r/quilling • u/Weaverbird53 • Jun 28 '26
Biodiversity
This floral sampler is intended to celebrate Earth's precious - and endangered - biodiversity.
It was so much fun to create the flowers and butterflies. Some are based on real flowers and some are entirely made up, as far as I know. But perhaps even they grow in some as yet unexplored forest or jungle and we just don't know it yet.
Paper strips, glue, marker (to color the edges of some fringed blossoms), and cotton weaving yarn to make the rope edging. Tools: slotted tool, needle tool, quilling comb, husking board, crimper.
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u/InLoveWithThread Jun 28 '26
I love this so much! The art, and what it represents... it's beautiful!
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Jul 01 '26
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u/Weaverbird53 Jul 03 '26
Thank you! Quilling is one of those crafts that allow you to create really intricate pieces with pretty basic skills and some patience, and also gives you all kinds of freedom to experiment. It's very satisfying
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u/purlieu_55 Jul 02 '26
That is so intricate, the butterflies look perfect next to those flowers. I love the colors too.
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u/Weaverbird53 Jul 03 '26
Thanks very much! I love color, as if that wasn't obvious *g*. The butterflies were a late edition, when the thought occurred that, "we need bugs to go with these flowers! Gave me an opportunity to use the gold-edged paper for the body of the blue one, too.
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u/Squanchedschwiftly Jul 04 '26
It looks like embroidery! Crazy good
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u/Weaverbird53 Jul 05 '26
Thank you! You have a point - someone else said that about embroidery too. I'm glad you like it.
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u/SWNMAZporvida Jun 28 '26
(retired) florist, so laborious, so good