Coils
Coils | Jan. 3, 2019 | Cardstock. Open Coils.
I initially planned to put something on the paper I wove over a piece of cardboard. Instead, I used the scraps from that woven effort to create the coils.
Unfinished
Unfinished | Jan. 2, 2019 |Orange, Yellow, Silver Text paper strips
I ran out of strips, so this one is “unfinished.”
Red Heart
Red Heart | Jan. 1, 2019 |Text weight red strips
Heart Project: 365-day Challenge
When I ran across a book by Noah Scalin called 365: A Daily Creativity Journal: Make Something Every Day and Change Your Life! I decided to try something similar.
I decided to quill something each day. I’m a writer and am pantsing this project at the moment. In other words, I began without a plan.
At first, I wanted to see what I can make in 30 minutes. I quickly realized, if I stuck to that rule — I would have 365 UFOs: Unfinished Objects.
To avoid the UFOs, I loosened up my rules.
For January (and who knows maybe all of 2019), I’m working with a few (loose) guidelines:
- 4×6-inch base: pre-cut, random cardboard, card stock paper
- Fill heart shape
- Use variety of papers: text and card stock weight, junk mail, catalogs
- Cut my own papers and use quilling papers I’ve purchased over the years.
- Use shapes from previous UFOs (aka random shapes I made for a project, but never used in a project).
- Share the work, no matter how I feel about the final product.
- If I want to repeat a pattern, that’s cool.
- It’s my project and my rules.
I’ll most likely be a “plotter” for this project as time passes, especially when I travel. I’ll need to make sure I have supplies when I venture from home whether by car, plane, or on a camping trip.
Quilling is a very portable craft and requires a tiny footprint for work. So, here’s to a project filled with heart.
Sunrise
Sunrise | Nov. 18, 2018 |Text weight paper strips