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Northern Hawk Owl - Quilling Easter Egg

Easter is coming soon, and this year it is celebrated from Good Friday on March 30th, until Easter Monday on April 2nd - making Easter Sunday fall on April Fool's day. For this occasion, I would like to show you my new quilled Easter egg - a Northern Hawk Owl. Read more »

How to Mail Quilling and Other Box Storage Ideas

How to mail quilled cards That's a question I get quite often. The very nature of quilling means we want to protect it from any rough handling, so how do you present or mail it to someone without ruining all your hard work? Hand Delivering Quilled Cards If I’m giving my card in person, I use a stiff jewelry box (affiliate link): https://www.amazon.com/Cotton-Filled-Cardboard-Jewelry-Retail/dp/B078SFKHK9/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1521138565&sr=8-2&keywords=White+Cardboard+Jewelry+5x7 Mailing Quilled Cards The postal service is notably rough on packages. So I surround my jewelry box with crumpled paper, and put it inside a corrugated box. This way it has protection from conveyor belts, dropping, and other types of rough handling. Divided Boxes for Quilling Components (ex. Snowflakes) I save chocolate boxes because they have divided sections, and the cardboard is very stiff. A divided chocolate box comes in handy when you’re quilling component pieces like snowflakes. It’s sha...

How to Find the Right and Wrong Sides of Quilling Paper

How do you find the right and wrong sides of quilling paper?  It's barely noticeable, but your fingers will feel the slight downward facing edge created when a guillotine blade cuts down across all the sheets. Can you spot the right and wrong sides of the coils, sitting side by side?  In my latest YouTube video , I show how to spot the edges simply by shining light on the coils. And after all the microscopic investigation, I'd like to ask you, “Does it matter?”  My answer would be, “Only if it bothers you.”  If you can’t see or feel it, then I would suggest you don’t worry about it. Most non-quillers are too busy enjoying the overall quilling piece. Besides, when you quill an S-scroll, you’re faced with both a right and wrong side, and there’s not much you can do about that.