A good web friend of ours Claire Harris has written a great newsletter and ebook about Quilling called Quilling Magic. It contains free quilling patterns, quilling designs, where to buy quilling supplies and more. She has release several tips for our website. What she has remarkably done was , built up an enviable collection of advanced hints and tips from quillers all over the world. Claire wants to help quillers of all levels  create beautiful quilling masterpieces with minimum outlay and minimum learning curve.

Take a look at a tip :

 The first tip to offer is to tear your paper
strips instead of using scissors. There are
many reasons for this, but firstly it is much
easier to begin the roll from the torn side.
If youre still having problems, try placing
your thumb on a damp sponge. This will also
help to begin the rolling.

Never use more glue than necessary
when making quilled shapes and
assembling the shapes into finished
projects. Remember, too, that when
you assemble your projects, shapes
with glue on one surface should be
positioned face down.

A long pin (like you would use for a corsage)
works just as well as the quilling tool. In fact,
I like to use these to keep my little projects in
place as I glue stuff around them. You can use
a piece of cardboard box with waxed paper
over it for your “work station”. And if you cant
find the paper try cutting some 2-sided SB paper
into 1/8″ long strips (then tear them into 2″, 3″,
4″, etc. pieces).

Be sure to read and access more of Claire’s quilling tips free.

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