Something Special for Jackson

I ran across a great little tutorial on how to make a bike basket for a preschooler's bike.  Since we gave Jackson a bike for his birthday, I thought I'd give the tutorial a try and add a little zippiness to his bike.  Plus, it's hard for Jackson to go anywhere without his beloved Thomas trains.  Now he can take his trains and his water bottle on a bike ride with room for a snack or two!

The tutorial is from the Noodlehead blog.  She's got some other cute tutorials - check it out!

The rear of the bike basket has a strap with velcro so you can attach it to the crossbar of the bike.  I followed the directions without benefit of having the bike close at hand to measure.  Hope it fits!

If I make this again, and I probably will once Miss T., the elder, sees it, I would play with the instructions a bit.  I had a difficult time putting the fusible interfacing between the bag and the lining and then getting an iron in the small space to fuse it all together.  I tried a smaller craft iron, which helped a bit.  I have to remember, though, that it's for a 3-year-old who is (1) not fussy and (2) going to be thrilled to have something his sisters do not have!

If I was a bettin' woman, I'd say there's a pink bike basket somewhere in my future .....