Large Open Weave Twig Basket

8 April 2011
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I made a basket for my the Easter Parade demonstration that would look natural and even a little wild with sticks and tendrils sticking out. Something the Easter Bunny would weave and carry.

I wove the basket from vine and paper wire.

The green berries are paper covered baubles and the blossoms are dried hydrangea florets.

I filled it with Hot Cross Buns as Favors for the audience. The gifts also contained the Easter Egg Hunt prizes.

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Tutorials

26 July 2011 Wire Tendrils

Curl the wire at irregular intervals to create a natural wire tendril similar to that of a passion fruit plant

6 January 2012 Mossy Twig handbag

Radiate short twigs in a circle to make a moss and twig handbag

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.

6 March 2012 Glue a round stacked twig platter

Stack and glue tiny twigs to create a round platter

Favourite Flowers

Hydrangea

Hydrangea, when cultivated as a cut flower rather as a plant it is often revered to as Hortensia

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