Thank you so much for taking The Art of Quilling-4th of July Edition. I believe that art is a way to clear our minds of all the daily clutter and hopefully you were able to clear some of that clutter away today. Here are a few things to look at to explore what we did today and some informative links for quilling.

Key Takeaways & Next Steps:

Today we learned

What quilling is
What tools you need to quill and how to use them
How to create basic shapes used in quilling
And you began your journey of quilling an American Flag

Explore Supplies Used for this Class:

Recommended Tools
Strips of paper (⅛-¼ “)
An instrument to wrap the strip of papers. (quilling stylus, skewer, pencil, pen, paintbrush)
A runny glue (Elmer’s, Aleen’s Craft glue, etc.)
A plate or dish for the glue
A small paintbrush to apply glue
Paper or cardboard for backing (cut to 1 ½” circle)
Pencil and eraser
Extra paper, scissors, ruler
Optional tools: A quilling paper trainer, and tweezers

Links to recommended tools that I use on Amazon

I only provide links to products I personally own or have tried that are really good products-all of these are on Amazon Prime. However, shop around and find the best prices!):

Review demos from today's class:

How to Read the Drawing Guide
Transfer Drawing to Paper
Making Scrolls
Adding Scrolls and Tight Coils for Stripes
The Canton (aka the blue section of the flag) (please note that in the video I say size 30 and it should be size 25)
Gluing Down the Canton
Adding Those Last Stripes

Links to additional resources:

Quilling Guild of North America
Quilling.com

Create Your Own Art:

Drawing Guide Picture
2 pages of instructions Pg 1 and Pg 2
Picture of finished piece

Link to all my classes