New Activities - Month Seven

[smallhobbit]

On 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:

 

Comments

[smallhobbit]

Thank you. I think you might like it.

[badly_knitted]

I think you're right, but how do you stick the thin paper edges down so they stay put? That's what's always baffled me...

[smallhobbit]

Once you've made your paper shape you use a little PVA glue to stick the end in place, holding it until it's stuck. (Too much glue and you stick the shape to your fingers - yes, I was channelling my inner Brownie!) Then you glue the shape to the card, again a little glue in a line across the circle so the centre doesn't unwind any further.

[badly_knitted]

Ah, I see. Quite delicate work!

I stick everything to my fingers, lol! Part of my artistic process!