Hi friends,
Paper quilling is simple yet amazing technique which can take your imagination and creativity to a different level....recently I have seen a pic on pinterest that has inspired me a lot. Now to be frank I'm not a great expert in quilling. I just have a few silly experiments on my side with this fascinating art.
Now without much discussion let me explain you and show you what i have achieved...I really hope it would be helpful to you.
For this project you will need
1) white or cream coloured 5mm quilling strips...(the colour is of your choice and the number of strips depends on the size of the project...I used around 20 strips)
2) Black chart paper cut into the size you would desire you project to be.
3) white colour pencil to draw a rough outline
4) fevicol or any craft glue
5) quilling tool.
6) scissors.
So now...let's get started !!!!
STEP 1
draw a rough outline with the white colour pencil on the black chart paper...the body and the feathers ...this gives you a rough idea of how many quilled scrolls you would need and also would make the sticking easier...once you are satisfied with the outline proceed further.
STEP 2
the quilling part isn't all that difficult. for the feathers i used a half of the quilling strip and quilled it and then pinched it to form a tear drop shape. That is with one quilling strip i made two tear drop shaped scrolls.
For filling the body I made smaller scrolls...again the same tear dropped shaped scrolls but smaller ones. I used 1/4th strip for each one. That is with each strip I made 4 scrolls.
Once you have made sufficient number of scrolls just arrange them and see if it would fill your picture outline you had previously drawn.
....only after arranging did i realize that I had a lot more to do...!!!
once you are done...go ahead and tick them down firmly with any craft glue you have. Notice I'm sticking the tear shaped scrolls first and not the connecting links first.
STEP 3
Now let us do the neck of the peacock. For this I have used the beehive technique of paper quilling...this will take a while. Carefully stick the quilled strips in a line ...one line at a time
STEP 4
once you are done and after the strips you have stuck have dried sufficiently apply glue and run a strip along the border to give a body to the picture...
STEP 5
Now measure the lines in between the feathers one at a time cut it and stick it to the feather connecting one after the other...this is the most difficult part of the project...slowly patiently try doing it one at a time...
and that's it...your quilled peacock is ready...Frame it and its all ready to beautify your wall or you could also gift it someone special...
I loved making it...Hope you liked it too...
Post you comments below and leave a link..would love to visit your blog too...
Happy Crafting !!!
yours
Ranjitha.
Paper quilling is simple yet amazing technique which can take your imagination and creativity to a different level....recently I have seen a pic on pinterest that has inspired me a lot. Now to be frank I'm not a great expert in quilling. I just have a few silly experiments on my side with this fascinating art.
Now without much discussion let me explain you and show you what i have achieved...I really hope it would be helpful to you.
For this project you will need
1) white or cream coloured 5mm quilling strips...(the colour is of your choice and the number of strips depends on the size of the project...I used around 20 strips)
2) Black chart paper cut into the size you would desire you project to be.
3) white colour pencil to draw a rough outline
4) fevicol or any craft glue
5) quilling tool.
6) scissors.
So now...let's get started !!!!
STEP 1
draw a rough outline with the white colour pencil on the black chart paper...the body and the feathers ...this gives you a rough idea of how many quilled scrolls you would need and also would make the sticking easier...once you are satisfied with the outline proceed further.
STEP 2
the quilling part isn't all that difficult. for the feathers i used a half of the quilling strip and quilled it and then pinched it to form a tear drop shape. That is with one quilling strip i made two tear drop shaped scrolls.
For filling the body I made smaller scrolls...again the same tear dropped shaped scrolls but smaller ones. I used 1/4th strip for each one. That is with each strip I made 4 scrolls.
Once you have made sufficient number of scrolls just arrange them and see if it would fill your picture outline you had previously drawn.
....only after arranging did i realize that I had a lot more to do...!!!
once you are done...go ahead and tick them down firmly with any craft glue you have. Notice I'm sticking the tear shaped scrolls first and not the connecting links first.
STEP 3
Now let us do the neck of the peacock. For this I have used the beehive technique of paper quilling...this will take a while. Carefully stick the quilled strips in a line ...one line at a time
STEP 4
once you are done and after the strips you have stuck have dried sufficiently apply glue and run a strip along the border to give a body to the picture...
STEP 5
Now measure the lines in between the feathers one at a time cut it and stick it to the feather connecting one after the other...this is the most difficult part of the project...slowly patiently try doing it one at a time...
and that's it...your quilled peacock is ready...Frame it and its all ready to beautify your wall or you could also gift it someone special...
I loved making it...Hope you liked it too...
Post you comments below and leave a link..would love to visit your blog too...
Happy Crafting !!!
yours
Ranjitha.
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