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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Cinderella Spiral Pumpkin from Midelino Cane Coils

Roll a section of Midelino Cane into a medium sized coil

Gather the strands of white Midelino flat coils in your hand. Adjust all the end pieces so that it will be secured by the ties.

Loosely tie the cane coils with a cable tie at the place where you held the end pieces together with your hand.

Secure with a second cable tie.

Gently fan out the Midelino coil.

Continue to fan out all the cane pieces to create Cinderella Spiral Pumpkin from Midelino Cane Coils.

Pull the cable ties tight to secure the spiral in place.

Cut the ties short.

Cover the cable ties with two strips of Midelino.

Glue tiny test tubes into the structure to keep the floral details hydrated.

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Tutorials
Drinking straw "test tubes"
4 January 2011
Drinking straw "test tubes"

When you need to keep a tiny stem hydrated this is just what you need.
Staining Midelino cane Coils
13 April 2012
Staining Midelino cane Coils

White Midelino cane is easy to stain in any colour
Midelino cane coil basket
14 August 2012
Midelino cane coil basket

Weave a hand basket from Midelino cane coils
Light as air puffy grass and elegantly curved gladiolus summer display that hints at all things pumpkin
21 August 2024
Light as air puffy grass and elegantly curved gladiolus summer display that hints at all things pumpkin

Create two separate containers to minimize clutter in a light and airy floral display.
Curve fountain grass... a bit... or a lot... and how to choose grass that is straight for more height
21 August 2024
Curve fountain grass... a bit... or a lot... and how to choose grass that is straight for more height

Curving long and elegantly sweeping purple fountain grass
Figure eight willow spacer for a water tube in a double vase display
20 August 2024
Figure eight willow spacer for a water tube in a double vase display

Create a bit of a buffer to keep a water tube upright in a light and airy suspended display.
Spring Coil Straw Basket
20 March 2024
Spring Coil Straw Basket

Coil a straw basket... the easy way.
Turn some gladiolus leaves into a pumpkin vase collar
27 September 2023
Turn some gladiolus leaves into a pumpkin vase collar

A collar for a vase that you can use throughout the season... simply replace the water and the flowers inside the vase.
Easy twist to a tulip spiral to nestle a “we are still building this” bird’s nest in
22 March 2023
Easy twist to a tulip spiral to nestle a “we are still building this” bird’s nest in

The easiest unfinished nest idea... simply shaped from roots discovered while Spring cleaning and preparing to plant.
Dancing fall leaves... on a stick
6 November 2019
Dancing fall leaves... on a stick

Spike fall leaves and water tubes to create a minimal radiating autumn display
Drying leaves to have the exact same curve
6 November 2019
Drying leaves to have the exact same curve

Threat a stack of leaves to dry so that they shrivel and dry up in a similar way.
Phormium bubble frame
7 March 2018
Phormium bubble frame

Curl and secure a few blades of flax into a bubble to frame your flowers
Tendril vine Wreath Pumpkin
27 September 2017
Tendril vine Wreath Pumpkin

Reshape a vine wreath into smaller wreaths to combine as a pumpkin
Twig sparkler
12 July 2017
Twig sparkler

Glue twigs to radiate out from a central point
Lily grass spiral in a vase
22 June 2016
Lily grass spiral in a vase

Twist lily grass slightly to create a spiral for the orchids to nestle in
Midelino cane coil basket
14 August 2012
Midelino cane coil basket

Weave a hand basket from Midelino cane coils
Related Designs
And what are you supposed to be?
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And what are you supposed to be?

... a hint of a pumpkin late summer floral display to show off the elegant curve of a gladiolus flower stem.
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Dance lessons from the Autumn leaves

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Twist of its own

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As tendrils tend to do
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As tendrils tend to do

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Sparkler
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Sparkler

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Perfection
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Perfection

Spiral grass to create a nest for the lady slipper orchids
Beginning
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Beginning

Glue a Midelino Cane Coil Globe Cup to display beautiful Gloriosa lilies
Center the more adventurous design ideas on your centerpieces
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Center the more adventurous design ideas on your centerpieces

Designing adventurous Contemporary Floral centerpieces Article in the Canadian Florist Magazine.
Simplicity
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Simplicity

Durbanville FlowerClub Arrangement: Chincherinchee on a wire spiral
Favourite Flowers
Cymbidium
Cymbidium

Cymbidium orchids for my Designing your way to profits article that was featured in the Canadian Florist Magazine