Tips On How To Create Quilled Jewelry
1. Place a thin strip of quilling paper, no wider than about 1/4 inch, on a flat surface in front of you. Place a quilling needle against one end of the paper. Roll the needle a little to the side and fold the end of the quilling paper over the quilling needle.
2. Roll the paper onto the quilling needle, keeping the roll tight to form a tiny coil. When the roll is finished, slip it gently from the needle without letting it uncoil. Hold the coil vertically between the thumb and forefinger of one hand and continue wrapping the paper in a coil with the other.
3. Let go of the tight, finished coil for just a moment to let the layers "jump" out and form a circle with spaces between the layers of paper. Glue the end of the paper on the outside of the circle to the layer just below it and let the glue dry for an hour. This creates a base for many shapes.
4. Create a teardrop shape by finding the glued spot and pinching it and the paper behind it into a point. This creases each layer in the same place so that it stays together but forms a shape. To make a curved teardrop, pinch and press the paper along the curve of your thumb.
5. Make an oval, eye or flower petal by creating a teardrop and then pinching the layers of paper opposite the first point. Creases will form on both sides of the central coil. Pinch the smooth sides of the oval shape to make squares and rectangles.
6. Glue your different shapes together to create the look that you want. Glue no more than six shapes together and make sure they are very small. Use a needle to poke a hole in the top of your completed arrangement and feed a jump ring--a small, metal ring to connect jewelry--through the hole. Slip the jump ring onto a necklace chain or fish hook earring hook, and your jewelry is finished.
1. Place a thin strip of quilling paper, no wider than about 1/4 inch, on a flat surface in front of you. Place a quilling needle against one end of the paper. Roll the needle a little to the side and fold the end of the quilling paper over the quilling needle.
2. Roll the paper onto the quilling needle, keeping the roll tight to form a tiny coil. When the roll is finished, slip it gently from the needle without letting it uncoil. Hold the coil vertically between the thumb and forefinger of one hand and continue wrapping the paper in a coil with the other.
3. Let go of the tight, finished coil for just a moment to let the layers "jump" out and form a circle with spaces between the layers of paper. Glue the end of the paper on the outside of the circle to the layer just below it and let the glue dry for an hour. This creates a base for many shapes.
4. Create a teardrop shape by finding the glued spot and pinching it and the paper behind it into a point. This creases each layer in the same place so that it stays together but forms a shape. To make a curved teardrop, pinch and press the paper along the curve of your thumb.
5. Make an oval, eye or flower petal by creating a teardrop and then pinching the layers of paper opposite the first point. Creases will form on both sides of the central coil. Pinch the smooth sides of the oval shape to make squares and rectangles.
6. Glue your different shapes together to create the look that you want. Glue no more than six shapes together and make sure they are very small. Use a needle to poke a hole in the top of your completed arrangement and feed a jump ring--a small, metal ring to connect jewelry--through the hole. Slip the jump ring onto a necklace chain or fish hook earring hook, and your jewelry is finished.
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