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Tools Required for Paper Quilling
Beginning quilling can be accomplished using only strips of paper, a toothpick, knitting needle or similar object, and some glue. If you get bitten by the quilling bug, you can invest in proper quilling tools to make your job that much easier.
Paper Quilling Strips: Precut paper designed especially for quilling can be bought online or at your local craft store. The advantage of using pre-cut paper is that your paper strips will always be the same width and of course you will also save time when using this type of paper.
Slotted Tool: This tool is a handle with a comfort grip that has a slotted metal piece at the top to insert your paper strips and then twists them into circular shapes. This tool makes it easier to control and roll your paper strips.
Tweezers: Tweezers are handy for holding your quilled shapes together while you are applying glue.
Needle Tool: The needle tool is a handle with a comfort grip that has a needle on one end. This tool is useful for applying glue to the ends of your paper strips.
Circle Sized Ruler: This handy tool is a ruler that has various sized holes in the middle. Place your rolled paper coil into a hole and get an accurate measurement.
Curling Coach: This tool is similar to the sized circle ruler. It makes the job of curling paper easy. It is especially useful when used in conjunction with the slotted tool.
Crimper Tool: This tool adds some crimped texture to your paper strips. Crimping adds interest to your quilling design.
Notable Paper Quilling Artists
Are you looking for some inspirations to help you kick-start your projects? Make sure to view some of the works of these artists.
Yulia Brodskaya: Yulia is a Russian born paper artist that fell in love with quilling in 2006 and hasn't stopped since. She started out as an illustrator and graphic artist but changed to paper art after her first paper project. She needed to design an original display for her name on a brochure and used quilling. The rest is history. Yulia's art is beautiful, quirky and utterly delightful!
Farah Al Fardh: Farah is an Emirati artist and trailblazer in the Arabic world when it comes to paper art. She became the first Emirati and Arab to be awarded the ‘Certificate of Accreditation from The Quilling Guild in the UK and continued to wow the world with her creative pieces. She especially likes to make whimsical 3-d quilling sculptures. Be sure to visit her YouTube channel.
Fun uses for paper quilling art
Your designs can be used to adorn all kinds of surfaces, create one-of-a-kind decorations and gifts, even wear it as jewelry! Now that you’ve mastered a few basic shapes and learned about some ideas for what to craft, the only limit is your imagination.
Pre-roll paper quills and let children enjoy creating their own, unique designs with them. Use a black construction paper background and let them imagine galaxies, or have them help you with a scrapbook that chronicles their life so far.
Use paper quilling as a bonding event for your bridesmaids and cheaply create beautiful decorations for your wedding day. Designs could incorporate flowers, hearts, doves, wedding bells, elaborate paper quilling cakes, and more. Quilled paper can be adhered to place cards, menus, signs for the card table, and so much more.
Host a ladies’ night at your house and invite them to try paper quilling while you all watch a movie! One of the great things about paper quilling is it doesn’t require your full attention, so you can enjoy working on a project while talking with friends, enjoying a show, or munching on some charcuterie.
If you like any of these ideas or have tried them, please let us know in the comments! Feel free to share all of the amazing things you’ve done with paper quilling.
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