Guest Kim Kollert shows how to roll a rose and how to make a fringed flower. You can use the quilled flowers to decorate a frame, card or anything else!
Materials:
8" x 10" shadowbox frame, at least 1-1/2" deep w/glass
needle and slotted quilling tools
regular 8-1/2" and 7" scissors
small nail scissors
white glue
various colors pre-cut quilling strips, card stock or construction paper
8" x 10" mat board w/square or oval opening
dried, paper or silk leaves
fringer
4 to 6 cutout butterflies with fringed edges
5 small 1/4" square pieces of foam board
Steps:
Rolled Rose
1. To roll the rose, hold the tool in your right hand and begin rolling a strip of paper on to the slotted quilling tool in a clockwise direction, about two turns.
2. Using your right thumb to keep the strip securely rolled, pull it in a slightly upward motion with your left hand as you continue to roll. Still using your left hand, fold the paper down and away from you at a right angle (figure A).
3. Turn the tool about half of a turn, continuing to pull in an upward motion and still using your right thumb to keep the already rolled paper tightly drawn.
4. Repeat this procedure until the rose is the desired size and shape. Add a dab of glue and hold the end in place until the glue holds on its own.
5. Slide the rose off of the quilling tool. Apply glue to the bottom and position the rose in place on your project. Hold in place until secure.
Fringed Flower
1. Pull a strip of card stock through a fringing tool, keeping tension on the strip so the fringed pieces will be close together.
2. Place the fringed strip in the slot of the quilling tool and roll.
3. Add additional fringed strips by gluing them to the previous strip. Push down on the fringed flower to flare out the fringe (figure B).
Assembly
1. Roll a leaf about halfway around the handle of the slotted tool. Then add a dab of glue to the bottom and glue it to the mat board.
2. Apply glue to the bottom of a fringed flower and place it near the bottom of the leaf. Press down on the center of the flower for a few seconds, and then spread it out, using your fingertips to push the "petals" out.
3. Repeat step 2, adding a leaf every four or five flowers until you have the desired effect. A good idea to start with is four or six fringed flowers along the short sections of the mat board in a zigzag pattern. You can have more or less as you wish. It isn't necessary to add a leaf to each fringed flower.
4. Leave an opening at one of the top corners for the butterfly. Fill in the spaces between the fringed flowers with the rolled roses, adding leaves as you go along. Set the roses at different angles, standing the ones in the center of each cluster upright and then tilting them so that the bottoms are not seen. Depending on the gap between your fringed flowers, it may take as many as 10 or 12 roses to fill.
5. Continue around each side of the frame with the leaves, fringed flowers, and roses until you have a design that suits your liking (figure C).
6. Position one of the butterflies as you like it and glue it in place using one of the foam board squares. Space each successive butterfly, continuing to layer them until you are satisfied with the effect (figure D).
7. Cut thin strips off the short, 8-1/2-inch side of a sheet of green card stock that matches the color of the leaves. Place the end of a strip in the slotted tool and begin rolling, keeping the strip going from the top of the tool down towards the handle. The beginning of the tendril will be a tight coil. Continue to roll, angling the strip slightly to keep it curling down. As you get to the handle of the tool, continue to roll. Keep the paper tight against the tool as you roll.
8. When you get to the end of the strip, gently slide the tendril off the tool, widen the bottom of the tendril by slightly unrolling the last two coils, add a dab of glue to the end. Guide the end of the tendril under the spread-out edges of the fringed flowers using the needle tool. This hides the end. Then adjust the angle of the tendril, placing it in the direction that you want it to go. Add as many tendrils as there are leaves on the mat board.
Tips:
- The trick to making the tendrils go left or right is in the rolling. If you roll the slotted tool in a clockwise direction, they will angle to the left. Rolling in a counter-clockwise direction will create right-angled ones. As you work your way around the frame, you will find that how the leaves are positioned directs the way the tendrils should be positioned.
- Get different looks to the butterflies by using different sized objects to curl them around. The slotted tool works well for the body of the butterfly, giving it a more natural, rounded look. The handle of the needle tool can be used to put a slight curve to the wings, if desired.
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