Quillarina

While at the AGM 2008, I met Molly Smith Christensen who wrote the book “The New Paper Quilling”.  One of my competition pieces used a pattern from that book which led her and I into a discussion.  I promised her that I would post another piece that I completed from her patterns so here it is ….

This little yellow dress is the perfect finishing touch for any little girls room - or a big girl too.  It’s simple elegance shines.  Completed with one inch paper strips curled into scrollwork.

Thanks Molly!

What fun these little gems were to make. I sat down last week and created over 40 of these for my show last weekend in Sayville. Continue to read and I will show you a sampling of the dominos I created and tell you how I altered them.
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This card was created layering two different decorative papers and then quilling the flowers. The entire card has an antique-y type of look. The quilling was done with tight rolls.

This beautiful card celebrates all those who love to garden. The beautiful vellum paper is embellished with glitter that makes the flowers glitter and shine.

In this quilled framed piece I tried to re-create the beauty and calmness invoked by ikebana flower arranaging.

Ikebana, one of the traditional arts of Japan, has been practiced for more than 600 years. It developed from the Buddhist ritual of offering flowers to the spirits of the dead. By the middle of the fifteenth century, with the emergence of the first classical styles, Ikebana achieved the status of an art form independent of its religious origins, though it continued to retain strong symbolic and philosophical overtones.
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