How to make a dogwood heart

In the Workroom  - How to make a dogwood heart

 Last month I led some workshops at the Country Living Fair in Glasgow making these pretty dogwood hearts.  They were so successful that I decided to do a step by step here.

You need a wire frame.

  Some stems of dgwood, willow or silver birch and 6 bits of thin wire.

 

Select 4 straightish pieces of dogwood and jam 2 on each side of square at the bottom of the wire frame.

Flatten the sticks against the frame and wire securely.

 bend the sticks round the top and wire again so you get a heart shape.

 

Then use the rest of the dogwood to bind round and round the heart - jam the ends securely into the frame at the bottom and them wrap the sticks round.  Be careful to keep the 2 sides even.

 

 Keep going round and round until you have a chunky heart and can't see too much of the frame.  If it turns triangular wait to the end and then force the top centre down to make a heart shape again.

  I have a pack or two of the heart wire frames here and am happy to post them out.

They are £2.80 each including postage- SORRY - SOLD OUT

Comments

[annie]

Thank you so much, just what I need to go on our gate. You are so clever.

[Jennifer]

It is really beautiful, wishing I had some dogwood around here. Great job, and thanks for the tutorial.

[snapdragonjane]

Any pliable twigs will work - willow, silver birch . . . as long as they will bend.

[Nina - Tabiboo]

A beautiful tutorial and it is really effective with dogwood.

Nina xxx

[mangocheeks]

Thank you for the tutorial. I really enjoyed it and the final result is stunning.

[properties philippines]

Thanks for the tutorial, I'll make also for my garden. Thanks again.

Deirdre G

[snapdragon]

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I just adore those workshops. I think we can learn a lot of things from you and I will add this link to read everything later.