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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Mikado Reed drop shaped nest

Bend a Mikado Reed to create a drop shape

Bind the reed with bind wire and bend another Mikado Reed

Bind the Mikado Reed and bend another shape

Compare the drop shapes to make sure it is almost exactly the same size

Slip one Mikado Reed drop over another and secure with bind wire.

Add more Mikado Reeds to build up the nest shape.

Cut the ends.

Line the Mikado Reed drop shaped nest with ripped flax.

Lightly secure the flax strands to the Mikado frame with long beaded strands of flax

Cover the bind wire with ripped flax.

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Tutorials
Ripping Flax
14 January 2011
Ripping Flax

Flax can be ripped into fibres creating long and versatile strips
Stringing pearls
16 May 2012
Stringing pearls

Long blades of thin grass or ripped flax are ideal for stringing decorative beads
Twirl a ripped Phormium pumpkin pod
23 August 2017
Twirl a ripped Phormium pumpkin pod

Rip the New Zealand flax to create a delicate fiber armature
A little nest for Easter chocolates that naturally hooks over the edge of a container
11 April 2017
A little nest for Easter chocolates that naturally hooks over the edge of a container

Weave a tiny nest with a twig hook so that you can hang it in a design
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A ripped flax, Ranunculus and Mikado Reed drop shaped nest