Quilling Patterns Part 1
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General Patterns.........................................................................................................3 Christmas Card Wreath..............................................................................................4 Daisy Card.................................................................................................................8 Bunch of Flowers.....................................................................................................10 Flower Basket..........................................................................................................15
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General Patterns Christmas Rose
5 x 5” white tear drops 3 x 4” yellow tight circles 1x 8” green stems
Poinsettia
8 x 4” red tear drops 3 x 2” gold tight circles
Robin
head = 4” brown loose circle Chest = 6” red loose circle Rump = 3 ½” white marquise Wing = 5” brown tear drop Tail = 5” brown marquise
Snowman
body = 17 ½” white loose circle Head = 9” white loose circle Hat = 7” any colour half moon Pompom = 1 ¾” any colour Arms = 2 x 1” black Carrot = 2” orange spiral
Star
12” silver, gold or blue
Holly
10” green marquise
Holly berry
4” red tight circle
Rose
5 x 4 ½” bunny ears
Small rose
4 x 3” bunny ears
Rose bud
3 x 3” marquises
Small rose bud
3 x 2” marquises
Tulip
2 x 4 ½” half moons 1 x 3” marquises 4 ½”
Stems Butterfly
coils 2 x 9” ( 2 colours may be used) 2 x 6” 2 x 4 ½” 2 x 3” Marquise 4 ½” (body) Antennae
Small butterfly
4 x 4 ½” bunny ears Antennae
Christmas Card Wreath 3 mm quilling paper –purple red and light green in color, purple Material shiny card 8 cm x 13 cm, A4 size paper – white and medium green in color, quilling tool, a pair of small scissors, card mount, craft adhesive.
Take the card mount and draw a rectangle shape with a Making the Card pencil behind the opening flap. The rectangle should be large enough to accommodate the florets and candles. You may refer to the card above. Cut along the lines with the scissors to create a rectangular aperture.
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Now, you shall make the florets. You may need twelve florets in all. Take the medium green paper, and cut strips 1.4 cm wide by 24 cm long. Spread out the green paper on your work board and mark out 12 x 1.4 cm strips and rule lines along the length.
Fold the strip in half length-wise, and clip off the top of the strip at an angle starting at the folded side. Cut along the folded edge at a distance of 2 mm, and continue to cut until about three quarters of the way i.e. stop just 1/4 th of the way from the other edge. When you reach the bottom of the length, cut off the triangle.
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Fold the top corner with the open edge into the quilling tool and roll the strip. As the rolling continues, the cut portion will start to fold out side ways and your floret will begin to take shape. Glue the end of the floret to prevent it from uncoiling.
Next, to make the flames for the candles, roll the red paper over the quilling tool, remove it and drop it on the work board to uncoil. Glue the end, and pinch on of the ends and give a slight twist to form the flame. Make three such flames for the three candles.
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Next, you shall make three candles. Take the white paper and cut it to the size 8 cm x 12 cm. Spread the paper out and roll it around a 5 mm knitting needle and glue the end. Pull out the knitting needle, and cut the top edge of the rolled paper at an angle.
You shall now make three Christmas roses. Take the purple strip of paper and make five tight coils using the quilling tool. Glue the ends before removing from quilling tool. Push out the centers of the coils softly, to form bell shapes. Apply some glue on the inner side to retain the shape. Flatten the coils slightly at the sides to form five petals.
Place the petals in a circular pattern, as shown, and glue them together at the sides. Take the light green paper and roll a tight coil on the quilling tool. Glue the end. Place the tight coil into the center of the petals and glue it securely.
Gather all the items you made and place them in position. Place one floret apiece on the top and bottom of the oval shape. Next, place the other florets along the edge of the oval. Take the three candles and snip off the bases at different lengths to vary the overall length of the candles. Place them at the base of the oval and glue them. Glue the three flames accordingly. Glue the three Christmas roses at the bottom of the base just above the florets as shown.
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Daisy Card Material The material required for making the Daisy Card is 10 mm quilling paper - one strip of light pink, 3 mm one strip of green, 1.5 mm one strip of yellow, and two strips of green. In addition, you will require a quilling tool, scissors, white card (10 x 15 cm), craft-adhesive.
Making the Card For making the head of the daisy, take the 10 mm light th pink paper and use about one-third of its length to fringe it finely. Take 1/4 length of the yellow paper, and glue its end to one end of the light pink paper. Take the yellow end and start rolling it tightly on the quilling tool. Glue the end to prevent it from unrolling. After removing the roll from the tool, bend the daisy petals outwards. Your daisy head is ready. Making the bud is a simple process. Take the light pink paper and fringe one eighth of its length very fine. Roll it tightly over the quilling tool and glue the end to prevent it from unrolling. Now, take the green paper and use 1/4 th of its length for making a tight coil over the quilling tool. Glue its end so it does uncoil. Now push out the center gently to form a cup and add some glue to the inside so that it does come to its original position again. Fit the light pink part into the green cup and glue them. Your bud is ready.
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Take the green paper and fold 20 cm of it in half. Apply glue on the inside and stick them together to form a thick flat strip. You will need two such strips of unequal heights - the longer one for the flower and the shorter one for the bud.
Next, you will need two leaves. Take the green paper and cut two one-quarter lengths. Roll them using the quilling tool to make two loose coils. Glue the end. When dry, pinch one of the ends to form the leaf.
Gather all the pieces and fix them accordingly on the card. If you want to add some designs on your own, you can do so. Stickers are available on the market, which you can use on your cards, like in the above illustration. The four golden corner designs are stickers that have been affixed on the card.
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Bunch of Flowers Material You may need 3 mm quilling paper in red, pink, and green colors. For a better effect, select three different shades of green. In addition, you will also require 5 mm white quilling paper, a small quilling tool, craft-adhesive, and an SF-3P cream/brown oval card mount.
Making the Card Make four leaves from the green paper using the ‘alternate side-looping method’. The leaves vary in design. Provide different number of side loops to each leaf. You can also make them of different sizes to give the flowers a natural appearance.
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Hold two strips of the green paper together and form loops, like those illustrated above. To alter the height, adjust the size of the loop.
Fold the two papers to create a loop and adjust the inner side to create loops of different sizes.
Fold the papers to create a loop on the other side now, making adjustments to form smaller loops.
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You may make as many leaves as you want this way, creating loops on either side. The number of loops on either side should give a balanced look to the leaves. Next, fold the paper at the base, as shown in the above illustration.
If you have used three different shades of green for winding, snip the end of the middle paper. The ends of the other two papers should be wound around the loops and glued at the base to form a leaf. Snip off the excess strips.
To create loops for different styles of leaves, take a lighter green shade strip and fold to create multiple loops, as shown above. Stick the end with glue and clip off the extra strip.
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Next, you may try making petals for the flowers. Take the red paper and create 24 half petals from 12 lengths, and from the pink paper make 12 half petals of smaller size. Coil these papers loosely, pinch the ends, and flatten one of the sides (as shown above).
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Next, we shall make flower centers to provide more depth and detail to each flower. Use the 5 mm white paper and snip off 1/3 rd of its length. This will be sufficient to make three flower centers. Using the quilling tool, wind two or three turns of the paper, making a right angle fold, as shown in the above illustrations. Keep rolling the paper over the tool until it is straight again (Pic 2). Fold the paper over at a right angle again (Pic 3). Roll it until it is straight, as in Pic 2. Continue to roll, keeping the bottom tight. Remove rolled paper from the tool and stick the end with glue.
Now, take the petals and pair them up, as shown. Apply glue along one flat side of each pair and attach the pairs with their respective counterparts. Hold until the glue dries.
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Following the pattern given in the above illustrations, join the petals to form the shape of flowers. Collect all other items you made and stick them on the card as shown. Lay the leaves first, and then place the flowers on top. Let a couple of petals of the pink flower overlap the top red flower. Similarly, let a couple of petals of the top red flower overlap the lower red flower. Take the flower centers and stick them in the center of each of the three flowers. Your card is ready.
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