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4 Paper Quilling Designs Using Only The Square

 What is a paper quilled square How to make a square Ways to use a quilled square Perfect square? Meh, close enough By geometric definition, squares must have four right angles and four sides of equal length. When I paper quill squares, they have slightly rounded corners and a circular coil inside. Paper quilled squares will probably not meet a mathematician's expectations. But they look nice in paper artwork.    Basic process of quilling a square 1. Use a toothpick to roll a strip of paper. 2. Keep a tight coil and glue to secure, or expand into a loose coil and glue it. 3. Use both the thumb and index fingers of both hands, to pinch a corner of the square. Pinch one corner at a time. Note: Tight coils are easier to work with; you can mass produce perfect squares that are the same size. However, tight coils make very small squares. Loose coils result in bigger squares, but are harder to control. Be very careful and patient when pinching loose coils into squares, as the s...

How To Paper Quill A Shine Sprite From Mario Sunshine

 Supplies Instructions Change it up! Did you collect all 120 of these in Mario Sunshine? Not familiar with, or don't remember much about Mario Sunshine? In this game, Mario used the F.L.U.D.D water pump-like device to clean up pollution on the Isle Delfino. (As for me, all I remember was the catchy Delfino Plaza music). Mario also has to collect the Shine sprites that Bowser Jr. stole. So to make a Shine sprite, this tutorial combines circles, triangles, and rings. Practice making these shapes, or become inspired to make other designs!    What you will need: -Background paper (can be any color; I used a lighter blue color) -Twelve 22" yellow paper strips (I used marker to color in 2 pieces of 8" x 11" computer paper, then taped them, then cut strips) -Twelve 22" light orange paper strips (these are optional and are for the outline) -Two pieces of black paper for the eyes (I used a Sharpie to color in some eyes, then cut them out. These are not paper quilled). -P...

6 Paper Quilling Designs Using Only The Basic Triangle

 What is a paper quilled triangle? How to paper quill a triangle Triangle design ideas Illuminati Confirmed Legends say that humans are more interested in odd numbered things, and the triangle is no exception. To paper quill a triangle, pinch a circle at the left, top, and right sides. For more uniform or equilateral triangles, start with a tight coil. And for irregular triangles (scalene, acute, isoceles, obtuse, and right triangles), pinch a very loose coil into those shapes. (If you didn't remember all these triangles, don't worry; I had to Google them too).  Basic process of paper quilling a triangle 1. Use a toothpick to roll an entire strip of paper 2. Release the coil to make it loose (if you want an irregular triangle). Or don't release the coil, and proceed to step 3 3. Glue the coil to itself 4. Use both your thumbs and index fingers to pinch the circle into a triangle You may need tweezers to pinch a tight coil into a triangle. On the other hand, loose coils may ...

How To Paper Quill A Fairy In A Bottle From The Legend of Zelda

 Supplies Instructions Variations Gotta prepare for the dungeon boss! As you probably know, fairies heal all of Link's health in the Legend of Zelda games. Catch fairies in a bottle ahead of time, to use in case you're having trouble fighting a boss. Luckily, paper quilling this fairy design is much easier than catching fairies. This post will recap the basic circle and teardrop shapes, and introduce the new technique of creating a ring.   What you will need: To make the fairy body by the normal method, all paper strips used were 22 inches long (basically, two pieces of 8" x 11" computer paper taped together the long way). To make the fairy body by the ring method, simply use one 8" light pink and magenta paper strip, one 8" white paper strip, and a pen. -Scissors -Toothpick -Glue -One to four multi-color, 22" paper strips (use one to make the fairy body, and three to make the optional fairy sparkles. Half the paper strip should be white. The remaining ...