Initial Sample Quilling Patterns
Initial Sample Quilling Patterns
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Teresa Leys for her help in compiling this ebook.
We would also like to acknowledge Lindy Hoad, Patricia Caputo, Donna Phillips,
Mueed Moulana, Leeanne Jones, Twyla Anderson, Lee Paddison, Maria Avendano,
Dean Obe, Jamie Greenman, Karen E. Jones, Rose MacKinnon, Cindy Patnode, Val Salmon,
Mailea Tinsley, Simee Sayal, Lynna Gibson, Lee-Ann Kresfelder, Paula Satin-Shein,
Mary Adams, Phyl Woolcock, Pramod Pereira, Paula Satin-Shein,
Lois J Springer, Teri Holmes, Rebelof Tassie, Bea McGill, Vonny, Thelma,
Maria Teresa Ramos Dutra, Kathy Miller, Karen Chapman, Shirley Hiebert,
Michele Holmstedt, Niki Abbott, Tina Z. Baa, Audrey Darnell, Vee M St John-Byles, Roberta
Thank you ever so much for all your lovely contributions. You are extremely talented, and for
this we are all truly grateful. May your interest in quilling continue to go from strength to
strength.
Sea Life
You will need a quilling tool, pastel blue paper (11 cm x 16 cm(, olive green quilling
paper (4 mm, 3 mm), and quilling paper in the following colors: purple, rust,
turquoise, burnt orange, olive green, flesh, dark green, pale green, salmon, and black.
You will also need craft adhesive and a card mount.
Eyes
Take the quilling tool and roll the black paper tightly around it for three turns. Glue
the end, and then remove from the tool. Refer to the image below to see how the eyes
will look after being removed from the tool. You will need six eyes in all.
Fish
You will need two pieces of rust paper and salmon paper, quarter lengths. Using the
quilling tool, make a loose coil and glue the end. Next, pinch one end to form shape
shown below.
Take a 15 mm strip of rust paper and salmon paper, and then cut a 'V' on one end of
each strip, as shown in the illustration below. Take the body of the fish and glue an
eye and tail on it, as shown.
Crabs
Take two quarter lengths of flesh colored paper. Using the quilling tool, make two
loose coils and glue the end. Flatten one side to form a semi circular shape, as shown
in the following illustration. Join two flat sides of the semi circular shapes with glue,
as shown in the illustration below. To create eyes, make a tight peg on the quilling
tool with black paper. Cut the peg in half and paste on the upper half of the crabs
body. Take the flesh colored paper of two 2 cm lengths and crimp them. Fold each in
half, lengthwise, and then paste them on each side of the crab to form legs.
Octopi
Make two rolls of half-length purple paper with a loose coil. Glue then ends, and then
flatten one of the sides, as shown. With the help of the crimping tool, crimp the purple
paper and cut 5 cm lengths to make the legs. Paste the legs on the lower part of body,
varying the lengths, as shown.
To make a 3 cm tall loop, fold the paper into a long loop. Glue the ends to make a
shorter loop on one side. Glue the fish, crabs, and octopi on the card.
Make Sea Weeds using green paper and form four coils (two in light green and two in
olive green). Glue them on the card. Glue loose pebbles and plants on the sea bed.
Cut lengths of crimped olive green paper, and taper the top end of each piece. These
will serve as flowing weeds. Glue them on the card.
Take the tracing paper, place it on the pattern and mark the dots on it with a pencil.
Place the tracing paper on the cork tile and tape it to position. Insert the pins partly
through the dots and wind the strips of paper around them, as shown in the above
illustration. All the windings are shown larger than actual size for clarity.
Make three of these. Use 1.5 mm dark pink paper to make three six-petal flowers. To
finish the flower wind the paper around it to end right at the bottom. Glue the end as
shown in the above illustration. With the help of the quilling tool, roll a % length of 3
mm dark pink strip into a peg, glue the end so that it does not unroll, and remove from
the tool. Push the centre to form a cone and glue the inside to retain its shape. See
illustration below.
Violets
Make four of these. Use length of 3 mm violet strip and make four loose coils.
Wind the paper on to the quilling tool, remove it and let it unwind a little, and then
glue the end. Pinch one end on two coils to form teardrop shapes, and pinch both ends
of the two remaining coils to make eye shapes.
Tall Leaves
You will need four tall leaves. Make leaves of differing lengths between 4 and 6 cm.
Take the 3 mm green paper and form a loop of about 1 cm length at one end, and glue
as shown below. Insert pins in the cork tile in a straight line and continue to form
loops as shown. Glue the end at the bottom along with all other strips that join at the
bottom.
Insert pins on the cork tile as per the pattern shown below. Take the green 3 mm strip
and work it around the pins as illustrated. When done, finally wind the strip around
the formation and glue end at the top. Pinch the top slightly.
Take the green strip, make a tight peg with the help of the quilling tool and glue the
end. This will be your flower center. Next, take the four petals and glue them around
the flower center in the formation illustrated below. Glue the green petal accordingly.
Base Leaves
Make 7 of these. Take the 3 mm green paper and form loose coils as described
previously. Pinch both the ends of the coil and twist a little to give it proper shape.
Make the leaves and stems of varying lengths by folding the paper into half and
gluing them. This provides hardness to the leaves.
Snow Drops
Make four of these. Use 1.5 mm white quilling paper and pin the layout below. Wind
the petals in the direction as illustrated. Glue the end at the top. Take out the pins and
pinch at the point shown.
Double Leaves
Make 2 of these. Use lengths of 3 mm green paper, make loose coil on the quilling
tool. To form a teardrop, pinch one end and flatten one of the sides. Glue the flattened
sides together to form double leaves.
Start gluing the pieces onto the card in two stages. Pieces are glued flat on the card
(see picture to guide you). To begin with place the snowdrops and then place the tall
leaves inside the aperture. Trim the stems to the length you feel is proper. Finally, add
leaves and flowers. Glue all the remaining pieces partially or fully on top of those
placed earlier, beginning with daffodil violets and their stems and base leaves.
Primrose Card
You will require quilling paper 3 mm lilac, red, pale blue, green and very pale pink,
5 mm white quilling paper. You will also need a green Parch Marque paper 10 cm x
14 cm in size, a pen and pearlised lilac ink, a card mount, and crimper.
choose a text color to match with the card and take a printout. Place the paper
between the flaps of the card, behind the aperture, and glue it and the flaps of the card
as well.
Two Lilac flowers
Create seven petals from the lilac paper, as per instructions given for the daffodil
petals. Take a 5 mm length of white quilling paper and fringe length of it. Add it to
the 1/8 length of red paper. Take the quilling tool, roll a peg of red paper on it, and
paste its end, before removing from the tool. Pin on to board and around the fringe
center paste all the seven petals evenly, as shown.
Three Bellflowers
Take length of the red paper, wind it tightly around the quilling tool and paste its
end. Give it a cone shape by pushing a little through the center. The length of the cone
should be approximately 1 cm. Spread glue on the inner side and let it dry.
Pinch both the ends of the coil and twist it slightly. To create a border and curved
leaves, paste pale green paper on the back of a very pale lilac and let it dry. Use
crimper on it, if you have not yet cut it. Otherwise, you can use it straight, if there is
no crimper. On the inner side of the edge of the aperture, put a very thin line of glue
and onto its edge paste the border. If possible, use tweezers for holding it. Referring to
the picture, paste all the pieces onto the card and place the flowers and leaves in their
respective positions.
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