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Quilled Clock

This was a fun project I made for my Mother's Birthday.

Supplies Required:

Wood Plate (9" - 10")
ClockWorks Kit
White Satin Enamel Paint
Fleck Stone Spray Finish - Alabaster
Quilling Paper in 1/8", 1/4", 3/8" widths - various colors
Glue

Tools:

Power Drill
Quilling Tool

Start with a 9" - 10" wood plate.  Drill a hole in the center just large enough for the post of the Clock Works Kit to fit through.
Paint both sides of the wood plate with 1 coat of white satin enamel paint.    After drying for 1 hour (or until dry to touch) spray the plate with 2 coats of Alabaster FleckStone Finish allowing 1 hour drying time between coats (or until dry to touch).
After completely dry install the clock works according to directions on package.  The clockworks kit I used included stickers for all 12 hours but I only used 4 (12, 3, 6, 9)and used 6" graperolls for the remainder hours

Quilling Directions

Leaves: (make approx 30)
- 5 - 4" marquises from 1/8" paper
  Glue 2 marquises together at points forming a "V"
  Glue 2 more marquises together at points into the first "V"
  Glue remaining marquise into 2nd "V"

Not Actual Size

Eccentric Flowers: (make 2)
- 1 - 6" fringed flower from 3/8" paper
  6 - 6" eccentric teardrops
  Glue eccentric teardrops around fringed flower
Fringed Flowers: (make approx 50)
- Make various sizes (1", 2", 3", 4", and 6") of fringed flowers from 1/4" & 3/8" paper
Large Ring Coil Flowers (make 6)
- 1 - 4" graperoll from 1/8" paper for center
- 7 - 18" ring coils from 1/8" paper - pressed to rounded points at opposite ends (you can roll coils around handle of your quilling tool to ensure they are all the same size)
  Glue ring coils around graperoll

Not Actual Size

Small Ring Coil Flowers (make approx 15)
- 1 - 2" tight roll from 1/8" paper for center
- 4 - 9" ring coils from 1/8" paper - pressed to rounded points at opposite ends
  Glue ring coils to tight roll to form semi-circle

Not Actual Size

Marquise Flowers (make approx 30)
- 1 - fringed flower from 1.5" of 1/4" paper for center
  7 - marquises from 4" of 1/8" paper
  Glue marquises around fringed center

Not Actual Size

Assembly

Arrange eccentric flowers at approx. 12 o'clock & 6 o'clock.
Arrange large ring coil flowers at approx 1 o'clock, 3 o'clock, 5 o'clock, 7 o'clock, 9 o'clock, and 11 o'clock. Arrange remaining flowers and leaves around outline of clock using fringed flowers to fill any gaps. Glue leaves and most of the flowers at angles - not flat.

Quilled Calendars

Here is another idea for a long lasting gift for that special person. For the past few years, I have been making Quilled Calendars for family & friends. The calendar templates are easily created using many software packages - the one I use is Microsoft Publisher.

Print the calendar on heavy cardstock - 110# or higher. I use a one-hole punch to make a hanging hole at the top and then add quilling to the header.

You can quill anything on them, co-ordinating colors to match decorating schemes. Below are a few examples of calendars I made this year.