The Book of Paper Quilling: Techniques & Projects for Paper Filigree

Demonstrates how to create decorations just by rolling, scrolling, fluting and fringing narrow strips of coloured paper. This book illustrates the functional and inexpensive hobby of paper quilling. It teaches how to make and use some basic shapes - teardrops, holly leaves and geometric designs.

The craft of paper quilling (rolled pieces of paper glued to form a design) is recaptured primarily in a series of more than 70 projects. Some of Johnston's recommendations for application may seem too "loving hands at home": quilled pictures on refrigerator magnets, as earrings, embellishing a chessboard, or imitating plants. Others project a sense of elegance: as borders for picture frames and birth and wedding announcements and as decorations for baskets and hats. Step-by-step procedures and an explanation of necessary tools help crafters start; most of the actual projects are accompanied by color photographs, but they lack detailed lists of materials. Barbara Jacobs