Remember making those paper bead necklaces in grammar school? Yeah, me too! And remember the first time you didn’t quite do it right and your twirl of paper came off the tooth pick? Me too! It looked pretty cool, but you weren’t sure what to do with it. You probably didn’t realize it at the time, but what you just did there was paper quilling.

Quilling is easy, fun, and a pretty quick craft for those looking for craft-instant-gratification (like me). In a nutshell, quilling is the art of wrapping long strips of paper around any cylindrical object such as a tooth pick, pencil, etc., resulting in a curled piece of paper. The curls can be bent and shaped and added together to make unlimited patterns and images. It’s pretty neat and definitely puts you in the same wonderful Zen-like state that knitting and similar crafts can do.

Quilling has quite a following, with special tools and papers and books galore. If you’re serious about the craft or want to turn the hobby into a business, by all means, get yourself a paper quilling makeover. But, if you’re in it just for the thrill, Klutz has the perfect starter-kit for the beginner-quiller in you for only $16.95! The kit offers thirty projects with step-by-step instructions and over 100 brightly colored paper strips, a twirling wand, googly eyes and glue.

If you need me, I’ll be over here twirling some paper…drop me a reply and let me know how you like quilling and what you’ve created

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Posted by the Crafty Folks at Anna Bella Fine Stationery.

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