You can curl the shape from the point to the base by simply rolling it between your fingers. From here, you can easily create a paisley shape. Pressing the shape around your quilling tool allows for a more obvious curved shape throughout. To further this effect, you can wrap the teardrop around your quilling tool or another cylindrical object. The teardrop is an excellent example of this.īy slightly curving the teardrop around your thumb as you shape it, you can create a subtle shift in shape without compromising the center coils. In addition to creating basic shapes, there are often more ways you can manipulate your paper to create secondary shapes. With your dominant hand, pinch the paper where you want the point to be to create a teardrop shape. Arrange the inside coils evenly or as you wish them to appear in the finished shape. Place an open coil between your thumb and forefinger of your non-dominant hand. Once it has fully expanded, add the dab of glue and press the strip down carefully to secure. To make an open coil, remove the coil from the tool and allow the coil to expand. When you remove it from the tool, do not allow it to expand - that’s what keeps it tight. To make a closed coil, as you near the end of the strip, place a small amount of glue near the end of the strip and roll to complete. Hold the strip taught with your other hand. Roll the tool with your dominant hand either towards your body or away from it whichever feels most comfortable to you. Using a slotted tool will naturally leave a small crimp in the center of your coil, but if you allow the paper to hang over the edge of the tool, the crimp will be much more visible. Try to get the edge of the paper and the edge of the slot to line up as perfectly as you can. To begin, insert a piece of quilling paper into the slot of your quilling tool. Simple circles are the first shapes you’ll learn, as they are the base for most other shapes you’ll create.
Cut the strips 8.5″ long for the purposes of this tutorial.
Once you have the shapes mastered, you will find it much easier to quill with narrower strips if you wish. The wider width gives you more to grip and it is easier to manipulate. For this paper quilling tutorial, you will need the following:įor beginners, I recommend using 1/4″ wide quilling paper. Quilling is a very inexpensive craft to learn. Images via Little Circles Let’s look at basic shapes in this paper quilling tutorial.
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Continue reading to learn more about how to make some simple quilling shapes. How you use the craft and what you make is really up to you and how much time you want to spend (and perhaps how much patience you have), but the overall concept always begins with the same thing: rolled paper shapes. You can quickly roll up a greeting card or spend hundreds of hours manipulating pieces of paper into intricate paper mosaics or sculpture. Paper quilling is an enjoyable way to create whimsical novelties or masterful works of art.
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