Jul 26, 2018

Quilling Lowercase Letter a and How to Quill a Peacock Feather Tutorial



Quilling Lowercase Letter a and How to Quill a Feather Tutorial

I have always found lowercase letters to be cuter than their uppercase counterparts. Uppercase letters tend to look more rigid and structured because of all the straight sides. But just because lowercase letters are cute, doesn’t mean it’s easier for quilling. It’s actually much more challenging to deal with all these curves.



Follow along with me in my latest video! Try quilling the Lowercase Letter a – download the free template.

In case you didn’t know, I also offer a free template for the upper case letter A.

You can watch it in another video called “Quilling Letter A - How to Outline”.

So if you haven’t tried quilling letters yet, what are you waiting for?


Also in this video, I'll be showing how tapering your ends gives your quilling strips a soft, feathering look that subtley fades away. The first time I ever made a strip "fade" was for some fireworks in a Mickey Mouse project.




After watching my video, please let me know what you think in the comments below. I want to know if you think it’s too difficult to deal with, or whether you’re really enjoying the look regardless of the effort. I haven’t written a book of lowercase letters yet, because I want to know if there’s enough interest first. To be honest with you, it takes a while for me to write a book of quilling patterns, and if I get 100 people telling me they want this, then I’m up to the challenge.

So, give it a try, let me know how it goes, and whether you’d like a book about lowercase letters! As always, your comments are what fuels me. I’m inspired by your feedback. I want to keep improving what I do. Tell me which tip is the one that’s new to you, or let me know what you’d like to see in future videos! Or ask me a question and I’ll try my best to answer!

14 comments:

  1. I love this design and the way the feather curves against the chubby a!

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  2. Wonderful video...your instruction is always so clear and easy to follow...thank you

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    1. So happy to hear that! I'd love to see what you make one day!
      Cecelia

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  3. I am new at Quilling. I find myself following your videos and instructions. Thanks for taking the time to make them.

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    1. Welcome to the world of quilling! So happy to hear my tutorials are helpful to you so far – that gives me more energy to keep going :D

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  4. Please can i have letter n pattern also e thank you so much

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    1. Hi Linney, my e-book of letters is available in my Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/PaperZenShop

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  5. I'm trying to figure out what technique is used for these flamingos. Loose coils don't quite look right, and I've tried on a comb but that doesn't quite look right either. can you give me any ideas? https://quillingcard.com/products/975

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    1. Hello New Quiller, I believe they made a open coil, then simply compressed the coil, shaping it into the desired shape. Have fun experimenting!

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  6. i really love this lower case quilling! i love to learn all the lower case alphabet from you. thank you for providing this technique.

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    1. I'm happy to hear my quilling lowercase letters tutorials are helpful to you Heena!

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  7. If i need to write a full word where can I get all alphabet? Please help 🙏

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    1. Hi there, the full alphabet is available here in both upper and lower case letters:
      https://paperzen.ca/collections/quilling-manual

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