Pongal Wishes

         A very happy Pongal to everyone. Today on Surya Pongal , salutations are given to the Sun.
Pongal is the most important festival for Tamilians around the world. It is a harvest and thanksgiving festival. The first day is Surya Pongal , The second day is Mattu Pongal, on this day the Oxen is decorated and fed a sweet dish called Pongal. This is to thank them for their hard work along with the farmers in bringing about a good harvest. On the third day(kannu Pongal) , relatives and friends are visited and thanked for their support.
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Quilled New year 2014

     Wishing everyone a very happy ,prosperous and creative 
                                        New  Year.

Quilled Miniature Santa

    Each time I try my hand at quilling miniatures, it is like starting all over again . I hope to do more miniatures next year.This little Santa is lot thinner than what I had planned but he looks really cute. While I did his hair I couldn't help but, think of Cheryl and her adorable little sheep.

   This is how small he is ;-

  Santa sure brings lot of cheer, even as he was beginning to take shape , my kids were so excited  and started giving me ideas. A bag of goodies was much recommended but unfortunately I did not have the time.

Merry Christmas to everyone who stop by. 

Quilled poinsettia Christmas card.

          I started making a simple Christmas card ,the poinsettia turned out a bit bigger than I had planned and then I decided on bigger leaves and before I knew I had filled up the card. The petals are made using alternate looping technique and the leaves are made with different sizes of V scrolls.
          The petals are made using 80 gsm paper strips and the leaves are made using 200 gsm paper strips that I hand cut.
       
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Quilled peacock - embroidery design inspired

        

        Sometimes when I am given the choice to make what ever I think best. I take the opportunity  to make something that is on my to-do list. I found this free embroidery pattern on the internet which looked so quillable . I drew the pattern on a sheet of paper and then got the impression of the body alone on to the card.When it came to the tail part I tried to follow the pattern but soon got lost and had to arrange and rearrange the elements before sticking them down. I really love how colourful the peacock turned out. 

        The swirls are made from hand cut 200 gsm paper strips. The rest are 5mm pre cut strips . The feathers are eccentric coils made using four different coloured quilling strips joined end to end( light blue, dark blue, green and brown).

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Quilled sixtieth birthday card.

        It has been more than two month since I made a card , even though I have been quilling a lot. I have been busy making quilled jewellery .  This Navarathri Golu at our library was quite a hit , we did scenes from the life and teachings of Swami Vivekananda ,our sincere effort at celebrating his 150th birth anniversary. I also got a week off to visit my mother .
       A couple of days ago I received an order for a birthday card for a sixtieth birthday. Sixtieth birthday is considered very important in many places in India. Some celebrate the day by performing many rituals including some wedding rituals. Most often children perform the wedding of their parents and seek their blessings.
        I first printed out the 60 and then used white colour 300 gsm paper over it. Then I added swirls and flowers to the card little by little until I liked the final result . I always hope I know where to stop , I love these beautiful swirls and would gladly fill up every available space. As always I enjoyed the on edge quilling. I hand cut the white and heavy green paper used for making the swirls , the rest are store bought 5mm strips.
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More paper beads.

      It is Golu time again, with Navarathri fast approaching . We ladies of our library have started work which will go on till the beginning of next month. I thought I would post some paper beads that I made some time ago and again take a break from blogging until after Navarathri. But then again if I happen to make anything nice with paper for the Golu  I will surely take time to post.

     

     These beads are made out of metallic red colour paper rolled into a cone shape and then hand painted with acrylic gold  . The pendant is quilled with the same metallic paper. The tight coil at the center is also painted. This was made on request from a friend for her son's wedding as one of the many wedding day gifts for her daughter in law.

      These paper beads are made from recycling a catalogue . I really enjoyed rolling these.

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