Shavuos, the holiday of greenery is coming in another month, so why not start quilling some lovely leaves? Paper quilling isn't one of those crafts that you can whip up quickly, but it is oh so lovely, and can be done in spare moments just about anywhere, so give it a try! These little quilled leaf sprigs look so fabulous that I just couldn't stop! And since I have the excuse of recovering from our recent travels, well, I just kept making more and more.
I have seen that many quillers make large quantities of quilling elements that they keep in nice little divided boxes, so truthfully one could start making with no real plan. For me it is the making that satisfies that little voice, and I can always come up with a plan later on, right? That would in any case be the more creative approach, so if you follow my example you've got my seal of approval.
Ready to get quilling?
Truly lovely. Would look amazing with calligraphy or even on a photo frame paired with a black and white photo.
You'll Need:
- paper strips, mine are pre-cut 7mm wide and roughly 500mm long
- white glue
- toothpick or small glue squeeze bottle with needle (love it!)
- quilling peg board, or plastic brush with 2 or more rows of prongs (there are folding ones like this, half comb, half brush)
- tweezers, quilling tweezers have a particular look, but for now any tweezers will be helpful
How To:
Follow the photos and enjoy!
Step One: Wrap strip around pegs as shown. If you don't have a peg with slit, don't worry about it. You can glue paper strip onto itself it needed.
Step 2: Add dots of glue as show and wrap tail down over dots so it looks like the photo below. Smooth with finger or tweezers. Join another strip to first strip if necessary.
Step 3: Set aside to dry for a few minutes at least. Try to have a few different shapes going at one time so you can alternate between them.
Step 4: Carefully remove from brush or peg board.
Step 5: Make another one.
Step 6: Join the two pieces together at the spine with tiny dots of glue, and voila, a lovely quilled sprig is born. Using a tweezers, squeeze together spine in between loops. No other way to really do this, so find some tweezers.
Note: If desired you can squeeze rounded edges of loops to make pointed leaves.
Now go make a bunch, the more the better I say!
