Quilling Instructions - Shapes

Want to learn more about quilling? This is the place to be.

Please find the following list of instructions for how to make the Quilled Shapes. I am continually adding information and instructions, so please check back for updates. With each set of instructions, you will find a detailed description of how you make the shapes as well as a picture that you can download to show you what each shape looks like:

• Getting Started - if you want to learn about the basic supplies and how to get started, please look here.
  
• Information about quilling paper - basic information about quilling paper, widths, and strip lengths.
  
• Coil Shapes - I sometimes call these Circle shapes because they all start out as a circle. These are the basic shapes that most quilling projects, beginner to advanced, use. The shapes described are; Tight Coil/Tight Roll/Peg, Loose Coil, Teardrop, Marquis, and Heart.
  
• Grape Roll - this is a variation of the tight roll/tight coil/peg shape. The center is pushed out.
  
• Scroll and Spiral Shapes - These are more decorative, but are also used in most quilling projects. The shapes described are; Open Coil, S-Scroll, C-Scroll, Heart scroll, and Spiral.
  
• More Scroll Shapes - Getting fancy with the basic shapes and combining them to make; Heart-T-Scroll, Double Scroll, and Kissing S-Scrolls.
  
• Fringed Flowers are decorative flowers that add a real punch to your quilled designs. I have posted several instructions - Detailed Fringed Flower instructions, Basic Fringed Flower instructions, Information about Fringed Flowers and More pictures of Fringed Flowers
  
• Spreuer Instructions - have you ever wondered how to do "spreuer" or "folded" designs? These instructions will get you started.
  
• Fill in Technique - Explains how you can use a picture to create any design.
  
• Free Patterns - Follow the links here to see what you can do with all these shapes you have just learned about.
  

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