Boxed Corners

In an earlier post, I spoke briefly about a fabric basket with foam interfacing that was an awful failure. Yesterday, I rescued the fabric from that basket and made another basket without any type of interfacing. As expected, the basket was droopy. But the corners were perfectly boxed for both the exterior and the lining. Success!

Then today I tried an experiment with 2 dollar-store dish drying mats. Same process as the fabric basket. My sewing machine does NOT like sewing through that many layers of foam and fabric. The basket is functional but has no lining so there are visible raw edges on the interior. No lining because I didn't want to push the machine any further. Still the corners are boxed neatly.

I haven't photographed either basket; truthfully there's not much to see. But as experiments go (and learning exercises), I consider these to have been a success as each produced a usable basket that is now serving time in my workspace. In addition, I think I have pretty much mastered boxed corners!

dks, 3 Oct 2025