Finally, a basket!

[wiseheart]

Not a very good one, admittedly, but at least a finished one. See here!

It started with throwing out the parts of the toilet roll one. I tried to make the fourth side but it went awry halfway into it and I just got really annoyed and tore up the whole thing and threw it into the recycling bin. It was a relief.

Then I haunted YouTube and found this video:

And suddenly I remembered all that quilling paper I had once taken over from a colleague for some still unfathomable reason, as it was clear that quilling would always be waaaaay beyond my modest skills. So I dug out and gave the simple design a try. I used the least decorative papers, just in case I'd have to throw it out, too; as you can see the colours are rather unspectacular. But I've managed the basket, and now I'll perhaps try it again, with the prettier paper stripes. Yay!

Other than that, I made lunch, we prepared a bit for tomorrow's cleaning and were dead for the rest of the day. It was 32 degrees again, and that's definitely more than one can bear without lots of ice cream and resting.

Note: I've just rewatched the vid and realized what was the mistake I made that caused my basket turn out differently. Well, I have plenty of paper left, I can give it several other tries.

Comments

[meathiel]

That new basket looks pretty!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I hope I'll be able to manage it right at the second try.

[manue7a.livejournal.com]

For all that fiddly work and what could all go wrong your basket looks amazing!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Awww, thanks!

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

It looks very good to me. We crafters are our own worst critics. I'm glad you got the hang of it now.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

So am I — especially as this is a much easier design. I might give the other one another try, eventually, using much softer paper. Part of the problem was the extreme stiffness of the toilet rolls, I think. How these women on YouTube can handle it with such ease is beyond me.

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

Looks nice! And when using festive green and red paper you won't have to paint!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I'll have to check what kind of paper I have — it is quite a selection, actually — but not having to paint is definitely a bonus.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Cool.
A mistake with the new version?