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1/23/2012
The History of Quilling
Quilling
(paper filigree) is the art of rolling and shaping narrow
strips of paper, and arranging them into designs. It dates
back to 15th century Italy monasteries where books were made
(hand-written and -bound). In trimming the pages, nuns and
monks used the "waste" strips to make coils and spirals into
attractive designs, then decorated religious relics with them.
As with
other art forms during the Renaissance, quilling spread throughout
much of Europe and became a pastime of upper class ladies,
who extended the decorating of objects to include boxes, baskets,
cabinets and screens. With the invention of the paper-making
machine in England in the early 19th century and the resulting
wider availability of paper, quilling became a leisure time
activity for women in Europe and America; they still hand-cut
the paper into strips and sometimes used bird quills to roll
the papers.
Its popularity
declined around the turn of that century, but with improved
tools, papers, colors, and precision paper-cutting machines,
quilling was revived as a hobby in the mid 20th century and
continues to have it's enthusiasts today in the 21st century.
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1/9/2012
A New Paper
Crafters
often work towards the next "special day". Right
now, that's Valentines Day. I found some new quilling paper
I'm really excited about - it has a hand-applied brilliant
metallic edge on it, gold or silver on various colors as well
as red on red, green on green and blue on blue. SO pretty.
1/1/2012
A New Year
It's
2012 already! All my Christmas items will remain in my shop
for a few weeks while favorites and new items are featured
in my
Etsy shop. First
up: Valentine's Day - here are a couple items that have been
newly relisted (more next week):
 
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