first flakes of the season

[havingfunnow]

I'm just putting these quilled snowflakes in a box to send to an old friend, so I thought I'd post photos here. They're fun to make, and I enjoy giving them away over the holidays! (Not the best photos -- I need to learn to use my camera!)

[BirdbyBird]

Neat. They will look nice on trees and many other options around the holiday season....

[VickieP]

I have no idea what quilled is, so I'll ask...What are they made of & how do you do it?

[Yakn1]

Those look very nice, I like!
Easy to do? That would take a lot of convincing

[Redwahine]

Those are really nice. How do you make them??

[Yakn1]

I just googled this and it really does look kind of easy. Wondering tho what kind of glue is used?
I think even non artistic me could do this (cheating with pics of others) that is!

[VickieP]

I just googled this and it really does look kind of easy. Wondering tho what kind of glue is used?
I think even non artistic me could do this (cheating with pics of others) that is!

Here's your first project Vicki!

[Redetotry]

Very pretty!! Your friend will be happy to receive her package!

[mitch5252]

Wow - those are neat. Looks hard to me.

[Yakn1]

Okay, I'll try the sun first!

[mitch5252]

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And besides, we ALL know who the First Flake of the Season is, don't we?

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[Yakn1]

I was just thinking about that Mitch, thanks for confessing

[mitch5252]

I was just thinking about that Mitch, thanks for confessing

By "confessing", you mean admitting it is really Vickie, right?

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[bluepinecones]

I love quilling. been so many years since I did any, have forgotten how.
Your work is lovely.

[havingfunnow]

It's just strips of paper curled and pinched into shapes. The shapes are then stuck together to make a bigger item.

Quilling, like knitting, is really relaxing, almost meditative. When I finally get my rig and come to a get-together, I'll show anybody who wants to see it done. Yakn1, of course you can do this! It's really easy.

If you want to try it with supplies on hand, just cut paper strips 1/8 to 1/4 inches wide, and curl them around around a corsage pin or something like that. Elmer's glue does just fine. If you want to buy supplies, there are quilling strips available in all kinds of beautiful colors and finishes, including metallics, pearlized, and vellum. There's a slotted tool that makes it really easy to hold the end of the strip and get the coil started. I buy supplies online, because none of the local craft stores carry any.