If you are new to quilling then you may be considering what tools you can, or should, get and how these different tools are used.
In this article we will discuss the basic quilling tools you can get.
Needle Tool and Slotted Quilling Tool These are your two most basic quilling necessities and allow you to coil the paper to create your different quilling patterns.
These should be the first tools you get and you may find, depending on the patterns you want to make, that you can stick with just these two for quite a while.
Craft Glue Craft glue is another essential that you need in order to start as it will hold your coils together and is also essential in creating other shapes.
If you are starting with a minimalist toolkit then craft glue and a needle tool or slotted tool are your most basic items.
Scissors You will also find that you need scissors in a minimalist kit in order to cut your paper strips to the right size or even make your own strips.
Circle Template Board Since the circle or coil is the basic shape for most patterns, a circle template board can be another useful early addition to any quillers' toolkit as it enables you to accurately measure the sizes of different circles and therefore make more precise designs.
Tweezers Tweezers are useful for handling your different quilling shapes, especially coils, when working carefully and creating more intricate designs.
You may also want to add these to your toolkit when you first start quilling.
Fringing Tools Fringing tools are ideal for creating beautiful flowers as they make small fringes/cuts in your strips of paper which are often used to make different types of flowers.
These are a few of the basic tools required for your quilling toolkit but there are also a number of other tools which you may find useful as you progress.
Add to your tools as you find you require different things but you will always need to start with at least a needle or slotted tool, a pair of scissors and some craft glue.
In this article we will discuss the basic quilling tools you can get.
Needle Tool and Slotted Quilling Tool These are your two most basic quilling necessities and allow you to coil the paper to create your different quilling patterns.
These should be the first tools you get and you may find, depending on the patterns you want to make, that you can stick with just these two for quite a while.
Craft Glue Craft glue is another essential that you need in order to start as it will hold your coils together and is also essential in creating other shapes.
If you are starting with a minimalist toolkit then craft glue and a needle tool or slotted tool are your most basic items.
Scissors You will also find that you need scissors in a minimalist kit in order to cut your paper strips to the right size or even make your own strips.
Circle Template Board Since the circle or coil is the basic shape for most patterns, a circle template board can be another useful early addition to any quillers' toolkit as it enables you to accurately measure the sizes of different circles and therefore make more precise designs.
Tweezers Tweezers are useful for handling your different quilling shapes, especially coils, when working carefully and creating more intricate designs.
You may also want to add these to your toolkit when you first start quilling.
Fringing Tools Fringing tools are ideal for creating beautiful flowers as they make small fringes/cuts in your strips of paper which are often used to make different types of flowers.
These are a few of the basic tools required for your quilling toolkit but there are also a number of other tools which you may find useful as you progress.
Add to your tools as you find you require different things but you will always need to start with at least a needle or slotted tool, a pair of scissors and some craft glue.
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