Sunset & Silhouette - Quilled Landscape Picture Art

I was always fascinated by silhouette photography so I thought I'd try to do it justice by quilling one just to see how it turned out.  I love the way it did . I have quilled the sunset on water scene only slightly below the black . I have used pegs under the black silhouette foreground. The method is the same as in my landscape tutorial. I have...

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Crimping without a Crimper - Mini Tutorial

Simply thread a strip over and under the teeth. Make sure you  pull it vertically up when you are threading under and vertically down when you are threading over so that it is tight. Leave for a while (20 counts) to allow the strip to take shape or set and then gently with push it out of the comb with forceps. Do not pull it out too much when...

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Twin Concentric Petal - New Quilling Technique Tutorial

This is a slight variation of the Twigs & flowers tutorial.Step 1 Paste 5 or 6, 3mm strips together as shown. Step 2Score  the strips with your fingernails to get a nice curve.Step 3 First hold all the strips together about 1 1/2 inches away from the pasted end and then pull each strip starting from the shortest to form the  arch...

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Flowers & Twigs - New Quilling Technique Tutorial

How to Make The Petal -New TechniquesStep 1Take 2 strips of different colors (paste one end together) or a single strip and paste it round your quilling needle handle to form a ring. Step 2 Wrap the rest of the strip round the first circle  to make the usual coil, allow to unwind and gum it. once completed it will look like the above.Step 3 Take...

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Twigs & Flowers - Quilled 3d Flower Design

I have used a new technique these quilled 3d flowers and the leaves. I like the way the flowers turned out. The colors used are red, brown and yellow. The background is brown though it looks orangy. The twigs were made from brown strips.I thought of using twisted strips for the twigs but settled for making them look more real. I think it goes well...

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Inimioara cu Trandafiri

       Trandafiri intr-o inimioara decupata. M-am inspirat dupa un model in fimo vazut la targul de sf Ilie. Desigur , voi face mai multe culori pe care le voi posta tot aici, asa ca mai reveniti asupra imaginilor peste cateva zile.      Sper sa va placa.! O seara placuta tuturor!*...

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Fridge Magnets....again..

      Din nou cateva marturii pentru botez sub forma unor magneti de frigider. Unul dintre modele l-am mai facut cu ceva timp in urma, insa era foarte mare. Acum l-am redus substantial si arata mult mai bine.      Sper sa va placa! Cei interesati , ma pot contacta la nr de tel. de pe blog. O zi buna tutur...

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New Quilling Technique Tutorial - Yellow Floral Spray

This Tutorial is on how to make the yellow flower spray.Step 1  Take a 3mm strip and a comb and and thread the strip over a tooth and under the other till you reach the required length.Step 2  Fold the same strip or take another strip and paste it on one side and let it dry. Step 3 Remove the strip off the comb Step ...

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Târg de Sfântul Ilie la Muzeul Taranului Român

De vineri, 20 iulie, până duminică, 22 iulie, de dimineaţa pană după-amiaza târziu, vă aşteptăm la Târgul de Sfântul Ilie, de la Muzeul Ţăranului Român.Vă întâmpină  aproximativ 100 de meşteri populari şi producători tradiţionali dar şi tineri artizani Hand Made şi anticari.Veţi regăsi reprezentată fiecare provincie geografică cu tradiţiile meşteşugăreşti...

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How to make "MULTI STRIPS SCROLL - Quilling Tutorial

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Vortex Butterfly - Quilling Tutorial

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Detailed Quilling Instructions

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Quilled Monogram Letter - Tutorial

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Good Quilling Tips

Good Quilling TipsPaperIdentify the correct side of the quilling strip - the side will be smooth at the edges when you feel it with your thumb or forefinger. The wrong side will have edges curling down ever so slightly. The coil behaves better if the wrong side is coiled in.Run your nail lightly along the length of the strip to get it to curl and...

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Quick Tip 4

Quick Tip 4If you want the end slightly flare cut a 1/3 circular strip and attach to the end of the peg after you have pushed out the bell. Straighten the strip like you quill a spiral rose. ( the concept is the same). The more circular the strip is the more the flare will be. Do not used a whole circle like in the case of the spiral rose. A slight...

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Quilling Quick Tip 3

Quick Tip 3If you want to shape a bell  don't quill the peg too tight. Roll it between the fingers to loosen the coils slightly and then gum it. When pushing out push it inwards rather than out and make alternate clockwise and anti clockwise movements when pushing out. You will find that the cone is more rounded when you make the twisting...

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Quilling Quick Tip 2

Quick Tip 2In order  to get the scroll off the tool, make a quarter turn in the direction opposite to what you quilled, then let the scroll unwind on the tool and then paste, or remove the scroll from the tool and then allow it to unwind between your fingers. this prevents the outer rings from unwinding too mu...

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Quilling Quick Tip 1

Quick Tip 1  When making shapes do not shape all the circles within your coil, hold the centre most with one hand and pull towards the end or to a side and with the other hand shape the outer layers.In order to get designs as shown twist the outer layers after shaping and arrange with a pin, then gum ever so lightly....

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Tutorials- Basic Shapes Used for Quilled Waterfall Landscape

How to Make Basic Shapes  Used for Quilled Waterfall Landscape Zig Zag Circle Lets call it that. Just fold the strip like a fan, breadth wise, then  encircle and paste.This is used for the waterfall . I have used double strips and made some mixed with light and dark blue. The options are endless when mixed with colors.Flattened...

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Marturii Botez - Magneti de frigider

         Bebelusi simpatici sub forma unor magneti de frigider, ce pot fi daruiti si ca marturie pentru botez.         Sper sa va placa! Va doresc tuturor un weekend plac...

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Floral Lotus Abstract - Quilled 3d Flower Frame

These quilled flowers are made from a combination of multi strip quilling, beehive quilling, fringed flower technique and quilled basic shapes. This design, which uses  3d quilled flowers, incorporates flowers within a flower.The yellow spray is made from a technique I invented  using a comb. The tutorial is here. It is different from the...

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Tinkerbell - Graphic Quilling Landscape Picture Art

So here is my favorite fairy which I have graphically quilled.. I have tried to get the hair and dress with strips just as in graphic quilling. For the wings, I have used beehive technique and for the pom-poms on the shoes I made two fringed flowers.  I think she turned out quite nice. I tried to quill the eyes with pegs but settled for strips.My...

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How To Blend Quills - Quilling Tutorial

How to Blend Quills for Landscapes TutorialQuilled art can be created as pictures or landscapes. Pictures are quilled using quills to create the design elements such as feathers in a bird, leaves on a tree ect. However in landscapes, quills are pasted close and are used more like brush strokes. Hence, blending becomes important in quilling landscapes...

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