Paper Quilling Ideas

Quilling has been around for centuries however not many people know what it actually is. To me it is an art, a way to relax after a long day in work. Quilling is a great way to start your adventure with crafts if you are a beginner as it doesn't require much skill. The only thing it requires is patience and time.

Even complete beginners can succeed in quilling. I didn't know anything about it when I got my first quilled card from my mum. I loved it and I was sure it was so difficult to do. I was really surprised to find out that the card was actually made by my mum's friend. I made up my mind then that I will learn how to do it. I had no idea where to start so my mum's friend told me to buy a quilling kit for beginners. And so I did.

Quilling Kit for Beginners may consist of:

- Slotted quilling tool
- Glue
- Strips of paper

And that's basically it. If you don't want to spend any money at all, you may use a needle instead of a slotted tool and cut your own paper using old magazines, newspapers, anything really.

I learned all the basic quilling shapes, and to be honest, there aren't that many. All you need to do is to roll a strip of paper on your quilling tool and then either glue it or leave loose and shape with your fingers into whatever you desire. Then you combine different shapes to create any picture you can think of.

You can pinch the coils in a number of ways to create various shapes. As a beginner you might want to draw a pattern of the picture you'd like to make on the card and then fill it in with different coils to make it the way you like it.

If you would like to make something more complicated, but you are not sure if you can, I would recommend using a plastic stencil. You can just fill in the shape with the coils, glue them together and you get the desired shape