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***melinda***
Are you still doing paper quilling? Where did you get your supplies/paper again?
Merci.
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Re: ***melinda***
Yes! Look at this awesomeness.
http://www.craftastical.com/2010/05/tutorial-quilled-monogram-letter.html
I am making this for my niece for her new "big girl" bedroom.
I've ordered from a few places online. Most recently:
http://www.quillingsuperstore.com/
I've never had any luck finding stuff in brick and mortar stores in the area.
Judging
Oooh that H is awesome! I was actually asking you because I wanted to make something similar for my friend's new baby using her initials. :-)
Are there any tools that are a "must have" and any that are a waste of money? I've got some paper, some craft glue, some toothpicks, and a set of tweezer things from Joann. What do you use for your backround paper?
My goal is to be the next Yulia Brodskaya but I don't know that I'll ever get there :-) I wonder if she even pays for paper anymore or if you can get sponsored? Professional quilling - I like it!
This picture makes me happy because of all of the colors
I know, I love her stuff. Although I am weirded out by the "Darwin was Wrong" on the second page. I don't get it.
Anyway, I really like the slotted tool. You can stick the paper in the end to help you curl and I find it easier to use than the needle tool. That, paper and glue are the only real essentials. They are like $3 I think.
I recently purchased one of those boards with the different sized holes, but I haven't even used it yet. I use regular pins stuck in cardboard to hold the circles before I glue them and I'm usually not doing anything that I care if things are exactly the same size, but I bought it because I figured it would be good to have if I ever do care.
I'm not fancy/talented enough yet to start doing any of the crimping or feathering things, so I don't have any of those tools.
I have been using regular craft glue (and toothpicks to apply it.) But I read of someone using Mod Podge Paper glue and I bought some to give it a try. Supposedly you can "paint" it on top of the paper to give it some more permanence. I haven't tried it yet but I'll let you know if I think it works any better.
Background paper I'm just using regular border scrapbook paper, but I'd really like to do some blank paper with a completely quilled border. Like this, only not white and ugly.
It's just more labor intensive that I want to be right now.
Judging
Oy. Yeah, there is a lot of what I call "old lady cheesy quilling" out there. There's a fine line and I don't want to cross it :-)
Ooooh how pretty is this cake?? Wow!
This is cute too:
And then it gets cheesy:
Ok, I have never heard of this before! It looks so cool...I might have to try it out. Those cakes are so awesome!
Thanks for asking about this, Kiz!
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