more divided baskets

I keep my daughter’s toys in a basket in our living room.  After many years of plastic bins and storage tubs I wanted something a little more attractive but no less practical.  A little searching led me to the Peterboro Basket Company and this beauty, which is technically a laundry basket but works just great…

Divided basket

I love this pattern. I found it last year at the awesome blog Noodlehead while roaming around the web looking at fabric and thinking about learning to sew. I was so smitten with it that I took the plunge and actually learned how to thread my sewing machine and, um, use it. Even though my first attempt…