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How to Quill

Quilling is an intricate paper craft requiring patience, creativity and an eye for detail. Paper strips are coiled and spiralled in a variety of ways to create beautiful 3D art. Quilling is a craft that has been around for hundreds of years and is an inexpensive hobby to take up. Take a look at the photos below to see what amazing things can be achieved.

On this page I have listed what you need to get started, plus lessons in technique for beginners and a wealth of tutorials and projects to try. The idea of quilling is very simple, but it's practice which elevates the quality of your creations and makes them look neat and professional.

I hope you find this resource useful and inspiring :)

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Tools & Materials

What You Need For Quilling

- A slotted curling tool; this tool is vital and is used to curl paper strips into the coils and shapes that make up quilling patterns. You can buy one or make your own tool (see below on this page to see how to make one from a needle or from a toothpick).

- Quilling paper strips; the most common width of strip is 1/8" and you can either buy the strips pre-made or you can make them yourself. Pre-made strips will be completely uniform and consistent so will be easier to work with.

- Glue; it's best to use a good quality white tacky glue and it must dry clear so as not to ruin the look of your work.

In addition to the above, the following are tools which will be useful but aren't absolutely necessary:

- A workboard; this is a surface that you produce your quilling designs on. You can make your own with polystyrene, cork or corrugated cardboard, or you can buy one. If you cover the workboard in a thin piece of plastic sheet or wax paper (held onto the board with pins), you can keep glue off your board and prevent your quilling getting stuck to the board.

- Tweezers; good for picking up and positioning small quilled pieces.

- Toothpicks; good for applying small amounts of glue accurately.

- Straight pins; great for holding your quilled scrolls and coils in place on the workboard, and for use with the 'husking' technique (see below).

- Ruler; to measure paper strip lengths according to the pattern/instructions.

What is Husking?

Husking is a technique where you stick pins into your workboard in a particular arrangement, then paper strips are wrapped around the pins in a specific order to create the shape/pattern you want. This is necessary for intricate patterns, and is perfect when you want to recreate the exact same shape over and over again (such as with petals).

Quilling Kit, Paper Strips, Foam Board & More

If you're just starting out, a quilling kit contains everything you need to get started and so is probably the best value option for beginners. On top of that I've listed paper strips and quilling tools which are the most vital products needed for this hobby, plus there is a very handy foam shaping board and a fun mold for making 3D paper domes. I've picked the products with the highest rated reviews so you know you'll be getting the best:

Tutorial: An introduction to paper quilling

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As you probably know, paper quilling or paper filigree can be used for creating greeting cards, decorating objects and even building three-dimensional sculptures.

This is a getting started quilling guide, where I'm showing the basics of paper quilling by the example of making a simple flower. The entire process should take about 30 minutes.

There are special tools and papers for quilling, but let's manage with only things everybody has usually at hand:

• sheets of double-sided colored paper (A4 or Letter size)

• wooden toothpicks/cocktail sticks, or a slotted tool

• metal ruler

• crafts knife

• pencil

• white craft glue (PVA)

• template with circles

• cutting mat or board

• nice colored or patterned paper for the base

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1. Make marks of 3 mm (1/8 inch) along the short edges of a paper sheet. Always start measuring from the same edge, since the last mark may turn out shorter, than needed.

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2. Cut strips using the craft knife and ruler. Try cutting a few sheets at a time: clamp them with office clips or clothes pegs. Press the ruler thoroughly and make sure the knife is sharp. Cut with one movement, applying strong pressure onto the knife and being careful not to cut your fingers (and table). You get colour paper strips 3 mm (1/8 inch) wide and approximately 30 cm (11 inches) long.

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3. For a petal take a strip and roll it tightly around a toothpick. You might want to make a slit in the toothpick, it holds the end of a strip and makes the start easier.

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4. Gently pull the roll off the toothpick and put in into the circles template. Choose a circle of 1.5-2 cm (5/8 to 3/4 inch) in diameter. Release it, the paper unrolls up to the size of the circle. Don't hold the roll for a long time, it won't unroll otherwise.

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5. Glue the end of the strip and let dry.

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6. Take the coil out and pinch it on one side. You've just got one of the basic quilling shapes (see at the end of this article), which is called a "teardrop". There are about 20 basic shapes, but the idea is always the same: roll and pinch.

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7. Make 5 more "teardrops" in the same manner — the other petals of the flower.

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8. And now let's make a leaf. Repeat steps 3 through 5, then take out the coil and pinch two opposite ends simultaneously. This shape is called an "eye".

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9. We'll use another shape for the second leaf for a change. This shape is called, strangely enough, a "leaf". Do everything as if you were making an "eye", but after pinching shift the hands in opposite directions without releasing the shape.

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10. Now making the center of the flower is easy: just roll a coil and leave it as is. To make it smaller use a smaller circle in the template (about 1 cm or 3/8 inch). It's called a "loose coil", by the way.

11. Arrange the elements, mark their position on the base, then apply a thin layer of glue to the bottom of the shapes and attach them to the base.

Some basic quilling shapes for reference:

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Sometimes you will want to leave your coils as circles, but often you will squeeze and manipulate them into different shapes to build up your picture. We will start with the easiest shape.

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The teardrop

Pick up your coil and with the thumb and index finger pinch it together forming a shape with a point at one end and leaving the other end rounded. This is a useful shape for flower petals.

The petal

Taking your teardrop shape, gently press your pointed end to one side to curve it over.

The marquise or eye shape

Take another coil and this time hold it between the thumb and index fingers of both hands. Pinch tightly with both hands to form points at each end. The marquise is one of the most useful shapes in quilling.

The leaf

Make another marquise but this time after pinching the ends move them in opposite directions creating a twist in the shape.

The half moon or crescent

You will need your quilling tool again for this shape. Take one of your coils and push the handle of the tool into the circle, squeezing the two ends to form points.

The triangle

A slightly tricky one this time. Holding the circle between your index fingers of each hand, push the bottom of the circle up with your thumbs to create a triangle. Pinch the three corners to sharpen them up.

The tulip

Start by making the teardrop shape but before letting go of the pinched end push it back into the main part of the circle to form an indentation. Sharpen up the two outside points if required but they can be left rounded.

Bunny ear or shield

Similar in appearance to the crescent, this shape is made without using the quilling tool as a former. Holding the coil in one hand use the index finger on the other hand to push an indentation into the circle. Then pinch the two resulting points to sharpen up the shape and make the ears.

The arrow

First make a teardrop by pinching one end. Then, holding the pinched end, use your finger to push the other end towards your other hand forming an indentation. Pinch the points to sharpen up the shape.

The star

Make a marquise as before, then turn the shape 90 degrees and repeat, pinching two more points to make a star. Press hard at each point to sharpen up the shape.

The square

This one needs both thumbs and both index fingers! Hold the circle between all four digits and gently press into a square shape. Squeeze each corner to transform your circle into a square.

The holly leaf

A pair of pointed craft tweezers are useful when making this shape which is, of course, great for quilled Christmas cards.

Squeeze your circle together in the center using your tweezers. Using your fingers pinch one end and push it towards the center, repeat at other end to form a holly leaf shape.

Paper quilling instructions - Making a tight coil and variations

We missed out the first illustration in the photo above. The tight coil is the easiest of all to make. Wrap the paper around the quilling needle as before but before taking it off the tool glue the end in place. Hold it for a few seconds to allow the glue to dry before gently releasing it from the tool.

Fringed flowers

Using the same technique as above for the tight coil but with wider paper we can make a fringed flower or pompom. Start by cutting small snips into one edge of the paper at regular intervals all the way along its length. Then roll a tight coil and glue the unsnipped section. Gently spread the snipped section to produce a fluffy effect.

Fringed flowers with centers

To create a flower with a different colored center take a 3mm wide strip in yellow or a suitable color and glue a snipped wider length of paper in the flower colour of your choice to the end. Start rolling from the narrow end and continue rolling when you reach the snipped paper. Glue as before and then spread open the snipped flower leaving a nice tight center.

Paper quilling instructions - Open coil

Open coils or scrollwork can add a delicate touch to a quilled item. This time we do not glue the end of the paper strip once it is coiled.

Open circle

Easy one! Just coil as normal but after leaving it to relax do not glue the end.Open coils or scroll work can add a delicate touch to a quilled item. This time we do not glue the end of the paper strip once it is coiled.

Open circle

Easy one! Just coil as normal but after leaving it to relax do not glue the end.

Open heart

Take your length of quilling paper and fold it in half. Roll from one end in towards the fold line until a small section of paper is left preceding the fold. Do the same for the other end. Try to leave the same amount of free paper on each side of the heart so that it lines up nicely when finished.

Open V

Worked in the same manner as the heart above, but roll away from the fold line creating the coils on the outside so that the finished result looks like a letter V with outward facing curls on the open ends.

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