Making an angel in quilling style

Quilling is a special technique for making various beautiful decorative compositions from twisted paper strips of all kinds of colors. At the same time, the paper is twisted into small spirals. Today we will talk about how to make a small quilling angel, what materials will be needed for this.

Quilling is often called paper rolling. Using this technique, you can create both volumetric and flat figures or whole compositions consisting of several separate elements of paper at once.

Twisted paper spirals are given various shapes. They are connected to each other in such a way as to end up with a solid image. Quilling allows you to create decorative objects in different styles and in different colors.

Often, figures made using this technique are used as a decoration for a Christmas tree, a decorative element for a house or apartment.

Before starting work, all the necessary tools and materials should be prepared in advance.

• Paper. Choose colored double-sided paper. It can be purchased at almost any office supply store.
• Colored cardboard. It will be needed in order to create a general background for the entire finished composition.
• Simple pencil... You will need it in order to make small notes in the process of work.
• Scissors... You can take any office scissors.
• Glue. Better to get a glue stick.At the same time, PVA is rarely used, since you have to glue small thin parts to each other, and such an adhesive mixture can be very noticeable on such miniature products after it dries.
• Ribbons... They will be needed only if you want to make a small Christmas toy for the tree out of the angel, with the help of a ribbon, in this case, the quilling angel will be hung on the tree.
• Metal knitting needles... They can be used to create spirals faster. Colored paper is wound directly on them.

Such a base is sometimes used to create individual elements of the composition (for hair, wings). Also, for some parts, you can take a special corrugated paper that has a wavy shape.

Today there are a large number of different schemes, master classes and ways to make a small decorative angel using the quilling technique. We'll consider the easiest option that even a beginner can do.

First you need to take several sheets of colored double-sided paper of different colors. They are carefully cut with scissors into thin strips of the same size.

First, you should make a skirt for the future angel. To do this, you need to glue three paper strips together. The resulting workpiece is twisted and laid in such a way that a circle is obtained. In this case, the strips should not fit snugly against each other.

Then the tip of the twisted figure is fixed with a glue stick. After that, you should give it the desired shape, for this, gently squeeze the paper on one side with your finger, gradually giving it the shape of a droplet. In total, you need to make three such blanks. The resulting elements should not be glued together immediately - they are put aside and they begin to make the body of an angel.

To make a body, you need to glue two strips of paper together and twist them into a loose circle. Its diameter should not exceed 20 millimeters. The end of the paper is fixed with an adhesive mass.

The resulting circle begins to compress slightly from both sides at once. If you want to make the body voluminous, then you should roll the paper, consisting of five strips, into a small roll. After that, its middle must be gradually squeezed out so that a cone begins to form. To fix it, it is well coated inside with an adhesive mass.

When the workpiece takes on the desired shape, it will be possible to glue it together and the finished skirt elements. All three details of the skirt are attached to the bottom of the body.

Later you can start creating wings for the future angel. To make them, you need to glue two strips of paper together and twist them into a small circle. There are two such blanks.

After that, they are slightly squeezed with a finger on one side and gently bent. The resulting openwork wings are glued along the sides of the body. If you want to get more voluminous and openwork wings, you can immediately make many similar blanks of different sizes. They are connected to each other so that a whole composition of paper modules is obtained.

To make an angel's head, you also need to glue two strips of paper together in advance.... Later, a circle is formed from these glued strips, its diameter should not exceed 15 millimeters. The end of the workpiece is fixed with an adhesive mixture. To make the finished craft more beautiful and interesting, you can make your hair separately.

To do this, you can take only 2/3 of one strip. It is twisted from both sides at once. This element can be immediately attached to the angel's head. At the end, all the remaining individual blanks are connected together.

Such paper can be purchased ready-made at any stationery store. It is cut into small, thin pieces.Several of these elements are glued to the angel's head.

The head is glued to the body. This must be done carefully, since the end of the body is rather narrow. If you want to use your finished toy as a fun Christmas craft, you can also attach a small satin ribbon to your head and hang it on the tree.

To make the handles, you will need to form two small spirals from two glued paper strips. For this, it is better to use pink paper.

For this element, the stripes must be at least 20 millimeters long. The diameter of the finished spiral will be about 10 millimeters.

Later, they begin to create a dress for an angel. To complete it, you need to make three free spirals, each of which will consist of eight fastened strips. It is better to use a base of blue or blue colors. If desired, you can take another color.

For a dress, it is better to use strips 20 millimeters long. The diameter of the twisted spirals should be about 10 millimeters. Also, for this part, you need to make two separate modules, which will consist of only two strips fastened together.

All the resulting paper modules are gradually glued together with glue-pencil, forming a dress. At the end, it is attached to the body. After that, the ready-made angel arms are attached to the body. If desired, the quilling angel can be additionally decorated. For this, small beads, colored beads, pearls or openwork lace are often used.

To learn how to make an angel in the quilling style, see the video.