August 5, 2011

Quilled Easter egg

Quilled egg

I've always been fascinated by the quilled Easter eggs found on the Internet. It's now time for me to showcase my own eggs, this one is just the first of a series.

I decided to make it monochromatic with pale beige quilling strips, 1/16"-wide (1.5 mm). The quilled elements were assembled around an egg shell wrapped in plastic wrap. First, I built the bottom half of the egg (from the middle down), then the top half (from the middle up). It was important not to glue the halves together by mistake before taking the shell out. When the quilled egg was finished, I took its halves apart pulling them off the egg mold, and then glued them together so that the egg is hollow.

Quilled egg and stand

I also made a quilled stand for my egg, using 1/16"-wide (1.5 mm) paper strips in two shades of beige. Height of the finished egg is about 2 1/2 inches (6.5 cm), or about 3 1/2 inches (9 cm) when on the stand.

49 comments:

Breath said...

Потрясающей красоты работа! Филигрань высшей пробы!

Оксанка OZur said...

Необыкновенная красота! Просто ювелирная работа!!!

Anastasiaw2008@gmail.com said...

Wow!! it is so so beautiful. Love it:)

Neli Quilling said...

Уникално!Фантастично!Невероятно изпълнение!Много ми харесва!

Татьяна А. said...

Very beautiful!!!

SUSAN said...

OMG....it's so amazing detail.....love it....

Hugs

Artes de Nágela said...

Inna,
Wonderful!
I love your work.

Лариса Литвиненко said...

Посмотрела ещё раз - ВОСХИТИТЕЛЬНО!!!!
Инна, вы потом лаком вскрываете, каким?

chillin with Quillin said...

wow its gorgeous, love it!!!
Paula

SUGANTHI said...

So elegant ! I am so tempted to try it also.

Inna D. said...

Thanks everyone very much!

Девочки, спасибо всем большое!

Лариса, яйцо покрыто матовым лаком спреем, у меня Picture and oil painting Varnish MATTE фирмы Grumbacher.

Unknown said...

это просто чудо.... фабержэ отдыхает:-)))

k@rin said...

I can't explain how beautiful this is.

it's wonderful beautiful and more.

very much thanks for showing us.

greetings karin

BEARKIS said...

Поздравления за майсторската изработка!!!

Matxalen said...

Wonderful and elegant!

misz-masz barbary said...

strasznie mi się podoba, nawet nie jestem w stanie sobie wyobrazić ile to kosztowało pracy
jestem zauroczona po prostu genialne !!!
pozdrawiam !!!

Hussena said...

oh this is so beautiful love those intricate details ,wow u must have spent hours making it...

Aarthi@Paperandme said...

Apart from the fact that it is so so beautiful i appreciate ur patience.. sooner or later, i am definitely going to do this and when i do it ll be u whom i ll quote as the inspiration behind my egg.. i love ur quilling so much..

Baukje said...

words fail me, I think you lack a great
I have over the years has learned a lot from your!
Greetings Baukje

S.Aj said...

Amazing!!

Chinnu said...

This is so VERY BEAUTIFUL!!!
Love the look of it....simply fabulous!!

Nati said...

beautiful!!!

Fairy Cardmaker, Lisa said...

Wow, it's so incredibly intricate. I wish I had your patience!

alice J said...

Amazing work, really amazing. very beautiful.

Inna D. said...

Dear readers! Thank you very much for your kind comments!

Anonymous said...

Wow .. Too good Inna! Great work! This is just giving me an idea of making a mini table lamp shade.. Love your work.. Keep it up!

Margarete said...

So beautiful :)

Quilly Nilly said...

Wow, that is amazing; I cannot imagine how long it took to create. Not only is the egg lovely but the stand is just as lovely.

kalanirmitee said...

Beautiful!!!

L¨As Créations said...

Hello Inna,
so there I am amazed at the great success manual dexterity what!
Here you offer us a work of great quality, I congratulate you, bravo!

Liang-Win said...

oh love it... yummy eggs can also be beautiful.
Lovely creativity.

www.liangwin.com

riska sulut said...

this is amazingly gorgeous...
and you are amazingly creative...love it so much...:))

Molly Smith said...

Inna, this quilled egg is the most stunning I have ever seen. The design is gorgeous! WOW, I love that you made it monochromatic and the shade you chose is perfect. Thank you for sharing the details :)
~Molly

Inna D. said...

Thanks everyone very much!

Patty said...

I found your blog through Inspiration Du Jour. I am very new to quilling and have just spent the past few hours reading your whole blog. Your work is absolutely gorgeous! I am totally amazed and inspired by your work. Thank you for the tutorials you have written up as well. I can't wait to try some of the projects you've made.

Inna D. said...

Patty, thank you very much for your kind comment!

Unknown said...

wow this is just amazing!!!!!!!!!!!! you are amazingly talented!

Inna D. said...

Thank you, Sheeba!

Mayuri said...

amazing work Inna. i have following ur blog for quite sometime now. ur work is truely wonderful. the quality of ur work and finish is breath taking. i have just joined ur blog. inspired by ur work i have tried some of the 3d quilling. u can have look at it at my blog - www.mayaartsandcrafts.com. i wish i had a chance to meet u personally. once again great work!!

Inna D. said...

Thanks, Mayuri!

Nhi said...

Inna, you are so creative. Thanks for sharing your technique.

Inna D. said...

Thanks, Nhi!

Hobby Musician Keyboard said...

Dear Inna , You make so wonderful and lovely works! I enjoyed the visit on your site. Many thanks for your beautiful inspirations, it is amazing!! Please take a look on my Blogspot.
Hugs from Marina.

Inna D. said...

Thank you, Marina!

Альбина Рассеина said...

Очаровательно! Браво!

Inna D. said...

Спасибо, Альбина!

Krisztina said...

Your creations are amazing! Congratulations!

Inna D. said...

Thank you, Krisztina!

Unknown said...

Nina your work is amazing. I would love to have a tutorial on how to make this egg.