My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Catch of the Day

12 August 2015
and more

Snatch one… or three

snag and weave

to scoop them up

get a light grasp

gather the flowers

put it in your baskets

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Tutorials

12 August 2015

Messy edged basket

Weave a loose basket to display flowers

8 June 2011

Foliage Weaving

For this tutorial I focus on a simple weave pattern that does not require you to soften or prepare the leaves to be more durable or flexible. This is the starting point in weaving techniques. You can build on this technique to make floral handbags, gift boxes, and baskets, sew it into a curve or wrap it around a vase or cover a test tube.

5 June 2013

Weaving a cube foliage ring box

Weave a cube with a ribbon

20 December 2011

Weaving a gift box with a lid from palm leaves

A great all natural gift decorating alternative

1 February 2012

Weaving a diagonal green grass basket

Once you figure out how to do the corners weaving a diagonal shape is actually not that hard to do.

4 June 2014

Weaving a ring basket

Create a wire frame and weave ripped foliage around it

1 May 2013

Weaving a Straight Edged Strip

A beautiful woven strip that is quite easy to make

15 January 2025

Palm and hazel fan together to support perfect to pick Helleborus stems

Winter treasures in a small vase for an uplifting fresh flower display.

1 May 2024

Gap basket weave for a Spring flower container

Fiasco inspired vase cover for a small Spring design

13 April 2022

Handcrafted grass and twig basket to hold some Easter flowers

Easter basket filled with (almost... almost chocolate) anthuriums.

2 February 2022

Connect bud vases with a fresh foliage open weave

Craft two woven panels to place front and back of a couple of bud vases to create a unit.

3 June 2020

Craft a sturdy “that should be impossible” grid to support even heavier flowers

Using the same flower stems, only dry, to craft a grid for the same flowers stems, only fresh

26 February 2020

Weave a grass Platform for an opening Tulip bud

Tulips continue to grow as they open. This means you not only have to be mindful of their proportions as they are now... but also as they will be once open.

25 June 2019

Stacking grass covered pebbles

Pebbles are a great way to weigh down or keep your floral material in place. Here's a way to dress them up a bit

28 March 2018

Stacked eggshell containers that won't topple over.

Balance a stack of eggshells with a magnet for a tiny Easter design

26 July 2017

Half wire half grass tangle to keep stems in place

Tangle and shape wire to create a half moon for grass and gyp to rest in

5 April 2017

Weaving a Pillbox hat from grass

Use the "over and under" weaving pattern to weave a round, upright hat with a flat top and no brim.

25 January 2017

Detailing a messy edged grass basket

Weave a basket from lily grass and then cut and curl the edges

Related Designs

7 April 2011

Weaving with Flax

Here are a few more examples of woven flax. I also use Typha, palm, iris leaves, Kyogi paper, boat orchid leaves and aspidistra to weave with.

15 January 2025

What’s that word for it again?

A fun way to fan out palm leaves to display some winter pickings

1 May 2024

Favourite Take-Away

Basket weave container for some Spring floral treasures.

28 June 2023

Catch and Release

Ah... yes summer time designing. Anyone else seeing more insects hiding between the petals this year?

13 April 2022

Hop on… it’s Easter!

A cheery Easter basket for a new beginning

2 February 2022

Putting my feelers out

Adding just a little something to a bud vase design to connect them... and make it special.

3 June 2020

As if by magic

An impossibly delicate looking way to securely keep flowers in place over a clear container.

26 February 2020

To top it all off

This is a great "space-keeper" design. The tulip will continue to grow into the vase height as they open... but until then the grass platform part of the design diverts your attention to fix any issues you might experience with the proportions right now.