Hat tip

Craft a platform to highlight small flowers

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...

Most leaves and foliage can be slightly manipulated to curve or curl.

Cut the Phalaenopsis orchid with a bit of green stem attached. This will make them last longer.

Orchids grow in long flower spikes. It is great to use the entire stem but sometimes you need shorter section. There is a trick to cutting the stems without leaving a visible...

I use edible mushrooms in my designs. To preserve them I press a tiny stake into the base and let them air-dry.

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

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

Twist and weave a sun hat from blades of lily grass

Weave a canopy or parachute shaped armature in a way that you can place the stems in two vases to keep it hydrated.

Weave slip on shoes from palm leaves

Weave two palm leaves together to create a floral grid

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

Dancing lady

Use a lemon as a stopper to keep floral material in place

Loosely weave grass to create a decorative grid keeping flowers in place over a square container.

Crafting caterpillars from blossoms

A light and airy (no floral foam but still long lasting) floral design for those days that you are really, really looking for signs of Spring.

A design that visually plays with good proportions to allow the sheltered flower to be the focal point.

A glowing autumn display of vases to scatter around every here and there.

Weave a small basket with a lid to keep fluffy treasures in

Weave a basket with dangling edges for a single orchid display

Twist and weave a lily grass summer hat

Weave a canopy or parachute shaped armature for orchids to perch on

Weave slippers from foliage

After a long winter it is always fun to use the first spring bulb flowers!

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.

Convert a dowel stick into a container for delicate flower stems

The sprouts are sprouting and the bees are being and the birds are birding. Tempting as it is new growth is hard to condition. Hard, but not impossible