LITTLE BUTTON TALES: To Quill or not to Quill ......... x

My sister 'dragged' me along to a crafters guild meeting tonight at a local country park where she had been asked to show some of her handmade soaps (must do a little post on them when i've got some decent piccies). At the meeting there were various crafters showing their 'wares' - beaders, silk painters, lace makers (oh my god what patience and how on earth do you not tangle all those threads and bobbins up!!!), knitters and a lovely lady Valerie giving a demonstration on Quilling.

Now when my sister was a child my parents bought her a Quilling kit from a craft fair and as i wanted to do everything my elder sister did i soon started twisting and twirling the paper myself - although i also remember getting very messy with glue and trying to get sticky paper off my fingers! Anyway tonight i watched intently as Valerie produced some beautiful flowers from strips of coloured paper using a technique i had never tried which involved cutting the paper to produce lovely fringed flower (again wish i'd taken my camera). So as my sister and i watched and dreamt about what else we could use this technique for - leather, fabric etc. she turned to me and said

" You know i've still got that old case full of all the quilling stuff" - "not that old blue case" i said "no it's white with a blue satin lining" - and then i remembered it also had a broken handle which mum had replaced with string -- and suddenly i felt the urge to start quilling again except this time without gluing myself to the paper!

On my return home i have just fired up the lap top and googled quilling to find some images when i stumbled across images of work by Yulia Brodskay which have left me totally blown away. I just had to share them with you as they are some of the most beautiful things i have ever seen.

As for that little white case with the blue lining and string handle - i might just have to take a little peek inside (just for the nostalgia of course!) x