☕ DIY Soft Basket for Coffee Capsules

Simple sewing tutorial

This soft fabric basket is perfect for storing coffee capsules, tea bags or small snacks next to your coffee machine.

The embroidery is placed on the front panel, and the basket has a simple square base construction.

📏 Finished basket size

Approximate finished size:

18 × 18 × 18 cm

✂️ Fabric pieces (correct pattern)

Cut from outer fabric:

• 4 panels — 20 × 20 cm
• 1 bottom — 20 × 20 cm

Cut the same pieces from lining fabric.

Cut fusible interfacing for the 4 outer panels.

Why 20 cm?

Because:

• finished basket ≈ 18 cm

• 1 cm seam allowance on each side

🧵 Step 1 — Embroider the front panel

Choose one of the outer panels.

Place the embroidery:

• centered horizontally
• about 7 cm above the bottom edge

Always embroider before assembling the basket.

🔥 Step 2 — Apply interfacing

Fuse interfacing to the wrong side of the outer panels.

This helps the basket hold its shape.

🪡 Step 3 — Sew the outer basket walls

Sew the panels together in a strip:

panel → panel → panel → panel

Then join the first and last panels to form a fabric tube.

🧺 Step 4 — Attach the bottom

Pin the bottom square to the lower edge of the basket.

Sew slowly around all four sides.

Now the outer basket is finished.

🪡 Step 5 — Sew the lining

Repeat the same process for the lining.

Important:
Leave a small turning gap in one seam.

🔄 Step 6 — Join lining and basket

Place the outer basket inside the lining
right sides together.

Sew around the top edge.

✨ Step 7 — Turn the basket

Turn the basket through the opening in the lining.

Push the lining inside.

Press the top edge.

🧵 Step 8 — Topstitch

Topstitch around the upper edge to finish the basket.

☕ Result

You now have a soft handmade basket for:

☕ coffee capsules
🍵 tea bags
🍬 small snacks

Perfect for a cozy coffee corner.