How to make a butterfly out of quilling?

Many are already familiar with the paper spinning technique called quilling. It is a great way to escape from problems, calm down, relax and enjoy the process of creating real paper masterpieces. It all depends on your imagination. This article will examine in more detail how to make a butterfly out of quilling.

A luxurious butterfly made using the quilling technique will become not only a stylish decoration of your home, but it can also be a handmade souvenir gift. Such a butterfly can sparkle in different colors. Using color paper, you can draw any pattern, because this material is quite convenient to use, it is easy to spin.

It is worth noting that it will be difficult for beginners to independently understand the intricacies of creating a butterfly using the quilling technique. To begin with, you should familiarize yourself with step-by-step instructions, as well as materials and tools necessary for work. Beginners should definitely apply schemes to create a future masterpiece. Explore some of the most attractive, then focus on one of them. At the same time, it is better for beginners to start with simple schemes. Their presence will not only simplify paperwork, but also delve into this technique, acquire basic skills, and also master several methods in both wrapping and bonding.

Applying a pattern to create a butterfly using the quilling technique is very important because it is quite difficult to make the right and the same details without seeing the schematic drawing. Of course, the choice of color and pattern is yours, but without using the scheme, you risk making wings of irregular shape or size, for example, they may be asymmetric.

Today, a wide assortment of ready-made schemes and patterns is presented for work in the style of quilling in stores. If desired, you can draw a butterfly yourself. To do this, you need an A4 sheet. You will be able to choose color schemes, as well as the shapes of the details that will form the butterfly. This process is very interesting, it allows you to additionally enjoy the drawing process.

If you decide to make a butterfly out of quilling, then you should initially prepare materials and tools. These include the following:

• good density colored paper;
• Cork board;
• scissors;
• PVA glue;
• a ruler containing patterns of various shapes;
• a tool for curling paper strips into rolls;
• pins
• acrylic lacquer;
• scheme-drawing, which you can draw yourself if you wish.

When all the tools and materials are ready, you can go directly to the master class on creating quilling style butterflies.

It is necessary to take either ready-made strips of paper for quilling, or cut them yourself. For our butterfly pink and black colors will be required. It is necessary to prepare 4 strips of pink shade with dimensions of 1.5x5 cm, 2 strips of 2x20 cm and 6 strips of 1x10 cm. Next, take the black paper and cut it into small strips.

Next, take a tool for curling paper strips and spin them in turn. As a result, fairly dense circles are formed. It is from them that the details for creating the butterfly will be made. To get a beautiful picture, circles should not be tight, they should be dissolved a little. To create a circle of the desired size, a special ruler is used. With its help, you can conveniently dissolve the circle - it should be enclosed in a template that suits your diameter. On average, the lineup presents three different sizes.

When the mug becomes voluminous, it is necessary to carefully remove it from the template, and then gently glue the tip of the paper with glue so that it does not dissolve in the future. Next, you can proceed to the formation of the shape of the circle. It is necessary to make a droplet shape - you should grab a circle with one thumb and forefinger on one side and make a bend.

The resulting droplets should be placed on the diagram so that a quilling butterfly is obtained. They will be close to each other. Next, you need to glue them together in those places where they are adjacent to each other. First, a drop of a larger diameter is taken, two drops of a smaller diameter are glued to it. When gluing droplets, it is worth paying attention that the tail of the droplet located in the middle should protrude in comparison with others. If this rule is not followed, then you will not be able to stick the resulting parts together.

Further it is worth taking strips of black color. They will be used on the basis of cantica. With their help, you can create the so-called frame. All the resulting parts must be glued with black stripes. To make the product reliable, it is worth wrapping the parts several times in a black frame, at least two times.

Then you can move on to creating the body of the butterfly. You should take one strip of black paper, fold it in half.Half of the created design needs to be smeared with glue and glued, the remaining part will allow you to create horns. To do this, the tips of the paper should be bent in different directions. To make the horns as believable as possible, they need to be twisted into circles.

Now we glue all the details - and we get wings that we glue to the body of the butterfly. If you want to use a butterfly from quilling as a pendant or attach it to other surfaces (for example, to a wall), then you need to form a tight ring, make a hole in it and fix it between the antennae of the butterfly.

Next, you need a cork board. A ready-made butterfly should be fixed on it until it completely dries. This will also require pins. When the craft dries, you can gently remove it from the board.

Workshop on making butterflies using quilling technique further.