Baskets: Design Ideas, Techniques and Materials, Step-By-Step Projects Hardcover – January 1, 1989

This is an interesting book about making, decorating and revitalizing woven baskets. If you have ever wanted to make a basket, the tools, supply lists and basic instructions are given for weaving a basket made of a variety of materials: vine and coil carriers, those made of grapevines and flat, thin woods (balsa?). I’m still scratching my head about the bark cone basket. I did not feel that there were enough directions to make each of these baskets but the color photos were great.The info offered on filling the wire planting baskets it seemed to be do-able. One of my favorite baskets was the log cabin baskets; it is easy to make and durable.The Second chapter includes projects & techniques for customizing store-bought baskets, antiquing a basket & making living (plant & flower) baskets. Overall, I thought this was a pretty picture book with some ideas about using baskets in your home décor. It might offer ideas, but one would have to find another book for real instructions. Another problem: This tome was published in 1989. Fashions come and go in décor and some of these suggestions seemed a bit dated. 3.5 stars

Includes: Coil, Vine, Log Cabin, Bark Cone & Wire Planting Baskets. The Second chapter includes projects & techniques for customizing store bought baskets, antiquing a basket & making living (plant & flower) baskets

Hi, this book has lots of lovely colour photos of decorated baskets and some very nice ideas for gift baskets. It has nothing of use if you actually want to Make a basket, despite the title. it has a nice drawing of some pliers but no details of how baskets are started, designed or actually made.

Great description and process of how to make baskets from different types of materials.

I just recieved this book today and I'm very Disapointed.!!!! If your a real basket weaver don't waste your money.This book is fine for a crafter who wants to decorate cheap baskets but that's not how it reads when you look at the advertisement.