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I've been wanting to make something three-dimensional with quilled snowflakes. This is my first try at a quilled snowflake sphere, and some changes are needed, but I'm pretty excited about it.

cool!

Yes, very cool.

Neat....

I'd be excited about it!!!
looks really good
sheila

Beautiful. And I still have not dug into my craft room deep enough to,find all my quilling stuff, tools, and paper. Good job.
Velda

Amazing!!!
Sandi

Lovely! Did you quilt the pieces and then stiffen them in some way or ?

I shaped the pieces on a foam mold as I made them, BJ, so that each one would have the necessary curve. Then I assembled the larger pieces, and made sure the glue had at least 8 hours to set. Actually, the thing that makes this an experiment rather than a completed sphere is that I underestimated how much reinforcement a nine-inch sphere needed as I was building, so this sphere is a bit too flexible. If I hung it, I think it would sag over time. The next one will be completely rigid.

And now that I have that figured out . . . oh, my, more possibilities! I'm thinking of quilled dragon wings . . .

How big around are those?

I wonder if a inflated round balloon would work for the smaller, stiffer pieces? Then pop it when done and remove. Quilling is such fun. Before I knew what quilling was, when I got married in ''76, a dear friend of my Mom's framed our wedding invitation and decorated it with beautiful quilling. I treasure that gift. Towels wear out, pans get replaced, but that quilling is forever! You have given me the itch to start quilling again.
Velda

Wow that's beautiful!

Great job!