Decorating Baskets - Softcover

Tourtillott, Suzanne J. E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1579904319 ISBN 13: 9781579904319

Publisher: Lark Books,U.S., 2003

Synopsis

Give any store-bought basket such decorative trims as ribbon, fabric, wire, or flowers and turn it into a showpiece. The techniques are so simple that you can make quick work of these projects if you desire. Color wash or glaze the basket, put in a lining, dress it up in a skirt, or go South of the Border by hanging it with faux chili peppers. Fifty styles.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Beautifully customize baskets to complement any room in your home or to enhance all kinds of gifts, bringing out the best of your projects' splendid textures and forms. Existing for centuries around the world, baskets today are available in many more varieties than ever before. And whether they have a rustic look or are sleekly modern, you can enhance them further with a little fabric, for example, or paint, dÉcoupage, and beading. What's more, an embellished gift basket is a wonderfully stylish way to celebrate, congratulate, or applaud a special occasion. Why not create your own and see how not only useful but decorative they can be.

Synopsis

This book shows how to give any shop-bought basket a decorative trim such as ribbon, fabric, woven fibre, wire or flowers to turn it into a unique showpiece.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lark Books,U.S.
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1579904319
• ISBN 13: 9781579904319
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 126