Description

Paper quilling is a form of art or craftbornout of creating decorative designs using thin strips ofcurledpaper. This age-old quilling craft has emerged sincetheRenaissance time, and dated back to about 3 centuries old. Itwasduring the time when all the nuns used small edges trimmed fromtheBible pages. From there, those pieces were used to createsimplebut beautiful form of artistry. This craft was known as"Quilling"due to how the scrapped of paper were wrapped aroundgoose quillsto create "coiled shapes".
Getting into paper quilling craft was not expensive as most ofthetime you will only need few inexpensive basic materials, whichyoucan buy at most art and craft stores.

Because of this, paper quilling has created much interestinfamily and friends especially home makers into creatingendlessopportunities around this paper craft. They are someenthusiastswho are totally involved in the craft, making their ownsets ofdesigns and ornaments, and even making it big by havinginventorieslarge enough to enter into local arts and craftsshow.

With hard work and perseverance, anyone can be assured thattheopportunities opened up by this unusual and highly flexiblemediumare endless. Christmas ornaments made through paper quillingarequite common and in-demand. According to a paper quiller, LanaJBates had earned $900 in a farmers' market Christmas craftsshow.That's quite a good to gain.

Moreover, the tools used in paper quilling are rather simpleandstraightforward. Some of the common tools used in the processareslotted quilling tool, needle, glue, tweezers and pins. Justbyusing these simple tools, long strips of paper are woundtightlyand released, and hereby forming complicated and complexshapers.To get higher precision of quilling accuracy, these toolsshould bemade with better metal quality and made to lastlonger.

Here are some of the basic uses of such tools
Slotted Quilling tool - the slot that is attached along its shaftisused to hold the paper securely as you turn the tool in yourhand.Generally, the knurl on the handle ensures a firm grip ofyour handthat will be helpful in the rolling of a neater and eventightroll.

Needle tool - Basically the needle used to used to enable afinercenter hole after rolling. This will generally produce amuchtighter roll with a smaller hole in the center.

Glue - One of the most important tools in paper quilling.Theglue is widely used in joining the shaped quills. In ordertoproduce better and tighter quills, a basic mastery of gluehandlingis necessary ie the quantity and how you apply them ontoyourpaper.

Tweezers - Tweezers are excellent tool to put together smallbitsand pieces of your paper quilling in right place. They can beusedto hold the coils that have been shaped, while you put a fewdropsof glue on the edges you are glueing together withoutdamagingit.

Pins - While the tweezers will help you to put together allthesmall bits and pieces when you are sticking them, pins areusedwhen you are drying up the glue. The pins will allow you to puttheproject aside and finish it later, while waiting for the gluetodry up.

Before we start with the quilling instructions you will needtohave the following items:-

1. A Paper Quilling Tool. In years gone by the ladies of thedaywould use a feather quill to roll the coils, today a slottedneedleis the easiest tool to begin with.

2. Strips of Colored Paper, available in various widths andamultitude of colors.

3. Craft Glue. You will no doubt find your own preference butthemost important thing to remember when starting out is thatyoupurchase tacky glue which is clear when dry.

Now that you have these bits and bobs it is time beginpracticinggetting the basic coil right.