Bluebell flowers

 

Well.. I came across blue bell flower pictures in shutterstock and the moment I saw, I decided to give it a try with quilling. Initially, I made 6 long petals & have pasted them in two circles - one inner circle with 3 petals and the in-between space filled with petals from outer circle.. And I had sent the pic to my sister for review. She didn't like that arrangement and suggested to make one circle with 5 petals.. I too liked this one much better than the previous one with 6 petals. So, I went ahead with this - made few buds too..The struggle came in making the leaves. I've tried quite a few variations. They didn't look natural, rather gave a spider cob & octopus look.. So, took away some leaves and finally retained only 6.

Quilling Poppy flower

                                

Few years back, I made a quilling poppy flower.. Gosh !! I hate it.. Glad that my mother-in-law has taken it to put it in her home. After a long time, I wanted to give it another try - this time with thinner strip and a detailed pistil.. It was blue last time.. I thought of giving it a try with red (as I purchased a lot of red strips recently). I had cut these 3 mm wide strips into half.. A bit tedious, but the strips made with thinner strips offers more flexibility in terms of how we want to twist - giving a more natural look.

This has got the first pistil I made - which was not approved by my sister.. I had no choice, but to make another with more detail & thinner..

Scarlet flower arrangement

                                         

Freshly arranged and shot today..

Here is a glimpse into making of this. 100 quilling strips were used for making the flowers & green felt paper for leaves. They were stemmed to create 3D effect.