Creating by the Heart Co

Handmade, hand-dyed rope baskets from Llano, Texas.

Rope baskets and coasters, coiled and sewn one round at a time, and finished with decorative stitching, embroidery, fabric, ribbon, handmade handles, and wood and glass beads.

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A cream rope basket seen from above, banded in sage green and soft blue, with an embroidered blue butterfly and green vines in the centre and blue wooden spool handles.
Butterfly & vine

From the sewing table

Every basket gets its own centre: an embroidered panel, or a wooden disc with a picture burned into it, stitched in round the edge.

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“All embellished with decorative stitching, fabric, ribbon, handmade handles, wood and or glass beads.”

Creating by the Heart Co
Cream rope basket with a band of blue floral fabric, a blue vine stitch, an embroidered hummingbird on a golden centre, beaded handles and a rope bow at the front.

What goes into one

  1. Hand-dyed ropeCoiled round and round and sewn together, one row at a time.
  2. Fabric and ribbonA band of printed fabric wrapped into the coils.
  3. Decorative stitchingA vine, a zigzag or a run of tiny leaves sewn right round the bowl.
  4. The centreEmbroidered fabric, or a wooden disc with a picture burned in.
  5. Handmade handlesWood and glass beads, wrapped rope, braided rope or brass.
  6. The finishing touchA rope bow or loop, or a little leather tag at the front.
Bluebonnet set: a cream rope basket with embroidered bluebonnets and a little fence in the centre, four matching round coasters, and an embroidered tea towel.

Bluebonnets, all the way round

A whole set in Texas blue: the basket, a stack of rope coasters and a tea towel, each embroidered with the same bluebonnets and a little wooden fence.

  • Rope basket with bead-and-spool handles
  • Four rope coasters with hanging loops
  • Embroidered tea towel
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Have a centre in mind?

Ask about a basket made for you or for someone you love: the colours, the handles and the picture in the middle. Centres so far have included:

  • Hummingbirds
  • A cardinal on pine
  • Butterflies
  • Prickly pear
  • A cabin in the pines
  • A cottage
  • A cat
  • A watering can
  • Wildflowers
  • Bluebonnets
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