You will need:

Paper

Note:  You can either cut or tear the paper.  Some quillers tear because they feel the raw edge from a tear causes the glue to better stick the pieces of paper together. The paper I used for this project was craft harbor from quilling.com. There are other sources for paper strips, but these strips are long enough to get a 12 inch and 8-inch strip from one full strip.

Eight 12-inch pieces of true red, or bright white ¼” paper

Eight 8-inch pieces of true red, or bright white ¼” paper

Three 4-inch pieces of yellow ¼” paper

Optional: Three 12-inch pieces of holiday green ¼” paper and three 8-inch pieces of holiday green ¼ inch paper. Remove three of the red or white strips from the 12 inch and 8-inch strips above, and assemble as noted below.

Tools

A slotted tool, or something to wrap paper around, such as a toothpick, hat pin, needle tool, etc. Note:  Some long time quillers prefer wrapping on a pin because there is no crimped center that occurs with the slotted tool.

White PVA glue that dries clear Aleene’s tacky, Sobo, or Elmers all work well.

Optional:  The directions are given using a circle ruler purchased from quilledcreations.com. You do not have to use the circle ruler.  Just try to keep your circles about the same size for the same length paper strip.  An easy way to do this is to make the 12” and the 8” pieces, then take a pencil and draw around them onto a piece of paper, and fit remaining pieces of each size into the drawing. However, If all the strips are cut the same length, the coils should all be the same size, since the length of the strip helps determine the size of the finished piece.

 

1.  Measure then cut or tear eight 12-inch pieces of either red or white ¼ inch quilling strips.

2. Quill each of these strips by inserting into the slotted tool and turning, or wrapping around a pin, toothpick, etc. When done, place in a circle ruler, and allow to relax.   If you opt not to use a circle ruler, just try to allow the pieces to relax to approximately the same size, which they should do if you start with the same lengths of paper.  See Figures A and B.

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                Figure A                                                               Figure B

1. Remove from circle ruler using your tweezers, glue the end down on each piece and then pinch each end into a marquis shape as in Figure C. Gently pinch the ends in the opposite direction as in Figure D.

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Figure C                                                                Figure D

1. Repeat steps 1 through 3 using eight 8-inch pieces of either red or white ¼ inch quilling strips, and fitting to the #2 on the circle ruler.

2. Measure then cut or tear three 4-inch pieces of yellow ¼ inch quilling strips.

3. Make a tight coil from each strip by rolling, not allowing paper to relax, and placing glue without taking paper off the tool. Remove from the tool.

4. Assemble by placing the eight 12inch marquis in a circular fashion, placing a small dab of glue between each strip as in Figure E.

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                       

Figure E.

 

1. Next place the 3 tight yellow coils in the center and on top of the 12-inch marquis.  Finally, work the eight 8-inch marquis around the yellow tight coils to form a circular pattern.

2. When dry, attach ribbon for hanging.

 

 

Trouble shooting

1. Sometimes the strips will appear raised in the center.  This is usually caused by too much tension when rolling the strips.  Try to make your strips a little looser, and make sure to wind the paper over itself. Use your dominant hand to twirl, and the other hand to guide.

2. You can roll the paper towards you or away from you.  Just be consistent in which direction you roll, because sometimes there will be a visible difference in your finished roll.

 

 

If you have any difficulties with these instructions, please reach out to me at: thequilledgarden@gmail.com

Supply Sources

Quilled creations – tools, papers, kits, books, how to dvds

Quilling.com – papers, kits, tools

The Paper Smith Store – Etsy Shop- papers, tools, kits

The Paper Quilling Shop - 1 mm paper and fine slotted tools

Paper Filligree.com - papers

Hunter Creek Crafts – a large number of brands of tools, papers, kits