How to weave palm leaves

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The palm leaves are utilized in making variety of products such as presentation boxes, plain boxes, hats, trays, baskets and more. The weaving of these products is simple, and the twists and turns of the palm leaves strip to build each product changes slightly. The making process of palm leaf basket is going to be described further in simple three steps accordingly: Preparation of Palm leaves, Dyeing of Palm leaves & Weaving of Palm leaves to baskets. 1. The Preparation of Palm Leaves: The…

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Did you see how beautiful St. Peter Cathedral Church decorated on Sunday Palm March 24th, 2013? If you didn’t, you can see it here. One of the main materials used to decor the altar and the wall was the woven palm leaf. Now we’re going to learn how to make it. First, prepare the ‘yellow’ palm leaf. If you'd like to get the perfect result of the woven palm leaf, make sure that the leaf is perfect from top to down or all the leaves are intact or there is no hole or leaf eaten by caterpillar…

Here are some long promised coconut palm weaving processes first The Dilly Bag and next The Fruit Bowl or Calabash the beautiful serpent like weave on the headband was taught after my teacher had been with some weavers from Vanuatu. The ladies wear them for dancing and ceremony and he also said they make the…

I just wanted to do a quick post about making palm crosses today. I made a Squidoo page about Palm Crosses and put on links for how to make them and videos, too. Check it out HERE- Palm Crosses. I made these! This is very new for me. When I was coming out of church I saw a woman who had one of these little woven thingees and asked her how to do it. She showed me but I didn’t quite get it but my friend’s daughter said, “Oh, I know how to do that”. We came home with lots of palms. :) And she…

How to Weave a Small Mat From Coconut Leaves: The beautiful table mat you see here is woven from coconut leaves. This is a small 10 inches x 10 inches mat, very flexible and can be used for a very long time. You can use this mat on your dining table also to keep bowls with food items Please go …