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New Activities - Month Seven
Nov. 30th, 2019 12:18 pmOn Thursday afternoon I went to Nature in Art for another of their Dare to Dabble sessions. This time the craft was quilling, which, for those of you who haven't heard of it, involves making pictures with curled strips of coloured paper.
It turns out the basics are quite easy, and once we'd had a bit of practice we were able to make cards by putting together the different colours and shapes. It's quite absorbing and making a card takes time because each quill has to be made separately.
It has a similar appeal to me as cross stitch does and it something I could certainly see myself doing more of at some point. A basic quilling tool (for curling the paper) and papers aren't expensive and it seems a good way of making handmade cards. As with most things the more complicated the work, the more expensive the tools etc.
The Christmas card I made, with a close up showing the individual strips:
( quilling )
It turns out the basics are quite easy, and once we'd had a bit of practice we were able to make cards by putting together the different colours and shapes. It's quite absorbing and making a card takes time because each quill has to be made separately.
It has a similar appeal to me as cross stitch does and it something I could certainly see myself doing more of at some point. A basic quilling tool (for curling the paper) and papers aren't expensive and it seems a good way of making handmade cards. As with most things the more complicated the work, the more expensive the tools etc.
The Christmas card I made, with a close up showing the individual strips:
( quilling )
