This was written by An from StraightGrain for the Miss Matatabi Makers series.

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Hi everyone! This is An from StraightGrain with already my fifth post here at Miss Matatabi. Over the past months, I’ve increasingly been growing ashamed about the fact that so far, I have only been creating dresses for this series. Talk about a one trick pony! So for this month’s edition, I promised myself to make something else.

When I went out for breakfast with my family a few weeks ago here in Anwerp, bread was served in an original basket. It was bag made from a white, wrinkly, highly synthetic fabric. It immediately inspired me to make something similar, but in an even nicer fabric. And where else to find really nice fabrics than chez Miss Matatabi?

The fabric is a cotton dobby / barkcloth. It has a lot of structure to it, but to my surprise, it is not stiff at all. I had expected a canvas-like thickness, but this fabric is a lot thinner and more flexible. It would be perfect for a little dress, for instance (yes, I was tempted :-))

Making the bread basket is super simple. The bottom is a square with rounded corners, and the sides are rectangles. Main and lining are made from the same pattern pieces. I reinforced the bottom main and lining with a heavy interfacing. Of the sides, however, I only reinforced the main with a thin interfacing, because I really wanted the basked to have a bit of a ‘slouchy’ look.

In the coming weeks, I hope to have the pattern and instructions available. The next basket will be a bit smaller, though, as I completely overestimated how much space buns take up. I estimate that this first version is big enough for some 25 buns – not quite the quantities we digest at a regular breakfast at Casa StraightGrain.

For a next version, I’m thinking of going for a canvas from Cotton + Steel’s gorgeous debut collection.

So that’s it for this month! I hope your Summer has been fun so far, and I really look forward to next month!

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Thank you so much An! Connect with An on her blog, instagram, facebook, and pinterest.