Quilling "Grapes"

Quilling - the art of paper circulation or paper filigree, as it is also called. This is a very simple, but beautiful kind of needlework, the occupation of which does not require any special training, or special material costs. The basic tools and materials for quilling will be found in almost every home, in the extreme case, they are easy to make independently or to buy in shops for needlework.

So, for the manufacture of beautiful crafts in the technique of paper-knitting used:

• strips of paper, including colored, of various widths;
• A device for twisting a paper: a purchase machine, an awl or a tapestry needle with a cropped tip;
• tweezers - anyone with flat tips will do, to make it easier to hold a paper blank when glue is applied to it, and also apply it to the base;
• scissors;
• ruler, centimeter - in order to compare the length of strips for workpieces;
• adhesive PVA and clerical;
• cardboard for warp.

Thus, we see that no supernatural adaptations are needed to create compositions, and if desired, one can at all facilitate the task by purchasing a ready set for quilling.

To begin acquaintance with the technique is better with the simplest crafts, for example from the manufacture through the quilling of a cluster of grapes.

Quilling: grapes, scheme and master class

We will need:

• strips of paper - you can cut yourself or buy ready;
• tweezers;
• torsion device, awl;
• scissors;
• glue.

Progress:

1. We spin small tight rolls for grapes.
2. To make the leaves of grapes in the quilling technique, you can use drop-shaped rolls, and also glue several rollers together.
3. We make 18 roll-berries and an arbitrary number of leaves. We glue together in such a way as shown in the diagram.
4. We glue the sheets on top, they can be covered with silicone glue and varnish for decoupage with sparkles on top.
5. The bunch of grapes is ready.