DIY Quilling Papers

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Quilling is considered as an ancient art form and it is still being practiced today. This is sometimes called the paper filigree, this is an art form that involves paper strips that are rolled, shaped, and glued together to create very decorative designs. The rolled paper is wound around the quill that creates a basic coil shape. The paper will be glued at its tip and the coil will then be shaped, the shaped coils will then be arranged to form flowers, leaves, and other ornamental patterns that can also be similar to ironwork; this is the basic way on how to do quilling.

During the old times, French and Italian nuns used qulling to create decorations for book covers and some religious items. They commonly use book edges, they make us of glided paper strips and they roll it to create quilled shapes. Back then monks are the people who often teach women how to do quilling, though most ladies practice the art as a form of their leisure. They often make beautiful picture frames, work baskets, tea caddies, wine coasters and jewelry boxes. After perfecting the art, quilling was also combined with different techniques to be improvised to produce better outcome, they used quilling with embroidery and painting.

Nowadays, paper quilling is still alive and well. People who practice this kind of artwork are called "quillers". Quillers teach young ladies on how to do quilling, as a part of their income, hobby, interest, or even do this for leisure. Doing this art is no longer classified as an "upper class" art since ordinary people can also do this. The art suddenly became the people's art form and the beauty they create is always expanding and innovated. The said craft easily became popular because of its low cost of materials. It is often used to make an invitation for wedding, birth announcements, scrapbook pages, and different storage boxes.

The good thing is that the market offers different kinds of quilling paper, and they also vary in different shapes, colors and dimensions. You can make different artworks by just rolling and folding of paper to achieve different shapes with depth and dimension. This technique can be used in many different ways depending on what you are doing and what kind of look you want to achieve. There are really different ways that serves as an option to learn quilling.