TRAILING IVY AND CRAB APPLE GARLAND

This simple garland can be wrapped around a painting or mirror, used to form a ring on the Christmas table, hung festoonlike over the top edge of a cupboard, or twisted around the banisters of a staircase

MATERIALS

Lengths of marbled trailing ivy Crab apples Ribbon Black cotton thread and needle

TO MAKE

First thread the crab apples onto the ribbon using a needle with a large eye. Pierce the crab apples first if they are very hard. They should stay in position on the ribbon

Fix the end of the ribbon and two strands of trailing ivy together by binding them tightly with black cotton and then tying off

Hook the end on something stable while you loosely plait the ivy and ribbon together

Add more trailing ivy as it thins out and keep it loose enough to curl around a picture frame. Leave some tendrils to escape at the sides