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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Berry dye for sisal fibers

Place the berries in a blender.

For my design I needed a rich purple juice.

Soak the dry sisal fibres in the purple berry juice

Rinse the soaked fibres.

Set aside to dry. Untangle the fibres and add to the design

For more colours and natural dye ideas look at my wooden skewer Tutorial

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Tutorials
Stain wooden skewers with natural dye
24 August 2011
Stain wooden skewers with natural dye

Using fruit, berries, flowers, leaves and grasses to naturally stain design details for floral art relies on the same techniques as using paint or any other dye.
Staining Midelino cane Coils
13 April 2012
Staining Midelino cane Coils

White Midelino cane is easy to stain in any colour
Cane, Ti leaves and Sisal Disk Armature
23 November 2016
Cane, Ti leaves and Sisal Disk Armature

create a cookie shaped armature for the chocolate cosmos flowers
Layered sisal and twig armature
9 September 2015
Layered sisal and twig armature

small sisal fibers create a mat like armature
Weaving Zori-inspired slip-on Sandals
17 June 2015
Weaving Zori-inspired slip-on Sandals

Sandals made from bamboo, grass and sisal and a bit of satin ribbon for luxury
Bamboo and Sisal String
17 June 2015
Bamboo and Sisal String

Combine sisal string and flexible bamboo to weave with
Skeleton leaf bowl
12 November 2014
Skeleton leaf bowl

Stiffen some skeletonize leaves into a lacy fine floral bowl
Unravel Sisal string to get Sisal Fibers
28 August 2013
Unravel Sisal string to get Sisal Fibers

I purchase a huge roll of sisal string to use... sometimes as string, but mostly I unravel it for the fibers
Related Designs
All things Autumn (by which I mean all things chocolate): Another perspective
23 November 2016
All things Autumn (by which I mean all things chocolate): Another perspective

This was the third design I did in my "All things Autumn (by which I mean all things chocolate)" floral art demonstration
This Summer
17 June 2015
This Summer

Weave slip on summer sandals
The Thing Is
12 November 2014
The Thing Is

Use a glue mixture to shape skeleton leaves into a lacy bowl
'Tis the Season
4 December 2012
'Tis the Season

My article looking at contrasts and 6 winter lantern designs featured in the DIY Wedding Magazine
Diamond Jubilee Waterfall
26 June 2012
Diamond Jubilee Waterfall

To commemorate Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee and the 20th Anniversary of Friends of Government House Gardens Society a Horticultural event was hosted in the gardens and Great Hall of Government House in Victoria, Canada entitled British Columbia Blooms.