BASIC QUILLING SHAPES
I have covered in earlier quilling tutorials the more difficult of the quilling shapes such as the folded quilled rose and the basic fringed flower
Here are many of the more basic quilling shapes and how they are created
THE TIGHT COIL
This shape is called by a few different names in different quilling patterns, and by different quillers the more common ones are Tight Coil/Tight Roll/Peg Shape To create this quilling shape Keep an even tension, gently but firmly
pull the quilling paper as tightly as possible. Remember you require the final shape to be very tight. Try to Keep the edges of the wound quilling paper as even as possible. This prevents creating a protrusion/ pop-up in the center of your shape. Some quillers refer to this as a belly or a tornado.
When you get to the end of your quilling strip, pull the coil off your quilling tool. When using the slotted tool, it is easier if you turn the slotted tool approximately 1/2 turn in the opposite direction before pulling the quilling strip off the tool.
Carefully glue the end of the quilling paper, using just a tiny dab of glue.
The Loose Coil
Basically just the same as making a tight quilled coil except that while Holding the loose end of the quilling paper in one hand and your quilling tool in the other hand, you begin turning the tool firmly but gently but keep a looser tension when turning the tool pulling the quilling strip so that the quilled shape will open up when pulled off the tool After pulling the quilling strip off the quilling tool, allow the coil open up
Carefully glue the end of the paper, using just a small amount of glue.
Quilling shapes Tight coil,Loose Coil,Teardrop.Marquis
The Teardrop
This quilling shape is sometimes also referred to as the raindrop in some patterns create this quilling shape as you would the Loose Coil quilling shape and simply pinch the glued side of the coil, creating a point on one side and leaving a rounded end opposite the point.
When pinching use thumb and index finger
The Marquise
This quilling shape is sometimes also referred to as the Marquis or Eye Shape in some quilling patterns create this quilling shape as you would the Loose Coil quilling shape and simply pinch both the glued side and the opposite side of the quilled coil Pinch first one side and then the other while holding the pinched points one in each hand. This helps encourage a more even quilled shape.
The Pinched Heart
Make this quilling shape as you would the Loose Coil quilling shape and simply pinch the glued end creating a point While grasping the pointed end with the thumb and index finger of one hand, press the rounded end in with a finger tip of other hand ,(helps here if unlike me you have some finger nails ). This creates an indentation thus creating the heart shape.
The Loose Scroll
This quilling shape is sometimes also referred to as the open ended coil Shape in some quilling patterns create this quilling shape as you would the Loose Coil quilling shape and simply neglect to glue the free tail end of the quilling strip against the side of the coil .
Quilling shapes ,pinched heart ,loose scroll,v-scroll,heart
The V-Scroll
For the V-Scroll – make a sharp fold in the center of your quilling strip Load folded quilling strip onto your quilling tool and quill halfway down the strip on its outside until you reach the fold Remove remove the quilling strip from the tool and turn the quilling strip over. Quill the other end of the quilling strip but this time , quilling outward.
The Heart Scroll
The quilled shape the Heart Scroll – is basically the Same as a v-scroll except you are now quilling in ward., in other words instead of quilling on the outside of the quilling strip i.e. away from yourself, you are now quilling towards the inside of the quilling strip i.e. towards yourself
The C-Scroll
For the quilled shape the C-Scroll – Load your quilling strip onto your quilling tool and quill halfway down the quilling strip, you can make a very faint mark at this point if it helps. When you reach the halfway point remove the quilling strip from the tool and repeat the same to the other end, forming a c-shaped scroll.
The S-Scroll
For the quilled shape the S-Scroll – Load your quilling strip onto your quilling tool and quill halfway down the quilling strip. Make a faint mark if you like when you reach the halfway point remove the quilling strip from the tool and turn the strip over. Continue quilling the other end, but this time quill in the opposite direction
Quilled shapes c-scroll,s-scroll,and spiral
The Spiral
For the quilled shape the spiral Take a strip of quilling paper and using the needle quilling tool wind the quilling strip around the shaft of the needle tool, pushing off the end of the quilling strip as you move up the strip.
