The second picture is a modification of this one:
fabric baskets
http://ayumills.blogspot.com/2008/05...ic-basket.html
cute little organinzer baskets
http://ayumills.blogspot.com/2011/10...-blog-hop.html
The first one is a modification of a sewing pattern I picked up from JoAnns. I'm really bad about not really following directions, most of the time I can't figure out what they are saying so I take the pattern pieces that make sense and do something with those.