Sentence 1: The girl loved to sew. 
 Sentence 3: She would take it out every evening and work a bit 
 Sentence 4:  Then she'd put the basket on her end table 
 Sentence 5:  The basket was a reminder to finish the project she'd started 
 Option 1: She made quilts. 
 Option 2: She bought a basket to put all her sewing supplies in.