IMISNO Paper Quilling DIY Kits with 30 Colors Quilling Strips Crafting Board Beginners Paper Tool for Quilled Creations (Paper Strips Width 5mm)

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Quilling or paper filigree is an ancient art. It sorigins can certainly be traced back as far as the 15th Century when nuns curled paper around abird s quill. Poorer religious orders who couldnot afford metal filigree would use gilded paperto make decorated candle sconces, cases for holyremains and religious pictures. During Victorian times quilling became apopular decoration for boxes, tea caddies, theedges of mirrors and furniture such as screens. It was almost as fashionable as embroidery andlovely examples still survive, some of which areon show at the Victoria and Albert museum.Today quilling is enjoying a revival and witha wider variety of materials and fresh interestfrom a great many people, it is being used in a whole variety of new ways, not only for decoration of boxes and other articles, but alsofor such items as greetings cards, pictures, jewellery and mobiles. Quilling may look fiddly and difficult but once you have accomplished the basic skills it isa very rewarding craft and one that need not be too expensive.