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What technique can better convey the airiness and lightness, the openwork lace pattern of snowflakes than the quilling technique? Making snowflakes out of paper, or rather from twisted strips, resembles a mosaic or a kaleidoscope with a huge number of options. The prepared parts can be glued to the base, making postcards or panels, or glued together to hang amazing lace decorations on the Christmas tree.

To perform these works, you will need white office paper. It must be cut into strips 5 mm thick along the short side. It is better to cut with a clerical knife along the ruler several sheets at once. For a small amount, you can cut with scissors.

You can twist the strips with different tools. You can use an awl, a special slotted rod, a toothpick. But it was for making snowflakes that I most liked working with a wooden skewer.

To make a snowflake (pendant or applique), you need to prepare a variety of shapes from twisted strips. Forms can be closed, i.e. glued and open, where no glue is used. Both are suitable for applications. And for snowflake pendants, you can use only closed forms.

  • Eye shape. Squeeze the round blank from both sides at the same time.
  • "Square" shape. Make an “Eye” shape, turn vertically and squeeze the sides again.
  • Rhombus shape. Make from "Square".
  • Triangle shape. Make a “Drop”, take hold of the corner and flatten the base of the triangle.
  • Arrow shape. Make a “Triangle” and press the middle of the short side inward with the end of your index finger.
  • Crescent shape. It is performed almost like the "Eye", but in a curved shape. And the corners are pinched not opposite each other, but with a shift.

Dear needlewomen!

Let's talk this day about snowflakes - light, airy, lacy New Year's decorations. We'll show you how to create quilling snowflakes for beginners needlewomen and craftswomen. These snowflakes are especially mesmerizing. Each of their curls seems to flirt with us. The snowflake resembles a kaleidoscope, you can admire it endlessly. This kind of crafts can be glued on postcards or hung on a Christmas tree.

To create quilling snowflakes, we need:

  • white office paper cut into 5mm strips
  • wooden skewer for twisting
  • PVA glue

So let's get started. Before you create snowflakes, you need to prepare various figures from twisted stripes.

For the base of snowflakes, only closed forms are suitable, that is, glued.

1. Take a strip. Pull it back slightly with your fingernail and round off the end. Put a skewer on it. Then wind the strip, trying to make the first turns tighter.

2. When the paper strip "grabs" with the stick, only the stick can be rotated until the end of the strip.

3. Twist a flat washer. And to remove it, slightly rotate the wand.

4. Now dissolve the workpiece in such a way that a ring with a twisted spiral with a diameter of 12-14 mm is obtained. Most often, it is enough to simply release the workpiece. Glue the end with PVA glue.

5. In order to get the “Drop” shape, pull the middle of the spiral to one side, and on the other side, squeeze several layers so that you get a sharp end.

Other closed forms of quilling:

  • Triangle shape. Make a drop shape, then grab the corner and flatten the base of the triangle.
  • Eye shape. Simultaneously squeeze the round workpiece on both sides.
  • "Square" shape. Make an eye shape, then rotate vertically and squeeze the sides again.
  • Rhombus shape. Make this shape from "Square".
  • Arrow shape. Make a “Triangle” shape and press the middle of the short side inward with the end of your index finger.
  • Crescent shape. This shape is made in much the same way as the "Eye", but with a curved shape. And the corners are pinched with a shift, and not opposite each other.

Open forms of quilling:

  • "Horns". Bend the strip in the middle. Screw both halves out.
  • "Heart". Bend the strip in the middle. Then twist both halves inward.
  • "Twig". Bend the paper strip in a ratio of 1: 2. Twist the ends of the strip in one direction.
  • "Curl". Lightly mark the middle of the strip, but do not fold. Then twist the ends to the middle, but only in different directions.

Now that we know how to make separate shapes, let's collect snowflakes! We glue the necessary parts together.

On the eve of the new year, snowflakes not only cover the ground, but also the walls of apartments. The easiest option is, but if you have an extra hour of free time, try making quilling snowflakes. Such a beautiful decoration will help create a festive entourage, and you and your children will plunge into the New Year's chores. With such a product you can decorate a postcard, a box with a gift, give it as a gift.

Necessary materials for quilling

The technique is very simple and you don’t have to spend fabulous money on materials. For work you will need:

  • strips of paper;
  • scissors;
  • a tool for twisting tapes;
  • glue;
  • tweezers.

You can buy a ready-made quilling kit, which will already have colored strips of paper and tools. But for snowflakes, even plain white paper will be enough. If you want to make beautiful colored snowflakes, then take paper of the appropriate colors.




The strips are easy to cut yourself. Take a sheet and a ruler, draw points at an equal distance from each other (optimally 0.5-1 cm), line the sheet and cut along the lines. You will get the same strips from which you can fold a snowflake. To repeat most of the crafts shown in the photo, the diagrams are not needed, all individual details are visible quite clearly.

The principle of forming all parts is based on the twisting of strips of paper. They can be wound on an ordinary wooden skewer. It is much more convenient to do this if you make a 0.5 cm incision in it with a knife. Then the end of the paper can be inserted into this hole, it will be well fixed, and you can easily form the necessary element.

Making snowflakes

To create a magical New Year's interior, you will need a lot of snowflakes, so you can safely involve the whole family in the process of making them. It is important to understand exactly how parts are formed, of one form or another.

Take a few tips into service: to make elements of identical size, prepare strips of the same length in advance. To make a circle, simply wind and remove a strip of paper. If you need a semblance of a rhombus, after removing it, pinch it with your fingers on both sides. If you want to get an oblong petal, squeeze it a little with your fingers.

Start with simple snowflakes, gradually complicating the schemes. Decorate finished crafts with rhinestones and sparkles.




Decided to do quilling technique? Then know that this skill is very easy to learn. By the approach of the New Year, it is worth making snowflakes using this technique. In this article, we will tell you how to make quilling snowflakes for the new year for beginners. Here you will find interesting workshops and a lot of useful information.

What is quilling technique

Quilling appeared about 500 years ago in Europe. This technique involves twisting strips of paper. From these strips, combinations are made into a variety of crafts and patterns.

To create a quilling craft, you will need a small number of tools. You should prepare:

  • toothpick,
  • tweezers,
  • scissors,
  • glue.

In addition, paper is required. For crafts in this technique, strips of paper are used, which are 3 mm wide.

How to make a simple quilling snowflake

We talked about the quilling technique. Now it’s worth talking about how to make a quilling snowflake.

  1. So, you should take a landscape sheet on which stripes are drawn with a pencil and a ruler. The lines must be straight.
  2. Now the sheet should be cut into even strips.
  3. Next, take a toothpick or an awl and attach its end to the edge of the paper strip.
  4. Screw the strip onto the tool.
  5. The end of the strip should be glued to the coil that turned out. After that, the resulting roll is carefully removed from the toothpick or awl.
  6. You need to make another coil. However, the next coil should be squeezed a little with your fingers on one side. As a result, you will get a coil that will look like a droplet. It is worth making 5 such coils.
  7. After that, you take the first spool and glue 6 teardrop shaped spools to it.
  8. Then it is worth rolling 6 coils and squeezing them with your fingers from two opposite sides. As a result, you should get a figure that reminds you of an eye.
  9. New parts are glued between the snowflake petals.
  10. Next, take 3 strips, bend them in half and cut. You should have 6 short strips.
  11. 6 coils are twisted from new strips.
  12. A new coil in the shape of an eye is glued to each tip of the part.
  13. From long strips we make 6 coils. However, they should be slightly larger than the first coils. In this case, the paper should not be strongly tightened.
  14. Glue new coils on the “droplets” parts between small rolls.
  15. Now it’s worth making 6 more large coils. They need to be bent with your fingers in order to give them the shape of a square.
  16. Square blanks are glued with the top to large coils.
  17. Now wind a strip of paper around the pencil.
  18. Glue the end of the strip and remove the coil.
  19. A new coil is glued to one of the tops of the snowflake. Thread or ribbon should be threaded into the ring.

If you manage to make such a snowflake, then the finished product will look attractive on the Christmas tree. It can also be attached to a window or door.

Snowflakes in quilling technique

If you make all the details using the quilling technique, then completely different snowflakes can be obtained from these parts. For work, it is worth using many strips of paper that have equal length and width. These strips are wound on a toothpick. Lots of things like this need to be done. They are glued together with glue. Schemes can be used absolutely any. You can see examples of the scheme in the picture.

The process of creating snowflakes using quilling technique should start from the middle. In other words, you should glue the parts to each other in order to form a circle of them. After that, it is worth continuing to glue other coils to the circle. It is worth saying that the schemes of snowflakes can be different. For example, in some types of snowflakes fit snugly together. In others, on the contrary, the center should be hollow.



Quilling and what forms exist today

The quilling technique today has 12 forms of coils that are used in the work. Snowflakes for the New Year can be made both in one technique and using all at once.

  1. This blank is called an open coil. The end of the strip in this case is not glued.
  2. The next coil is the closed coil. The end is glued here.
  3. This reel is tight. The strip is stretched throughout the work. The end is tightly glued.
  4. Big coil. In its creation it is worth using a regular pencil.
  5. A drop. One end should be pressed with your fingers.
  6. Eye. At the workpiece, 2 ends are pressed with fingers.
  7. Petal. The coil is compressed by fingers, and on the one hand it is bent.
  8. Sheet. The coil is compressed on both sides and waves are made.
  9. curls. The strip is folded in half, after which the ends are wound in the right direction.

Snowflake schemes

Quilling snowflakes for the New Year is considered an excellent decoration for the Christmas tree. Now we will offer you schemes of interesting snowflakes that you will make for the New Year using quilling shapes.

Finally

We hope that our article will help you in your work and by the New Year you will make a lot of snowflakes with which you will decorate a Christmas tree or your home.

A ruler with round holes is needed so that our spirals are of the same diameter. You can buy a regular ruler with holes in an office supply store. Although this ruler is not needed for our snowflake. It is worth noting that you can twist the strips with different tools. You can use an awl, a special slotted rod, a toothpick.

And now we will make an openwork and airy one with our own hands.

quilling snowflake.

So, for the snowflake we need:

  • Paper strips:
    1 - 15 cm for the central circle
    8 - 8.5 cm for sleeve
    4 - 15 cm for scrolls
    4 - 7.5 cm for droplets
    4 - 5 cm for diamonds
    The standard strip width is 3mm. The paper should be fairly thick (paper weight should be at least 60 grams per square meter) so that it folds neatly and holds its shape. If you have a shredder, then the strips can be made directly on it.
  • Any quick-drying glue, preferably not very liquid
  • Special tool for quilling. The most common alternatives are the gypsy needle or the most common wooden toothpick.


0 We start from the central circle (15 cm strip). The paper must be folded very tightly so that it itself can keep the correct shape. After that, drip glue on the tip of the strip and glue it to the circle.

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For droplets, we use strips 7.5 cm long. The technique is almost the same as in the previous step, only at the end, before gluing the edge, we leave a little more free space and give the circle a droplet shape.

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We make diamonds from strips 5 cm long. We twist small circles, glue the edge and then make a diamond out of it.

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Let's move on to scrolls. We bend the strips 15 cm long in half and turn the spirals towards the center, we should get a kind of hearts.

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The last piece is the sleeves. For them, we use strips of 8 cm. On the one hand, we make 2 turns, on the other, we weld about 2.5 centimeters. When all the sleeves are ready, we glue them with “backs”.

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    After all the preparations, we should have:
  • 1 circle
  • 4 drops
  • 4 diamonds
  • 4 scrolls
  • 4 sleeves


0 Now that all the parts are ready, we glue our snowflake together step by step. After the snowflake is ready, it can be covered with glitter or a silver-colored spray.

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You can leave the snowflakes white. Or you can cover them with a spray can or sprinkle with sparkles.
You can hang a snowflake with a beautiful ribbon or a colorless fishing line.

Snowflakes can be made from white paper and spray-painted with paint of the desired color. And you can make snowflakes out of colored paper.

Colored snowflakes (quilling)

More photos of beautiful snowflakes in this beautiful technique by Stephanie Sanchez:

Please note that some snowflakes are made of two colors, but all colors are very soft, which gives the snowflakes a lace look.

Airy snowflakes and paper decorations

What technique can better convey the airiness and lightness, the openwork lace pattern of snowflakes than the quilling technique? Making snowflakes out of paper, or rather from twisted strips, resembles a mosaic or a kaleidoscope with a huge number of options. The prepared parts can be glued to the base, making postcards or panels, or they can be glued together to hang amazing lace decorations on the Christmas tree. To perform these works, you will need white office paper. It must be cut into strips 5 mm thick along the short side. It is better to cut with a clerical knife along the ruler several sheets at once. For a small amount, you can cut with scissors. You can twist the strips with different tools. You can use an awl, a special slotted rod, a toothpick. But it was for making snowflakes that we most liked working with a wooden skewer. To make a snowflake (pendant or applique), you need to prepare a variety of shapes from twisted strips. Forms can be closed, i.e. glued and open, where no glue is used. Both are suitable for applications. And for snowflake pendants, you can use only closed forms.