseas to be "recycled".

A little recognition for my bags. (I know people are going to ask my sister if they can order one.)

and some blog fodder.

Hm, not a bad couple of afternoons for me!

Thanks, Safeway, Kohls, Lowes, Target, and Fred Meyer for providing me with free materials.

If I were selling this, I would charge about $30 for it because of the time involved.

Now, I understand the store has sold out of my tote bags, so I had better keep on going.

And Easter is just around the corner, so I need to perfect the basket for sales on Easter baskets.

gotta go cut up bags.

Karyn

Adding this to a few linky parties, like this one