Pompoms and mirror basket

Step 1

• Take a hand knotted/ hand woven basket made out of natural yarn/ grass as seen in the image above.

Step 2

• All your mirrors of different sizes will look like this once they have the yarn border/ yarn frames around them.
• Make sure to use gold for one of the mirror sizes to add a bit of bling and shine.

Step 3

• The first way to create border around the mirrors is to stick the mirrors on buckram sheet.
• Take blue crochet and jute yarn, twist them together and stick them around the mirror as seen in the image.
• You can do the same with all the colour yarns mentioned above and around all the different sizes of mirrors.
•  Stick them using Fevicryl Fabric Glue
• Let it dry
• Cut them once they have dried completely using fabric scissors

Step 4

• The second way to create border around the mirrors is to stick the mirrors on buckram sheet.
• Take ready-made circular yarn frames as seen in the image above and stick them around the mirror as seen in the image.
• You can do the same with all the colour yarns mentioned above and around all the different sizes of mirrors.
•  Stick them using Fevicryl Fabric Glue
• Let it dry
• Cut them once they have dried completely using fabric scissors

Step 5

• Take a thick white cotton cord as seen in the image above
• Wrap it with gold yarn at various intervals as seen in the image.
• Secure them by sticking it with Fevicryl Fabric Glue
• Let it dry
• Open up one end of the white yarn a little bit to make it look like a tassel
• Wrap the area above the tassel part with gold yarn.

Step 6

• Take the blue tassel ribbon and stick a thin strip of buckram on the backside.
• Take the pompoms and stick small pieces of buckram on them as seen in the image above.
• Use Fevicryl Fabric Glue to stick them on
• Let it dry

Step 7

• Take the blue tassel ribbon and stick it around the mouth of the basket as shown in the image above.
• Use Fevicryl Fabric Glue to stick them on.
• Let it dry

Step 8

• Take the pompoms, mirrors, shells and the white cord and stick them on to the basket as shown in the image above.
• Use Fevicryl Fabric Glue to stick them on
• Let it dry

Step 9

• Take pink wool, blue crochet and just yarn, white jute cord and knot them around the handle of the basket as seen in the image.
• Use Fevicryl Fabric Glue to stick them on/ secure them on to the handle
• Let it dry

Fun and colourful basket adorned with pompoms, mirrors and shells and tassels are ready to be teamed up with your favourite garba/ dandiya attire!