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How to Make a Faux Autumn Garland

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Level
Beginner
Time
1/2 day
Budget
30+

Create a lovely autumn garland with faux materials by following these how-to instructions. Display the garland indoors on the stairs or around the door or on the mantel piece and bring it out each year to give your home a cosy autumnal feel. The instructions will make a 3m long garland using three of the 1m long Maple Leaf Garlands secured together. Don’t need it quite so long? Just use just two to make a 2m long garland.

Project and instructions by Jo Boland

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Modelcraft Side Cutter Pliers 110mm

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Oasis Silver Floral Bullion Wire 25g

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You Will Need
* Pliers
* Floral Wire
* Maple Leaf Garland
* Autumn Leaf Stem x2
* Autumn Leaf Stem with Florals x2
* Dried Grasses x3

How to Make

Step 1
Prepare your materials. Pull out the individual leaves from the Autumn Leaf Stems, snip off the excess wire below the plastic.
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Step 2
Cut the branched sprigs into smaller pieces and cut the flowers and white berries away from the main stem. Keep the white berries as one piece.
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Step 3
Join the three Maple Leaf Garlands together to make a 3m long garland base. Do this by securely attaching the binding wire (twist the wires together) around the overlapping ends and wrap the wire around them both and secure again by snipping the wire and inserting the end under a couple of wrapped wire to create a loop, insert the end through the loop you’ve created and pull tight. Repeat a couple of times and wrap around excess wire. Leave the plastic ring on the garland, this will prevent the garland bases pulling apart and can be used for holding up the finished decoration.
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Step 4
Create piles of your materials, so you know how much you have to use for each 1m section of the garland.
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Step 5
Starting from the top of the garland, where the leaves are pointing, securely attach the binding wire and start adding your extra faux foliage and dried grasses. Wrap the wire around the stems and garland base, keep the wire pulled tight so the materials are secure. (Note: this image shows starting at the bottom of the garland, but it’s easier to work your way down from the top.)
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Step 6
Wrap the wire around each stem several times and work your way down the garland, layering additional stems as you go. No need to cut the wire between additions, just keep going, binding the foliage stems to the garland base with the wire from one end of the garland all the way down to the other end. See second image for how the ‘underside’ of the garland looks.
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Step 7
When you reach the end, add a flower, then add a final leaf in the opposite direction to cover over the plastic ring at the end of the garland. Bend the flower over the join rearrange other leaves to hide the wire join.
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Step 8
Turn the garland over and snip off the wire leaving a 10cm tail. Secure the wire by threading it under a couple of wire wraps, create a loop, insert the end of the wire through the loop and pull tight (Pliers are useful to pull the wire tight). Repeat a couple of times. Cut of excess wire leaving a 1” tail and wrap this around the stem.
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