Making Your Own Quilling Designs

When you are first starting out, coming up with your own quilling designs can feel a little daunting at first. However it is simply a matter of thinking about the basic quilling shapes and considering how you can put them together to form your design.

You should resist at first the temptation to try anything too complicated. Start with something simple and build up to more complex designs. Start with a simple outline design, of a flower or animal for example. You may want to start by tracing the outline of picture to begin with, or draw your own outline picture if you are more confident.

Once you have drawn out the outline, it is a matter of considering how you can use quilled tight or loose coils to fill your design. It may help to draw these shapes onto paper or card, cut them out and place them over the outline to see how they might fit together. Don't forget about the use of color - use contrasting colors for impact, or similar colors for a more subtle effect.

Once you have mastering simple designs then you can become more adventurous and make a range of patterns, scenes or whatever else takes your fancy.


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