PONGAL GREETINGS.

A Very Happy Pongal to everyone.  May happiness and prosperity overflow this pongal and for the rest of the year.

I quilled another pongal pot this year. I used 200 gsm hand cut strips for most of this piece except for the paddy sheaf .which is 90 gsm paper strips.I made the pot using a circle template for reference and decorated with yellow and violet strips. It looks very good in person. I only planned to quill a pot but with the encouragement of my entire family I included every other element of the pongal celebration. Today being Surya pongal. The Sun is worshiped and thanked for the harvest.

Thanks for stopping by, Have a great pongal.

Quilled flowers

                                            QUIILLED SUNFLOWER

                                                 QUILLED LILAC

                                                 QUILLED TULIPS

                         First post for this year , A lot of quilled flowers.

                         Thanks for stopping by, Have a lovely day.

Happy New year 2013

 I am completing three years of blogging today and keeping with my tradition of a Quilled new year post before the end of the year I quilled this , Although it is a simple design it took me a long time , I wanted to have a kolam design with the numbers , this is not what I had in mind but it worked out well together.
I used hand cut 200 gsm white and purple colour strips on yellow colour card stock.
  Many thanks to my readers and fellow bloggers who encourage me , with their comments and mails.  Thanks to all great quillers who take time to blog and  share their techniques.

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE WHO STOPS BY.

Quilled blue flowers

            Almost at the end of a year, which has been a good year for a lot of quilling for me.
I started and finished some big projects, My stalls happened, and some really good orders came my way. I am happy that I could keep all the dead lines .These are some of the cards I made for a school reunion.
This one is using the bee hive technique which Susan so kindly shared with us, which is one of my most favourite technique.

Thanks for stopping by, Have a creative day.

Quilled poinsettia.

      Here is my Christmas card for this year. I made the poinsettia with bee hive quilling but without the frame. Ever since Chris posted her flower and shared her tutorial , I wanted to try it out. I did not exactly follow her tutorial to make this flower but the idea is entirely hers and I do love the lacy effect of this kind of beehive quilling. The card itself is very simple and looks really lovely in person.

     Thanks for stopping by, Have a great day.

Diwali greetings.

Wishing all my readers a very happy , prosperous and safe Diwali.

I am happy that I found some time for a card for diwali, I made the crackers by rolling red colour two and a half centimeter strips into tight coils. It turned out bigger than I expected almost as big as the real ones and completely filled up the card.

The punched stars and flowers are from a gold colour paper with a beautiful sheen which unfortunately doesn't show well in the photograph. The background paper is a metallic lavender .It is altogether a glittery card.

Thanks for stopping by , A very happy diwali.

Akhil's birthday gift.

     My younger son Akhil is turning fifteen today and I surprised him with this quilled miniature Harry potter.
I have lost count of the number of times Akhil has finished the entire series of Harry potter books. Abi and I try to get him to read other books and sometimes we succeed , but he always comes back to his Harry potter books. When I was looking for ideas for his birthday gift ,the idea suggested itself after years of picking up Harry potter books from just about everywhere.
    Recently he reminded me that it has been a while since I made dolls,I though making a doll for him will be a nice surprise for him.
     Abi is not happy with the cap , he thinks it looks like an elf's . I wrapped the broom around a tooth pick and the wand around a wire. Other than that the doll is completely made from paper.
   
    Linking this doll to - Itsy Bitsy make it dimensional challenge.

    Thanks for stopping by , Have a creative day.