more flowers

I tried making different kinds of flowers I could think of .

I have used two strips black and white together to make the top left flower.

quilled flowers

The center circle- 6 inches and 0.5cm width strip wound tight,

Fold paper of 6 inches length and 1.5 inches width, fold it lengthwise and cut along the fold at about 45 degrees through out the length of the strip( leaving 0.5cm).

wind it around the center till the end and stick the end, the fringes will unfurl to form beautiful flowers.

I found this tutorial here, http://increations.blogspot.com/2009/02/fringed-flowers-ii.html

quilled flowers

The center is a tight coil, for the outer circle take a strip of width about 1.5 cms in width.cut fringes along the length of the outer strip. Stick one end of the fringed strip to the tight coil and wind it tight and then stick it now press the fringes to form the flower.
width of center 0.5 cm.

I found a wonderful site with this tutorial here.

quilled sun flowers

I am hoping to do a series of flowers.

I have started with these beautiful sunflowers.

For the petals -2 inches.

HAPPY PONGAL-2010

Pongal pot

I wanted to quill a pongal pot for this pongal. I am happy with the way my paanai turned out.

3-D snowflake

I found this easy tutorial on wikihow to make a three dimensional snow flake, I though it a great idea for christmas decorationhttp://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-3D-Paper-Snowflake

Origami-kusudama

Christmas time and back home, I though I will surprise my mother by decorating her home.

Being so proud of my own kusudama at home, I wanted to make one for her.Before I left Chennai

I had cut papers of 12cm squares and I thought I had 60 squares for 60 petals , but once I started to make the flowers I found at least 12 short in each colour( orange and blue) so I cut up some magazine covers and wrapping paper to make the rest of the flowers.

It looked good hanging from the ceiling .Detailed tutorial is available here-http://foldingtrees.com/2008/11/kusudama-tutorial-part-1/