Flowers are one of the
quintessential quilling works. Fanciful or realistic. Large, tiny or inbetween.
In containers and vases, on wreaths and folded books, glued to greeting cards or
in frames. Flowers are designed and used in so many ways. It is a good way to
practice techniques, too!
Most of the small photos below link to
larger ones, just click the photos.
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Shredders are sometimes suggested as a way to cut strips. This was my
second try. The strip is much wider than I normally use and the edge is fuzzy.
Neither of which is a huge negative factor depending on the look you
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A back issue of the magazine, Quill America, contained an article by Evelyn
Crane. Spiked Flowers. Here are two ways I used her technique: |
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The pink flower (in the row above to the right) and the peach/brown one
have multiple quills making up each petal. They get wrapped as a unit
after being glued together. They both have another layer on top. |
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There are cones on top of this flower. The flower is made from purple 1/4" strips
and wrapped with a patterned strip. Look
in my 2020 cards for a full photo. |
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2019
~~ sometimes I make flowers just to try a technique or a combination of
techniques ~~
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This flower has a couple of new techniques for me.
1) I edged the
petal edges with a permanent marker.
2) I glued a narrow strip of
paper to another strip before fringing it. This is very cool. I need to
find the name of the person who posted this idea.
~I also shaped the petals,
then glued the backs to retain the shaping. The petals are chalked, too.
It is subtle.~
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Comb petals with a tear drop center.
The paper has a silver edge.
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Another style of comb flower.
The center is a fringed flower.
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colored my strip of white printer paper with several colors of Sharpies for the fringed flower. |
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I love thin wood hoops or rings. Right, not paper. But they are sturdy,
1/8th inch thick, and come with a hanging hoop. They do need painting
before using. I tried some dots. Even though the jury is still out, I am
glad they are only on the back! |
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Here is another flower technique I tried one evening.
A Marquise
coil is swirled into a petal. Thanks goes to Fanny Mansel, a German
Quilling Artist.
Here is a link to the YouTube video.
She says it wasn't her
original idea but I give her credit for the tutorial. |
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These flowers are made from a vortex petal shaped quill. I was
practicing with wider strips, cut with my paper shredder, following
tutorial directions. Just white
printer paper, dropped through the shredder. I like the design of the
petals. Problems with the flowers: all white and the shredder leaves the
paper edge a bit ragged and rough. I used decorator chalks and a cotton
cloth and colored them. The rough edge picked up a lot of chalk which
was nice. Be sure to work over a sheet of paper you can discard.
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also chalked my canvas board. |
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top of flower |
domed tight roll center, combed petals and large leaf, marquise smaller
leaves, petals contain an inserted shaped marquise |
underneath |
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| tiny flowers "growing" in
tiny pots |
click here to see the rest |
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