Having kids means there will be mess and disorganization. So to combat that, I made some divided baskets from Noodlehead. We recenly moved our toy kitchen into the real kitchen and the result was toy kitchen supplies all over my kitchen floor. These have been a great solution for that. I store the baskets on the rolling cart behind the kitchen. I made two for the kitchen out of linen and I used kona cotton to line them.
I made two more out of moustache fabric (couldn't resist). I plan on keeping one on our kids' table in the living room, mostly likely for duplo. And I'm not sure what I'll do about the second one. I might gift it... haven't decided.
I really like these baskets. They were fairly simple to sew up. They required a lot of cutting though. I had to cut out lining, exterior fabric, interfeacing and fusible fleece. If I make these again, which I probably will, I'll try to use home dec weight fabric and I won't use fusible fleece. It was a pain to fuse so many things to linen because it has a loose weave. And the linen I ordered came horribly wrinkled so pressing it was a nightmare. And even with interfacign and fusible fleece, the linen is floppy. But, I like the look. I sewed a line down the middle of the exterior pocket on the moustache basket and I'm glad I did. It makes the pocket more stable.
If you're interested in making these, you'll need a half yard for the interior and a half yard for the exterior. If you want an exterior pocket, you'll need a little more than a half yard of each. Be prepared to cut and press a lot! But there's good news, they sew up fairly quickly. I was able to sew two in 1.5-2 hours (that doesn't include cutting and fusing).
