It was 1994 when a new book came out called “The Book of Paper Quilling” By: Malinda Johnston came out. This book changed my crafting habits forever.
I saw it in a local book store I picked it up and bought it on a whim (having never tried quilling before). It just looked like something that would be fun to do. Also inexpensive (at the time I was a young mother of 2 and I stayed at home so there wasn’t much income coming in). Using basically paper and glue to make all of the wonderful projects found in it. I then started experimenting with quilling. I started making up my own designs. I have now been quilling for over 14 years.
Sense each quilled object I create is too precious to me to give away or to sale (for anything less than $10,000 each) but I wanted to share my artistic talent and my love of quilling with everyone I meet. I decided to sell my creations in the form of books and kits as well as other designs so that others can learn to create this beautiful artwork for themselves.
As I am now the mother of 6 I no longer have as much time as I use to have but I still take time (usually about 3 – 4 hours) several nights a week to sit and quill for the simple joy of crating something beautiful.
I hope you enjoy quilling as much as I do.
Sincerely,
Marie Coltrane