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How to Draw a Sewing Basket
Draw a sewing basket in 14 easy steps, about 11 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.
Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: the basket.
Step 1: The basket
Below the middle draw a wide basket, a soft box a little narrower at the bottom.
Step 2: The rim
Over the top edge draw a long thick band with round ends, a bit wider than the basket.
Step 3: The face
On the front draw 2 big eyes with black dots and shines. Add a U smile and 2 cheeks.
Step 4: Thread spools
Behind the rim on the right draw 2 spools: a flat bar top and bottom, a thinner middle with lines.
Step 5: The pincushion
Behind the rim on the left draw a tomato with a leafy star. Add 2 lines from star to rim.
Step 6: The pins
Start at the tomato's left side. Draw 2 pins slanting up and out, each ending in a round black head.
Step 7: Scissor blades
On the ground right of the basket draw 2 long pointed blades crossing at a black dot.
Step 8: Finger loops
From the dot draw 2 short lines out to the right, each ending in a round finger loop.
Step 9: The weave
Under the face draw 2 smile lines side to side. Add short upright lines between and below them, staggered.
Step 10: Ground line
Start a little in from the left edge. Draw a ground line under everything, stopping before the right edge.
Step 11: Yellow and pink
Go over your lines, then colour the short spool yellow and the cheeks pink. Leave the eyes white.
Step 12: Green and red
Colour the leafy star green and the tomato red around it.
Step 13: Blue and grey
Colour the tall spool blue and the scissor blades grey.
Step 14: Wood brown
Colour the basket, the rim and the spool ends wood brown, around the face.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a sewing basket, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
