In this tutorial on paper quilling technique, you will learn how to make tight coils. If you are new to paper quilling art, please read the basics of making coils in the previous tutorial.
To make a tight coil, take one end of a strip of quilling paper and insert it into a slotted quilling tool.
Hold the paper with one hand and the quilling tool with the other hand.
Start turning the tool to roll the strip of paper.
Put a bit of tension on the paper so that it does not come loose.
Keep turning the tool until the other end of the quilling paper becomes very short.
With a toothpick, apply a little bit of glue on the paper to stick it to the coil and hold the shape in place.
To make bigger coils, join several strips of quilling paper together to get a long strip of paper.
To make multi-coloured tight coils, use several quilling paper strips of different colours joined together.
Quilling is the art of rolling or coiling thin strips of paper into different shapes and using these shapes to form a design. It is also known as paper filigree. Not surprising, this form of art can be traced back to as early as the 13th or 14th century in Europe where quilled works were used to decorate religious items. Filigree crafts became popular in the 18th century in England and the quilled designs were mainly used as part of the decorations on other crafts, household items and furniture.
Quilling is almost a forgotten art through the centuries but thankfully, there are keen quillers keeping this art form alive. The art of quilling is now gaining popularity due to the formation of local quilling groups, materials easily available and resources being readily available on the internet.
If you want to learn more on how to make paper quilling patterns, free instructions on paper quilling designs and techniques are available from this link here and below to get you started:
If you want to get ideas on how to make more quilled flowers, butterflies and other objects, free paper quilling tutorials are here:
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