I wanted to post a picture of my portable "work area"....
I am not sure if you can see everything, but the slotted tool is green and the needle tool is wooden above it. You can see the tweezers (red) and a few of my scissors. Hard to see, but the T-pins, the office supplies that I use for husking are in there as well.
Everything rests on a corkboard that I bought in the area where they sell quilling supplies. The nice thing about it is that there are circles in varying sizes that I can use and along the 4-sides there is included a ruler (in inches).
I also have the "quilling board" that I sometimes use.
Finding supplies is the hardest part. I live in the US and have ordered from these places that have great selections and have a very quick turn around.
We will start "quilling" tomorrow. I will show you the slotted tool up-close and I will also show you a selection of basic shapes (the ones I tend to use the most).
There are several Yahoo groups that have beautiful photo galleries and also friendly quillers, they are:
- Quillers (and Quillpictures)
- AgeOldArtOfQuilling2
Enjoy! and I look forward to sharing quilling instructions with you...
Antonella
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hi!
ReplyDeleteI'm very fond of quilling too.I am from India and sadly we dont get quilling supplies here..so i have a tough time cutting strips of paper myself!
gud 2 see ur blog about the basics of quilling which are so essential 4 every beginner!
u can see my quilling cards on my blog chandnisingh.blogspot.com
take care n feel free to post ur comments to me
with care
chandni
chandni,
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by. I know that finding paper is so difficult for so many quillers. Some say that the best supplies and papers are in the UK, but I am fortunate to have so many online sources. I know that shipping and taxes are very high, but I do know that some of the stores might ship to you? I stopped by and looked at your site - very nice! Love the white flowers!
Hope to hear from you again!
antonella
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Hi Antonella!!
ReplyDeleteIt´s wonderful to see the work you have done at your blog. Quillers from other countries have some difficulties to find quilling supplies. We don´t have absolutely no tool or paper in Brasil in the 90´s years. I wanted to do my quilling works a little faster. So, using a pen and a cross stitch needle I made a quilling tool. I also buy sheets of paper and have them cutted. But all this work make quilling more interesting and a challenge for us. Congratulations for so lovely ideas in your blog!! I loved each one!!:)))
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ReplyDeleteHi guys, I too have been hunting for quilling supplies in India and finally found one. I guess it'll be useful to you all. They are happy to courier it to your place.
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http://www.shilpi.com/node/17
They also have quilling tools and boards...will give you the quotation when u mail them. Happy quilling.
G.Madhavi.
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