3D Quilling: Space Dude

In celebration of Canadian Astronaut, Col. Chris Hadfield's epic journey and safe return to planet Earth...and to stop the pestering of my uber space enthused sister to make something spacey; Kurlikins proudly presents: Space Dude! 

Space dude looked a little lonesome standing on his own, so I made a little scene to go with him- a first for Kurlikins!

As far as 3D quilling goes, he was pretty straight forward for me to put him together, although there was a little coaxing to get his helmet looking right. Most of the work in this piece went into the detail and the moon. 

Making the moon was a little paper feat all to itself. A whopping 3 meters (almost 10 feet) of paper strips were used.... and that was only to make a moon with a diameter of around 8 cm (3.1 in)

A massive shout out and thanks to Col. Chris Hadfield for sharing his inspiring 'out-of-this-world' adventure with us earthlings! 

Like what you see? Leave a comment or ask a question. Also, don't forget to be a fan on Facebook, follow or subscribe by email so you don't miss out on what comes next! Pin It

Tutorial: 3D Quilled Fairy Girl Instructions

In celebration of Kurlikins being 1 year old, here is a tutorial on how to make your very own cute little fairy girl. 

Join in on the Facebook page to ask any questions, leave comments... better yet: leave a picture of YOUR finished product!

Have Fun!

What you'll need:

• Quilling strips (or paper which you'll cut into quilling strips using the ruler and knife)- see colours in photo
• Glue
• Toothpick
• Quilling Tool- up to you if you want to use a slotted, pointed or no tool at all. 
• Optional: marble or something round

Note: all my strip lengths are based on an A4 sheet of paper (29.7cm/ 11.7in)

The Body

1. DRESS:
6 x 6mm strips
Glue the strips together to form a long snake

2. Roll up all the strips into a make a tight coil

3. Flatten coil

4. Push out to form a cone.
You can use the marble for this- or your pinky finger

5. Coat the inside with glue with your toothpick

6. DRESS BASE: 

6 x 3mm strips

Coat the coil in glue (don't push out)

7. Connect the 3mm coil to the 6mm coil.
Make sure the joins are in the same place

8. Add a 3mm tight roll to make the neck

9. DECORATIONS: 
3mm x 15cm 
Make a bundle of tear drop shapes to decorate her dress
Set aside to attach later on

The Limbs

10. Arm caps: 3mm strips x 7cm (make 2)

Make tight coils and push out slightly.

Glue and put aside to dry

11. ARMS AND LEGS
Arms: 1cm wide strip x 5cm (make 2)
Legs: 1.5 cm wide strip x 5cm (make 2)

12. HANDS: 
3mm x 5cm strips (make 2)
Squeeze one side to flatten the coil 

13. Attach the hands to the arms

14. SHOES: 
Tight coil 1 x 3mm strip (make 2)
Create small dome shape
Squeeze into a heel (teardrop shape)
Pop out one side of dome to make the toes
Glue inside to hold the shape

15. Glue the leg onto the shoe

16. Glue the arms into the arm caps

The Head

17. HEAD
Make tight coils using 10 x 3mm strips (make 2)
Pinch one side to make a chin

18. Shape to make face and back of head
Glue

19. What you should have so far...

20. HAIR
Cut lots of little strips to make the hair style
Attach 

21. EARS: 
3mm x 5cm (make 2)
Tight coil then flatterned on one side
Glue to head

22. Continue making hairstyle
I've made a girly plait/braid

23. Glue hair to the inside the face

24. Glue the face to the back of the head. 

Hold till dry

25. Attach the arms
Attach the legs- making sure it stands up by itself
Glue head onto neck- Balance!
 Hold till dry

26. Remember the decorations from step 9??
(Optional) Glue on the teardrop dress decorations 
Make sure to cover up the join mark on the dress

The Wings

27. Wrap first strip around finger and glue. 
Wrap to create the second loop and glue.

28. Glue next strip and make the next loop

29. Continue like this adding colour and loops to your desired size

30. Make 2 big ones, and 2 small ones

31. Glue all wing bits together
Attach to the back of your fairy. 

Note: attaching the wings may throw your overall balance out of the fairy, making her fall over. Play around with the wing positioning ect. to get this perfect.

Ta Da! Your super gorgeous 3D quilled Fairy Girl!

Like what you see? Leave a comment or ask a question. Also, don't forget to be a fan on Facebook, follow or subscribe by email so you don't miss out on what comes next!

Pin It

Fire Fairy in 3D Quilling

I haven't made a fairy in a little while, and wanted to make something that was pretty straight forward, so here she is: Fire Fairy!

By saying she way straight forward, doesn't mean she was a quick one to make. Seeing that she was ALL about the hair- this is what took the longest time, making and setting it right. 

The basic shapes that were used as are follows:
Head- 2 flat discs 'popped out' a little to make it rounded. 
Body- simple cone
Arm sleeves- cones that are squashed a little so they fit to the body nicely.
Hands- grape rolls that are squashed into teardrop shapes. 
Wings- Very simple husking like what was done for Tinky Fairy

Fire Fairy is made from a combination of strip sizes. 6mm for the body, and 3mm (or there abouts) for everything else. She is a cute little 5cm tall. 

Like what you see? Leave a comment or ask a question. Also, don't forget to be a fan on Facebook, follow or subscribe by email so you don't miss out on what comes next! Pin It

Wicked Witch

This little wicked witch should have made an appearance for Halloween... but I guess she was off on her broomstick doing whatever wicked things witches do.

The making of this little witch was quite wicked indeed, especially the making of her hat! It was the first time I'd attempted to make a hat like this, and this took a lot of work- making pointy with 3D quilling isn't the easiest of tasks.

The body of the witch was made with all the basic quilling shapes. The nose is by far my favorite- a big, gnarly, hooked, cone nose, with a juicy red boil! Delicious!

All parts of this witch were made with 3mm strips.


Like what you see? Leave a comment or ask a question. Also, don't forget to be a fan on Facebook, follow or subscribe by email so you don't miss out on what comes next! Pin It

Graduation Girl

This little miniature- Kurlikins style- is of my little sister, who graduated with a degree in psychology over the weekend. 

There were a few new techniques in this design that took a little working out. As you could probably guess, the hat was a little challenging to get fitting correctly.                            

This little graduation girl stands all on her own at 5.5cm (2.2 in) tall. Her body is made from 6mm strips which gave her a good solid base to work from. The rest of her body is made from 3mm strips. 

Like what you see? Leave a comment or ask a question. Also, don't forget to be a fan on Facebook, follow or subscribe by email so you don't miss out on what comes next! Pin It