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Ok...I'm going to quill now!

15 years ago

LOL...I just got a beginners paper quilling kit on Ebay....it looks easy enough. For anyone who is advanced in this what else do you do besides flowers? I seem to see all flowers when I looked at this craft. I love the flowers and it's what I want to do for cards and scrapbooking but I'd like to see what else can be done.

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heatherinohio
15 years ago
I had never heard of this before. So I googled it! How neat! It looks like it would be fun and easy. Make sure you post pictures of your future creations. And best of luck on all of your quilling adventures! :)
minnie_tx
15 years ago
How nice It is too hard for me. My sister did lovely thing in quilling and even made me a creche for Christmas as well as a little diorama with a reindeer, santa and tree when I get my Christmas things out I'll take a photo.

I have a little quilling tool somehere that I can pass on to you if I can find it.
Congratulations it is a beautiful and fun craft
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heather_on
15 years ago
You can quill all sorts of things from animals to snowflakes to just about anything. I've taught quilling for a few years now. Start with flowers though as they probably are the easiest. Quilling is easy and relaxing once you get into the hang of it.
gwanny2three
Original Author
15 years ago
Thanks ladies.....I'm looking forward to seeing your picture Minnie. I have been wanting to do this for so long, but I don't want to get repetitious and burned out of flowers. I would love the snowflakes too....this should be fun, can't wait to get my kit!
Linda Wayman
15 years ago
I did some quilling back in the 1970s and 1980s, but I didn't get too involved in it. I just wanted to give it a try. All I did was flowers.
I did some quilling on a copy of an invitation to my dd's highschool graduation . It turned out very pretty.

G to 3 and others I would like to see some pictures of your work sometime.
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mamatoad
15 years ago
I did quilling many years ago, mainly making items for miniature houses. We also did flowers, decorations for cards and many other things. I'll see if I can dig up some of the patterns, etc. that I had. It's a fun craft, takes up very little space and isn't messy. Enjoy!
alisande
15 years ago
Snowflakes!! Wonderful on the Christmas tree, or dangling from invisible fishing line in a window.
taigen_gw
15 years ago
I used to quill many years ago...haven't done it in a while now. I'm sure you will enjoy it, especially with all the "scrap booking" papers and cutters you could make your own papers now!
glenda_al
15 years ago
Happy quilling!

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