Friday, September 14

Making An Apple Basket


I purchased this roll of 3/8 inch white wood at Save On Crafts a while ago. I had planned to use it for flooring but it wants to curl. Today I am using it to make a wooden apple basket.

I cut strips about three inches long and then cut them in half lengthwise. I'm using a one inch woodsie circle for the base.


Last night I glued three of the wooden strips to the base of the circle in a star pattern. This morning I added more strips around the bottom of the basket.


I tried several stains, but this wood does not take stain well. I found some "Caramel Candy" paint by "Apple Barrel" in my stash so I used that instead. I added water to the paint to thin it.

To coax the wooden strips to bend into a circle, I wet then and painted them with red water color paint. Then I added a black wash to tone it down. These will go around the outside of the basket.

Now I'm waiting to the paint to dry...



This is all I have time for this morning. REAL work calls. Hopefully, tomorrow I can show you my finished basket. I may use it to make a little fall fairy garden?

Hope you have a good Friday!



7 comments:

Caseymini said...

Kathi, have you tried ironing the wood strip? That might just do the trick. Mist it with water and iron....Good luck.

Fabiola said...

I'm curious to see it finished...
Kiss Faby

Kathi said...

Nope. Haven't tried ironing the wood strip. Will do that. Thanks Casey!

Hope to finish the basket tonight Faby. :D

Lavecinita said...

Que buena idea,habra que probarla con tu permiso,un beso.Rosa.

Soffy said...

J'ai hate de le voir fini.

maribel said...

Una idea fantástica.

Ilona said...

Hi Kathy! Great apple basket, well done. Great idea for miniature gardening in it :D!!
Greetings, Ilona