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snowflake sphere

Postby havingfunnow » Mon Feb 08, 2016 1:02 pm

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I've been wanting to make something three-dimensional with quilled snowflakes. This is my first try at a quilled snowflake sphere, and some changes are needed, but I'm pretty excited about it.

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Re: snowflake sphere

Postby BarbaraRose » Mon Feb 08, 2016 1:25 pm

cool!
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Postby Bethers » Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:15 pm

Yes, very cool.
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Re: snowflake sphere

Postby BirdbyBird » Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:55 pm

Neat.... :)
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Postby snowball » Mon Feb 08, 2016 11:00 pm

I'd be excited about it!!!
looks really good
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Postby MandysMom » Tue Feb 09, 2016 3:01 am

Beautiful. And I still have not dug into my craft room deep enough to,find all my quilling stuff, tools, and paper. Good job.
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Postby monik7 » Tue Feb 09, 2016 3:06 am

Amazing!!!
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Postby Redetotry » Tue Feb 09, 2016 8:28 am

Lovely! Did you quilt the pieces and then stiffen them in some way or ?
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Re: snowflake sphere

Postby havingfunnow » Tue Feb 09, 2016 10:13 am

I shaped the pieces on a foam mold as I made them, BJ, so that each one would have the necessary curve. Then I assembled the larger pieces, and made sure the glue had at least 8 hours to set. Actually, the thing that makes this an experiment rather than a completed sphere is that I underestimated how much reinforcement a nine-inch sphere needed as I was building, so this sphere is a bit too flexible. If I hung it, I think it would sag over time. The next one will be completely rigid.

And now that I have that figured out . . . oh, my, more possibilities! I'm thinking of quilled dragon wings . . . :D
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Re: snowflake sphere

Postby BarbaraRose » Tue Feb 09, 2016 12:31 pm

How big around are those?
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Re: snowflake sphere

Postby MandysMom » Tue Feb 09, 2016 5:39 pm

I wonder if a inflated round balloon would work for the smaller, stiffer pieces? Then pop it when done and remove. Quilling is such fun. Before I knew what quilling was, when I got married in ''76, a dear friend of my Mom's framed our wedding invitation and decorated it with beautiful quilling. I treasure that gift. Towels wear out, pans get replaced, but that quilling is forever! You have given me the itch to start quilling again.
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Re: snowflake sphere

Postby Liz » Tue Feb 09, 2016 9:51 pm

Wow that's beautiful!
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Re: snowflake sphere

Postby Irmi » Thu Feb 11, 2016 12:20 pm

Great job!
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