“Quilling, is by far my favorite way of decorating my handmade gifts Pages from the Heart. Quilling also known as paper filigree, paper rolling and paper scrolling involves rolling narrow strips of paper into shapes that make up part of a larger design. Typical quilling shapes resemble leaves, coils, and flower petals, inspired by Ancient Egyptian and Roman wire filigree.

To the left are Quilled Roses the most difficult of the quilling shapes to master ,but one I love to use to decorate my range of handmade sentimental gifts .To the right you see an example of some of the simpler though still very decorative quilling shapes these are also employed throughout Pages from the Heart handmade gifts range of customizable gifts.

A Brief History Of Quilling

While some sources believe that quilling originated in Ancient Egypt, others connect the art of quilling with China and the invention of paper around 105 AD.

The first known quillers were Nuns members of cloistered religious orders, in Europe during the Middle Ages who used individual bird quills as a quilling /rolling tools. to scroll their work.

Later on in the 15th century it was noted that nuns collected gilt-edged parchment that fell off bibles that they quilled into decorative designs for religious medallions.

Now with the wider availability of paper, French and Italian nuns achieved more intricate quilled work in 16th and 17th centuries decorating relics and religious images with quilling as ornamentation. Walls and altars of poorer churches displayed these icons and backgrounds quilled with gilded or silvered paper, mostly indistinguishable from genuine gold or silver filigree work.”

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