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Mini Quilling Paper Crabs

April 21, 2020

I’m sharing a long-lost tutorial that’s great for beginners – my mini quilling paper crabs! This post contains affiliate links. If you click on the links below and make a purchase I may receive a small compensation to help me finance this site and keep coming up with awesome tutorials and tips! There’s no cost to you and I only ever include links to companies and products that I trust and work with on a regular basis. Recently, I was scrolling through Pinterest when something familiar caught my…

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The 4 Types of Glue Every Quilling Artist Needs

February 21, 2018

Meredith

Quilling, Quilling Tools and Supplies

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We’ve all been there. You’re in the craft store, where you swore you were just going to pick up that one thing for your next project. The next thing you know, you’re at the checkout with $60 worth of who knows what in your cart. No judgment; I’ve been there many times. We crafters are notorious supply hoarders. But I’ve been on a mission lately to declutter my stash and make my supplies multitask. Yet, the one place I just…

How to Make Quilling Paper Scrolls

March 22, 2017

Meredith

Quilling, Quilling for Beginners

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So you’ve practiced your quilling coils, made tons of teardrops and paper squares… and you’re ready to learn something new! Let’s continue on this quilling paper journey and talk about how to make quilling paper scrolls! Most often, quilling paper scrolls is simply a matter of rolling a coil, but leaving a little unrolled tail on the end. Take the scroll off your quilling tool, and that’s it! Easy as pie! But that’s not all! Of course, there are a…

Quilling Basics: How to Make Simple Paper Coils

How to Make Simple Quilling Paper Coils

February 17, 2017

Meredith

Quilling, Quilling for Beginners, Tutorials

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I have to start out today with an apology. I have been so focused these last couple years in creating fun quilling tutorials, that I’ve never sat down and written about basic techniques! That ends now! I’m happy to say that I’m finally taking the time to photograph some posts detailing some simple how-tos for the beginner quiller. Starting off, how to make simple quilling paper coils! First thing’s first: to make quilling coils you need paper, a little glue…

Falling Leaves Gift Tag Tutorial

September 30, 2015

Meredith

Quilling, Tutorials

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Its time to send in my latest submission to The Crafty Mail! I had such a great experience the first time I had sent in some gift tags to the monthly handcrafted subscription service, The Crafty Mail, that I applied to send in some more sample tags to be sent out in the November box. Starting this October, Kelly from The Crafty Mail has designated themes for each box. And since I love a good theme, I jumped right on board!…

My Most Used Quilling Tools

September 14, 2015

Meredith

Quilling, Quilling for Beginners, Quilling Tools and Supplies

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This post contains affiliate links. If you click on the links below and make a purchase, I may receive a small compensation to help me finance this site and keep coming up with awesome tutorials and tips! I only ever include links to companies and products that I trust and work with on a regular basis. Paper quilling is one of the easiest and least expensive crafts for beginners. The rolling itself may take some practice, the basic tools are incredibly…