How to make a deco mesh wreath part 2

So, I gathered my supplies for setting up the basic wreath. 

I'm making a small wreath for my cubicle at work, so I'm using a 12" wire frame, 4 rolls of 5" mesh ribbon, and some tiny satin ribbon. Usually I use 2-3 rolls of mesh, but I wanted to make the small wreath extra frou frou in honor of Autism Awareness month in April!  

The first thing I do I select my base mesh color. I ordinarily start with the darkest color and add the lighter colors second or third. For this wreath my base color is blue.

Start by adding pipe cleaners to two rows of rings. Fold the pipe cleaner (chenille stem) in half as pictured. 

You can twist in place around the ring two or three times, but I prefer to use zip ties. 

I place a pipe cleaner and zip tie around each section of the inner rings. You can do all 4 sections, 3, or 2. Most of the time I only put a pipe cleaner on the innermost ring and the third ring (or 2nd from outside). 

Continue adding your folded pipe cleaners to your work wreath. You'll end up with a jumbled mess like mine above. Once you've got all the zip ties or pipe cleaner twists in place, snip the zip ties to get rid of the extra length. If you didn't use zip ties, there's nothing more to do to prepare for your mesh. 

Ready for deco mesh!  This is the fun part. 

Grab your base mesh and gather about. 3-4" section in your hand to create a tail. Insert this into the innermost set of pipe cleaners and twist them around the mesh. Don't twist too tighly, or you'll break the pipe cleaners. Don't twist too loosely, or your mesh will pop out!

The tail!

Pushing the mesh into place between the pipe cleaner. Twist!  You want to make sure the tail is toward the center of the frame because you're going to pull it through to the back when you're done. 

Now, gather up some mesh, and move it toward the next set of pipe cleaners in the inside ring. Push into place. Fluff the mesh when needed and twist! Keep doing this all the way around the center while trying to maintain an even distribution of mesh. 

When you're done with the inner ring and you've reached your tail, move to the back row of pipe cleaners using the same method. When you reach the beginning of the back row, do the final twist, and cut the mesh leaving about a 6" tail. We'll wrap that around the back when we're done. 

Next up, the second color!  Starting in the inner ring again, grab your second color of mesh, grab a 3-4" tail, unwrap a set of ties, insert your starter second color, and twist. Work yourself around the inner and outer rings while untwisting pipe cleaners and inserting the second color. Don't forget to twist back together. 

Keep doing this for both the inner and outer rows. Whenever you want to add a new color, just untwist, add a tail, fluff, and go. Always start with the innermost ring!