Free Quilled Turkey Pattern

Gobble, Gobble!With Thanksgiving on the way I thought it would be fun to post a slightly revised Turkey pattern. This is done in the style of "Creative Quilling Traditional and Modern Designs" By Trees Tra and Pieter Van Der WolkI used full-length strips, in this case they were 24 inch (60.96 cm) strips. You can use any manufacturer and they don't...

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Slotted or Needle Quilling Tool

Slotted or Needle Quilling ToolI found that when I first started quilling I used the “Slotted” tool. This is a metal or plastic instrument with a tiny slit or slot at the top. The slit is where you place the paper. When I started quilling this was my favorite tool because I found it easier to turn the paper. This was more of a coordination thing, and...

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Quilled Bridal Shower Card - Wedding

Showers, Quilling and Love! A quilled bridal shower card that I made recently. This pattern is more of a guide than a step by step pattern. This is an example of using quilling to accent patterned paper.I love square cards, so I started with a 6x6 square white blank.Selected patterned scrapbook paper with a large floral patterned design.Printed "Love...

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Quilling Strips - Should I Cut My Own Strips?

Quilling Strips - Should I Cut My Own Strips?So many people ask about quilling strips and if they should cut their own papers. This is such a personal choice, but I will provide some information for those of you who decide to cut your own paper.For those of you brave enough to cut your own paper here is some information that may help you when selecting...

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Sunburst Flower with Ladybug

One of the great things about quilling is that you can combine your quilled items to make an even more spectacular arrangement. Here is an example of combining two elements. You can click to get the instructions for how to make each of the elements:Sunburst FlowerLadybugChange the colors and see how much you can do and how quickly you can become enchanted...

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Quilling Shape - Grape Roll

The Grape Roll is based on the Tight Coil/Tight Roll/Peg shape.I will repeat those instructions here briefly, select the link above if you require more information.Take the quilling strip and begin rolling it, keeping the paper tight and a nice even tension.Keep the edges straight so that a belly or tornado effect is not created.Carefully pull the...

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Quilling Shape - Tight Roll, Coil, Peg

This shape has many names; Tight Roll, Tight Coil, Peg, etc. This is one of the basic quilled shapes. I find that I use this a lot for the center of my flowers as well as creating a border around pictures, in addition to many other uses.Begin by conditioning the quilling strip. This is done by running your fingernail or needle tool along the end of...

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Free Spreuer Patterns

To help you find the Spreuer patterns more easily, I have created this post with links to the patterns.Christmas Angel - This Angel is red and green and has curly hair. She also wears her heart on her sleeve. You can use this basic pattern for so many things including a baby announcement or any religious event.Christmas Cross - A sweet Christmas cross...

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Free Spreuer Flower Pattern

This is a neat flower I made using 2 strips of coordinating quilling strips. The pictures have instructions for each of the steps in creating the Spreuer Flower Petals.Follow these instructions and make 6 flower petals.Step 1: Take 2 strips of 1.8 in (.3 cm) quilling strips. I selected Yellow and Orange for this project. I then glued the bottom of...

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Free Quilled Flower Girl Dress Pattern

June is the month for weddings so in keeping with that tradition today's pattern is a pretty little girl's dress. Perfect for the flower girl, this pattern is appropriate for your scrapbook page or a card. The possibilities are endless.To make this cute dress I used white, 1/8 in (.3 cm) wide quilling paper and made the following:Dress Bodice: 1 -...

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Tea Bag Folding - Kite Fold Examples

I have been having a lot of fun with the Kite Fold... If you are not sure how to make this fold, please click here for the Kite Fold. Here are some examples of cards I have made using tiles from Derek's online site (please check out all the easy to print tiles he has made). All of these medallions were made with designs from Derek's site.These are...

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Tea Bag Folding - Kite Fold

Instructions for making the Kite FoldI started with a 2 inch x 2 inch (5.08 cm x 5.08 cm) tile. Tiles can be any size you need, as long as they are square (although there are new designs with oval and cutout tiles, but we won't worry about them right now). Often times, the standard tile size is 1.5 inch x 1.5 inch (3.81 cm x 3.81 cm).Place the tile...

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Tea Bag Folding - Kite Fold

Teabag folding is a fun craft to do and has a fun history. A woman from Holland had a dilemma, she did not have a birthday card for her sister. The story goes, as she sat down with a cup of tea pondering her dilemma, she started folding her tea bag envelope and this is how the craft of tea bag folding began.Here are some fun and easy projects, please...

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Tea Bag Folding - Small Kite Fold

Tea Bag folding - the Small Kite Fold.When I tell you that this is the basic fold, I cannot stress to you how much this fold is used. Every site that I have ever visited or book that I have read that talks about tea bag folding will generally start with this fold. So, that is where I will start.I want to thank Bronwyn for encouraging me to venture...

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Tea Bag Folding - History

Tea Bag Folding, this is a departure from the norm for me. Tea bag folding is one of those crafts that provides you with a quiet meditation that you can enjoy simply in the folding and creasing of the tiles that you use.So, what is tea bag folding you may ask? Tea bag folding is truly a craft that was based on the motto that "Necessity is the mother...

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Quilled Cross for Easter

For those of you who celebrate Easter, I wish you and your family a very blessed day.I selected the following Bible verse to accompany this simple design:"I am the resurrection and the life:he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet he shall live.And whoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die."John, 11.25I was doing some research on...

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Gerbera Daisy Quilling Pattern

A splash of color in every Gerbera Daisy...Do you ever like to challenge yourself? Sometimes I think it is a lot of fun, so I limited myself to the following and decided to see what I could come up with:Black card blankPink and Turquoise quilling stripsPink, green, and yellow squaresWhite rectangleRhinestonesFor each Daisy:5 - 6 inch (15.24 cm) TeardropsPlace...

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Quilled Daisy Pattern

Spring is here and everything is coming up Daisies. Well, it is a bit cold outside where I live, so not much is growing, but I know that soon the weather will become warmer.I so much love daisies - especially the quilled ones. They are a perfect addition to a card or scrapbook page and you can always arrange them around a photograph. They are perfect...

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Shared Quilling

Hello and Happy April!I wanted to share a special quilled magnet that a friend of mine Lynn Smith made. She sent me a picture and has graciously allowed me to post it here. Lynn took a piece of chipboard and covered it with paper that has the look of linen. Then she distressed it before adding the quilled pieces on top. You will see that she has created...

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Did you know that today is the First Day of Spring? Today is one of those pivotal days where there is an equal amount of day as there is night. Of course, that does not mean that it is warm, but those days are around the corner (for us at least).The official term for the first day of Spring is the "vernal equinox". As the Earth make its journey...

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Corned Beef and Cabbage - Fact or Fiction?

So, you think that Corned Beef and Cabage is the traditional Irish meal at St. Patrick's day? I have it on good authority that this just is not true. Corned Beef is apparently more of an English meal, not Irish. A meal that is eaten in Ireland is boiled bacon and cabbage.So there you have it, and lest you forget, here is a funny poem by Frances Shilliday...

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Happy St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!I was interested in doing a bit of research into this green, shamrock filled day! So, here are the results.... some fun, interesting facts about this holiday.St. Patrick's day is a day filled with the "luck of the Irish" and much green. Saint Patrick was the patron saint of Ireland who is credited with bringing Christianity...

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Free Quilling Pattern Pink Dogwood with Butterfly

I am attaching a picture of a card that I made using a photograph that I took of a Pink Dogwood. I started with my original photograph and then focused on a particular portion of the photograph to create the attached magnet.This post is for my friend Lynn. I like this ideaMy supplies for this project are:4x6 photograph of Pink Dogwood (follow this...

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How to Say I Love You

Today is all about Love. I went to the AltaVista Babel Fish site and looked up how to say "I love you" in various languages. This is a nifty little site that will translate words or phrases from one language to another.I then selected a neat font called Acadian and created the front of a Valentines card. I experimented a bit and ended with the following...

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Quilling Calendar - A Project for Every Day

Now that the New Year is here have you thought about how you are going to find time to pick out patterns for all those cards you want to make for everyone this year? I have just the thing for you, why not buy the Quilling Pattern-A-Day 2007 calendar? It is jam packed with free patterns for every day of the year. You don't...

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Free Quilling Pattern - Flowers of Love

This beautiful quilled "Flowers of Love" Valentine heart is the perfect thing to add to your Valentines Day Card to your special someone.All paper is 1/8 inch (.3 cm) wide unless otherwise noted.Look for this pattern in the 2008 Accord Quilling-A-Day Calendar.To make the heart shape do the following (please use the picture for placement):14 - 3 in...

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Free Quilling Pattern - Lovey Dovey Birdhouse

Our free quilling pattern today is our "Lovey Dovey Birdhouse"This is done in a very perky Spring-like design and is done in a style that I like to call "adornment quilling". Adornment quilling on this project refers to the fact that I have added quilling to my paper pieced birdhouse embellishment.If you are new to quilling, please click to learn...

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Valentines Day Quilling

Are you ready for lots of free quilling patterns? I had so much fun with my December Days of Quilling that I thought we'd have some fun with Valentines Day around the corner. So let's have some fun with hearts and hugs and lots of love.As I add patterns I will keep updating this list, so stay tuned.Day One - Lovey Dovey Birdhouse. A bright pink birdhouse...

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