The New Paper Quilling: Creative Techniques for Scrapbooks, Cards, Home Accents & More

by Molly Smith Christensen

Book Overview

Quilling consists of rolling, shaping, & arranging narrow strips of paper into fabulous designs. This work incorporates materials like metal strips & vellum & use the newest paraphernalia, such as crimpers & embossing tools, to embellish the paper before it's quilled.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1579906915
• ISBN13: 9781579906917
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Lark Books (NC)
• Length: 127 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.8" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent condition and fast delivery

The transaction was fast and very satisfactory. I like the product, the price and the condition of the product.

Fabulous Book

I found this book as a fabulous reference for techniques and tools of paper quilling.

A FUN PAPER CRAFT

My daughter gave me this book along with paper and a tool. I normally work 10-12 hours a day writing instruction manuals and piddle in crafts as a hobby on weekends. Well let me tell you that this book has taken over my life and I am de-stressed for the first time this year. This is a very fun, easy craft and is inexpensive too. I am addicted and stay up late into the night rolling paper. After a week I have made a beautiful flower card to thank my daugher for giving me this book. She met the Ms. Christenson at a meeting this year and told me I would love this craft. Buy this book and add fun to your life. It will be worth it. - JoJo

'New' Quilling Book is Inspiring

I bought this book basically to find out the technique to make the beautiful bows on the boxes. The author's work is very professional and the projects are lovely. They are different, with use of other materials besides paper incorporated into her designs. Embellishing an altered booktag with metal-shaped letters, dry-embossing paper before curling and using chalk to highlight finished elements. These give her creations a look distinctive from other quilling books and require different techniques to complete. In particular painting strips of paper as in the framed bold initials. I especially like the framed evening dresses using only tendrils (glue is not necessary after shaping), but my taste for a classic quilled look with more traditional designs, leads me to try the candy toppers next. I would have preferred to see more ideas for cards, but this is just a niggle in what I believe is a very inspiring quilling book with a fresh new look.

The Best Quilling Book - A Scrapbooker's Dream!

The New Paper Quilling book by Molly Smith Christensen was recommended to me by several of my scrapbooking friends. I've been scrapbooking for years now and have never quilled before getting this book, but now I am a scrapbooker *and* a quiller thanks to this wonderfully creative book! It's so easy and fun to learn, too! First of all, the author begins by listing a Basic Quilling Tool Kit that you'll need in order to learn to quill. She describes in detail each tool in the basic kit, possible substitutions, and where to find the supplies. (I was able to find all of the supplies at my favorite craft store.) Then she describes and shows pictures of the basic quilling shapes (circle, bullet, marquise, teardrop, square, diamond, scrolls, roses, loops, spirals, and more). The photos showing how to hold the quilling needle tool were a helpful guide in the beginning. These basic shapes, along with the decorative quilling techniques, give you an endless possibility of quilling ideas! I was so impressed with the number of projects in just one book! I use my quilling designs to embellish my children's baby books, but for someone needing quilling designs for more than scrapbooking, there are projects to decorate cards, gift bags, candles, plant pokes, coasters, magnets, keepsake boxes -- your quilling designs can even be elegant enough to be framed! For each project, the author tells you exactly what tool you will need, along with the basic techniques used. The instructions are very clear and *so* easy to understand. She also has very helpful "tips" for each project, such as using different types of paper, time-savers, and ideas for additional projects. My favorite project has been making alphabet letters for the titles of my scrapbook pages. She has three to choose from -- script, fillip, and circle. The quilled letters really stand out nicely on my pages. I highly recommend this quilling book. If I can learn to quill, you can too! If you are looking for a fun new paper craft to get into, and you've been waiting for the right book to teach you how, you've got to get this one. I think both beginning quillers and advanced quillers will enjoy this book.