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Basics: closed coils / scrolls

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

 

image10_e  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.
 image11_e  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.
 cc12  3. Teardrop
Make a closed coil and pinch one end between your thumb and index finger.
 cc13  4. Flame/curved teardrop
Make a teardrop (no. 3) and bend the pinched end to one side.
 cc14  5. Oval
Make a closed coil and push it into shape, but do not pinch it.
 cc15  6. Eye
Same as no. 2, but now use both hands to pinch both ends firmly at the same time.
 cc16  7. Leaf/S-shape
Same as no. 5, but bend both ends in opposite directions.
 cc17  8. Petal
Bend the closed coil round a fingernail.
 cc18  9. Moon/Crescent
Bend the closed coil round your finger or something like a dowel and then pinch both ends.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Laatst aangepast op maandag 02 maart 2009 22:52