Natural materials.

 I have recently been working with natural materials, I have used a process called Quilling which is normally created with paper. I first saw these made from newspaper on Kirstie Allsopp's Handmade Britain (I think shes fabulous!) I've created these with lasagne sheets and leather. I left the lasagne sheets in boiling water until they went soft and then left them a while to toughen up, just so the pasta was flexible enough to work with. Below is how I created the pieces..

 

I'd love feedback on how useful you find these instructions, on the base of the rose I have used double sided tape to stick down the quilled material. I personally prefered working with the pasta, as once you have created the rose and left it to dry out, it is a solid structure.