You can find out more about Quilling. or want to jump right into some Quilling patterns this is the place for you.  Are ready to get started, but want to learn how to make the basic shapes? Then these instructions are a great place to begin! Check out these links that will teach you the basic shapes and techniques before you jump in and start quilling. This is great for the beginner quiller, someone looking for a refresher, or someone who is ready to try something new.  You will note that many of these shapes are often called different things by various artists, so this page can be a great cross reference as well.   

 

Many of these links will open up a new window and bring you off this site to my quilling blog.  I am slowly transitioning some of that information here so that it is more easily found.  Enjoy!

 

This is often referred to as the Tight Coil, Tight Roll, or Peg shape and is often used as the center of flowers or for decorative accents.

The Loose Roll or Loose Coil shape is the base shape or the starting point for most of the coil shapes.

The Teardrop or Raindrop shape is used in many flowers and also in fill-in work.

The Grape Roll shape is a variation of the tight roll or peg shape and is very often used for the center of flowers as well as bells and beehives.

The Marquis, Marquise, or Eye shape is used in a lot of flower and petal designs and also when doing fill-in type work.

The Heart, Coil Heart or Heart Roll is a great shape when adding a touch of "love" to your patterns and designs.

The Open Coil or Loose Scroll shape adds a bit of whimsy to your project .

The C-Scroll gets its name from the shape it takes when completed, as can be seen from the picture, it looks like a "C".

The S-Scroll gets its name from the shape it takes when completed, as can be seen from the picture, it looks like an "S".

I call this shape the Kissing S-Scrolls.  I really love S-Scrolls - they are so delicate and make any quilled item look so pretty. This is one of my favorite ways to use them, they do double duty as a sweet Heart Scroll. A friend of mine, Molly Smith, calls these beauties Open Hearts with Tails).

The Double Scroll is a versatile shape and can be used to create a frame around a photograph or when arranged as a flower or even fireworks.

The Double Scroll with a Tail is a slight variation of the previous shape.  Scroll to the middle of the page to see the instructions.

The Heart Scroll or Open Heart gets its name from the shape it takes when completed, as can be seen from the picture, it looks like a heart.

This shape is called a "Flag" and I will describe how to make it here:

I call this shape the Heart T-Scroll, because of the way I placed the shapes together.  This worked well for making scroll shapes like Christmas trees and Dresses.