Quilling Fun
Interested in Quilling? Attracted by the beautiful designs over the internet? then why not try some yourself. Quilling is a simple and fun craft that can be done at all ages. you just need the enthusiasm to start up, loads of patience & a very few tools to make it. So, Get Set & Go.............
You will need some strips (of 1/8inche width both ends) colored paper, a toothpick, white glue & glaze/acrylic varnish.
Some professional tools are very easily available at any craft store. But if you are a beginner, i would suggest to start with the materials readily available at home.
So, here is a simple tutorial for all the beginners showing the basic technique of quilling. As the word "Quilling" itself explains its meaning as "Coiling". Most of us may have come across this shape . For instance,the traditional Indian snack called "Chakali" or "Murukku", a mosquito coil or it could be a rope coil that remembers me of my later employer manufacturing ropes.
Anyways, so these are a few examples where coiling is involved with varying techniques and purposes.
Lets start with the tutorial.
Materials required:
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| Paper strips |
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| Toothpick |
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| School Glue |
Start by rolling the strip on the toothpick till you reach the end. place a tiny dot of glue at the end and hold the coil for a few seconds so the end sticks well. This is the basic coiling method.
Now lets introduce ourselves to the basic shaping techniques.
- Closed Teardrop: Taking the above coil, pinch the circle with your thumb & index finger. This will give you a closed petal shape.
2. Roll a coil and just before applying glue, loosen the coil between your thumb and index finger. This is called as Loose coil.
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| Loose Coil |
3.Loose Teardrop: Now, Pinch the loose coil to form a teardrop.
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| Pinching a loose coil |
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| A Petal Shape |
Now we can make similar teardrop shapes to form petals and glue them together to form a beautiful flower!
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| Flower made with Teardrop shaped petals
I Hope you have enjoyed this basic quilling tutorial. Please do try these and send me your craft pics. You can visit my page https://www.facebook.com/simplymeraki to see my creations. Also do not forget to write your comments and feedback.
Thank you.
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