Quilling

Well I am not a quillier but I have seen some things on the internet and I think that I could describe it to you. Quilling is basically the art of rolled papers to make designs, small designs that can be used to be 3D effects for cards and such if you wish to glue or tape them on to the surface of a card. It's kind of a cute type of heart and is actually kind of easy. as for the boards and such I haven't come across any of those yet but I assume that they are not needed for every design as some things can be made with hand. I suppose it's a Flat Origami.

I am the behalf of Ali and I do like Quilting when I was still in my High School days and most of the time I do quilting when I want to change something from my plain clothes and it is a stitches that I do make from a design that most of it is i do like for example I like some of the design of art and I try to make a pattern in it and start to do my own stitches from the machine.....

quilling is using long (or sometimes not so long) thin strips of paper that you generally first roll up, but somes acordian to make shapes. The rolled ones you can either keep fairly tightly rolled, or you can relax a bit. You can keep round, but often you pinch one end or 2 ends to make shapes. Then, a touch of glue to keep it the size you want. Often they are used to either make pictures, decorate cards because the little paper rolls can spring loose if not handled properly.

I've quilled before when I was younger my mom bought me the tool it looks like a long needle with a slit in the end and a wooden handle she showed me how to do the basic things with it and I think she even bought a book or something about it and I read it made a few cards and then lost interest in it. I have seen Martha Stewart do a few things on her show about it a few years ago. Maybe you could search her archives on her website. It is a very nice simple idea that looks complicated it would be a nice touch to add to a card or a picture frame or even using it in scrapbooking.