Quilling fun with paper

Quilled flowers

Just for something different, I thought I would show that I can actually do quilling as well. For those that don't know what quilling is, it's a craft that uses paper to create all sorts of 3 dimensional objects. Often 2 or 3mm strips of coloured paper are curled and shaped into desired shapes and glued together to make the objects, other times the objects are made by folding and/or cutting paper to create the items.

quilled flower card

As usual I gave all my quilling away without taking photos. This one was given as a mothers day card for my Mum last year, she framed it. So I got her to get it out of the frame and get a photo. So here it is. I put a lot of work into it, so I really did need a pic of it. There were 4 layers of flowers in this card, and because Mum loves all sorts of flowers and lots of color, I tried to get everthing into it.

quilling flowers

I'll have to see if I can get other photos of other things I've made for people as well.

Huge Sale on my web site this month!

A HUGE 10% DISCOUNT OFF ALL ITEMS! NOT TO BE MISSED!

Craft Cove is having a sale. This months special is for 10% off EVERY item in my jewelry store!

Craft Cove has a huge collection of unique handcrafted jewelry and gifts for sale. Including beadweaving, chainmail jewellery and wirewrapping. There are necklaces and chokers, bracelets, earrings, 3d ornaments and animals, keyrings, even amulet bags, all in many different types of weaves.

Everything in Craft Cove is entirely handcrafted by Jenny Lawson here in Australia.

For all of May EVERY item is discounted by 10%. Only till the last day of May, so don't miss out.


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Free Star Tutorial

Here is the first of the tutorials.

NETTED STAR







Materials: 4mm crystals, or other beads
Size 10/0 seed beads
Stopper bead, any color, will be removed later.
Fine fishing line, approximately 80cm
Beading needle, or other fine needle


1. Thread the fishing line onto the needle

2. Tie on a stopper bead. A stopper bead is a bead the same size or smaller than the smallest bead you are using. String through it twice to hold it in place.

3. Add 6 seed beads, 1 crystal and 1 seed bead.

4. Go back through the crystal, and pull tight.

5. String on another 6 seed beads, a crystal, and this time 4 seed beads.

6. Go back through the first seed bead you strung on, through the same way you came from originally. Then back through the crystal.

7. Continue in this manner, adding 6 seed beads between each section, crystals next to each end, and ends alternating between a single seed bead, and a 4 seed bead circle.

8. This should form a zigzag pattern with the 4 bead circles on one end, and the single beads on the other, as in the diagram.

9. Stop when you have 6 of each types of ends. 12 points all together.

10. The thread should now be coming out of the crystal, in readiness for the 6 seed bead centre. Now instead of starting a new 6 bead section, just string back through the first section, all the way through the first 6 seed beads, the crystal, and the end seed bead.

11. You should now have a rough circle. String through the next single seed bead, at the next point, then the next. Continue through them all. Then go through them all again.

12. Tie off, and thread through a few beads. Remove stopper bead, tie, and thread through a few beads.

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Created by Jenny Lawson

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Please do not distribute, lend or copy.

Do not mass produce.

Copyright 2016 Jenny Lawson

Free Tutorials coming soon

I'll be moving all my free tutorials from my website to my blog soon.

I'll start with the oldest one, and gradually I'll be adding the brand new ones to the blog, rather than my web site.

These will be all my own creations and my own patterns.

Have fun

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