Huskings are filigree shapes which are wound around pins in a certain pattern. All the patterns are given in my bilingual book "Quilling for cards" are easy to use.

"Quilling for cards"

 In the "MEGA wenskaartenboek" (Dutch), released in April 2007, you will find a complete chapter with 20 new huskingcards and patterns.

The Dutch Quilling Guild is a national association which was founded in January 1989.
Two times per year somewhere in the country an activity day is organized. Members can display their quilling projects and it's possible to do some quilling yourself at the "do-table" and meet other quillers. Some members will demonstrate their skills. At the various trade stands you may find the most beautiful colours of paper strips, the latest quillingbooks and tools.

The Guilds magazine “Verdraaid” appears four times a year. It is made for, but especially by members. All cards and other entries will be published anyhow. Some of the designs in “Verdraaid” are just drawings to stimulate your fantasy and others have a detailed description. Furthermore you can read any recent information about the Guild and all details about future activity days and   other events where the Guild is present with a stand. Also several sales addresses of quilling materials are mentioned.

The contribution for the membership of the quillingassociation amounts to Euro 25,00 per year including Euro 2,00 registration fee (one time only).
The association year runs of 1 July up to and including 30 June of the next year.

For information concerning the membership you can contact
Mevr. A. v.d. Poll-Jordans
e-mail: a.vandepoll
Tel. (+31)023-5333822

To make coils that are all the 
same size, a quilling board is easy to use.

	1. Tight coil/peg/circle/roll Roll up a strip as tight as possible and glue the loose end. Try to make the centre as small as you can.
	2. Closed coil/spiral Roll up a strip. Glue the loose end after the shape has been loosened, by hand or with the help of a quilling board.
All further shapes will be made with the closed coil/spiral.
	3. Teardrop Make a closed coil and pinch one end between your thumb and index finger.
	4. Flame/curved teardrop Make a teardrop (no. 3) and bend the pinched end to one side.
	5. Oval Make a closed coil and push it into shape, but do not pinch it.
	6. Eye Same as no. 2, but now use both hands to pinch both ends firmly at the same time.
	7. Leaf/S-shape Same as no. 5, but bend both ends in opposite directions.
	8. Petal Bend the closed coil round a fingernail.
	9. Moon/Crescent Bend the closed coil round your finger or something like a dowel and then pinch both ends.

Roll a paperstrip from one or both ends. Roll in the same or the opposite direction. Alternatively glue several open coils together.

	1. Single loose coil/scroll Roll a part of a strip and alternatively use it with a straight end or bend it a little bit.
	2. V-shape Fold a strip in half and roll both ends out.
	3. Closed V-shape/feelers Same as no.2, but now glue the straight ends of the strip together so the spirals end up next to eachother.
	4. Open heart/heart scroll Fold a strip in half and roll both ends in.
	5. Closed heart/heart scroll Same as no. 4, but now glue the spirals together.
	6. C-scroll Roll both ends of the strip in the same direction towards the center. Leave it straight or bend it a bit.
	7. S-shape/S-scroll Roll both ends of a strip in opposite directions towards the center.
	8. Double tendril/scroll Fold a strip off-centre and roll both ends in the same direction. If desired glue together in the middle and bend a little bit.
	9. Opposite tendril/scroll Same as no. 8, but now roll both ends inwards.

Did you ever buy or receive quillingpaper as a present and you still don't know what to do with it?
Have you ever been a quillingqueen or quillingking, but you forgot some of the techniques?
I will show you some basics.....

For every quilling shape goes: the size of the shape depends on the length of the paperstrip used. The longer the strip, the bigger the shape.
I do realize that all over the world different names are being used for basic quilling shapes. I would like to make this list as complete as possible. And I could use your help to accomplish that. So if you know any other names for the shapes mentioned or if you have a better way of describing it, please let me know and I will add it. Thank you for your help.

Welcome!

The buttons are on the right. For example: click on the "gallery"-button on the right (Articles in English). You will see a lot of techniques. Click with your mouse on one of the lines and there they are: my cards!

In May 2005 I started my quillingsite and up and until December 2009 I had more than 21,000 visitors! 49% from abroad.

I hope a lot of people will be inspired by all information on my quilling-website.

New cards and freestandings are added weekly to the Gallery. Below the Dutch starting page (home) there is a list with links to all new cards.

I met a lot of quillingfriends, old and new, in Otford on Saturday September 19th and 20th 2009! Look at my photos under the button "fotoboek" in the upper part of the menu.

And I hope to meet them again, visiting the next AGM in the last weekend of September 2010...

Janetta van Roekel