free materials basket

[jaydee67]

I made some rope from daffodil leaves a few weeks ago. Tonight I coiled it into a basket around a piece of driftwood using the string from the top of the chicken feed bags as my thread.

[Fluffy Squirrel]

That looks fab!!! I really like that. Well done

[autumn rose]

So creative and very green well done on both counts... useful item too! i just love it... really clever.

[Critchley]

What an excellent idea. Dead daffodil leaves are quite tough too. I just might have a go next year.
Yours is lovely. love the added fir cone.

[Boo]

Ooh, that's clever, our daffie leaves just end up in the compost bin

[jaydee67]

I was the person at the side of the road gathering dead daffodil leaves - I have some dried in my shed now, and some of last year's montbretia too.

[Boo]

It's amazing what us crafters will gather to use, I get some funny looks when I grab a handful of the wooden stirring sticks in Costa Coffee or Starbucks to use in my card or atc making...

[onlyme]

How very clever - and useful! I never would've thought of that.

[wendy]

Wow, that is just amazing!!! Love it

It just goes to show what can be done with a bit of imagination and a dead plant!!!

[gbell]

I really like it, wonder if it would work with onion leaves, got loads of em!

[Aviya Glass]

That is really inventive and looks brill! I can only imagine what went through the minds of passing traffic as you collected dead daff leaves

[jaydee67]

I really like it, wonder if it would work with onion leaves, got loads of em!

Don't see why not. I'm waiting for the wild iris leaves to die back next!

[craftdancer]

That's super - you are so inventive with your material sourcing, it really is back to nature isn't it?

Linda

[bodrighy]

Learn something new every day. Knew that you could make cord from nettles and a few other plants but never heard of daff leaves before. Result looks great. Did you strip the leaves down or use them whole and twist them?

Pete

[jaydee67]

The daffodil leaves were used whole, collected once they had died back.