Tutorials
Here I’ve put together all the tutorials on the site to make them easier to find…
Tutorial – A Gift from Nature
Christmas is approaching and I wanted to show my gratitude to all of you, for taking the time to read my posts, buy my little baskets and all of your kind messages and comments. I thought it would be nice to give you a gift that you can pass on, to friends and loved...
How to make a Coil Basketry Heart
Last year was enormously busy and my poor blog has been rather neglected. One of my goals for 2024 is to give it some care and another is to start sharing my passion for making again. With that in mind I am going to show you how to use a coil framework to make a...
How to Strip Phormium Tenax Fibres
I have had so many people asking me how to prepare the beautiful Phormium Tenax fibres, that I use, so here is my step-by-step guide! I must start by saying that, this is just the way that I have developed the processing of these fibres. As far as I am aware, it is...
How To Make a T-Shirt Jersey Basket
Today, I thought that I would show you how to make a coil basket from old t-shirts. The cost of living crisis is going to have a huge impact on families like mine, who struggle to get by at the best of times. I think many other families will find themselves struggling...
Wren’s Ammonite Ribbon Twirler Tutorial
aWren is always interested in what I'm making. The other day, she was looking at some samples of coil work that I had made for a tutorial and started swishing one of them about, like a ribbon twirler. We both decided that it would be fun to make one with proper...
How to Make a Brigid’s Cross for Imbolc
February has arrived and with it, the celebration of Imbolc. So I thought, that I would have a go at making a Brigid's Cross, with some rush from our garden. Common Rush is traditionally used for the making of these crosses in Ireland and fortunately for me, it grows...
How to make a Wrapped Stone
I thought, that I would show you an easy tutorial for stone wrapping. I am sure that we are not the only people, who have been hit hard financially by covid restrictions this year. So, like me, you might need to make a lot of your gifts. The trouble is, homemade gifts...