Free Tutorial: How to Make Paper Quilled Earrings

Hello Friends!!

Today I thought of sharing a very interesting tutorial for making quilled earrings. This is simple and ideal for beginners who are thinking of trying their hand on quilling. So let’s start and have fun together.

 

Materials Required (For each earring):

• 1 quilling strip 17” long (I used bright pink colour)
• 2 quilling strips 8” long (I used bright pink colour)
• 1 quilling strip 8” long (I used cream colour)
• 1 quilling strip 4” long (I used cream colour)
• Border buddy/Stacked tool: The round one (any 3 round object of different circumference will go as well)
• Scissor
• Glue: Any white glue
• Jump ring (not shown in the pictures)
• Earring hooks (not shown in the pictures) 

 

Procedure:

Firstly cut the strips accordingly. Here I have mentioned about quilling strips but you can use any paper to try your hands on quilling though readymade quilling strips will give a smooth finish and it will be less time consuming to use them for any project. 

 

For the biggest circle you need to join the 17” bright pink strip with the 8” cream strip with just a dot of white glue. Always use the glue in little amount otherwise after you complete your project you will have white shiny flakes of dried glue all over your earrings which are almost impossible to remove.

For the medium circle you have to join the 8” bright pink strip with the 4” cream strip with glue.

For the smallest circle you need the 8” bright pink strip only.

Now all your strips are ready. Here comes the fun part. Take the longest strip and with the help of your border buddy/stacked tool make a big circle.

 

Here you can see in the first picture I have just started to make the circle. Wind the strip around the border buddy and secure the end with a dot of glue. Then roll the strip along the border buddy and the circle become thicker. To finish up the circle, secure the end of the strip with another dot of glue. You should keep the light colour strip inside.

Now take the medium length strip and follow the same procedure as stated above and make a circle of smaller circumference than the first one with the help of border buddy.

Lastly you have to take remaining 8” bright pink strip and follow the same procedure as stated above and make a circle of even smaller circumference then the second one with the help of border buddy.

If you don’t have border buddy, you can use any 3 round object of different sizes.

Once all your circles are ready make another set of circles for the 2^nd earring (off course you have to make two earrings!!).

 

 

See how cute these circles are!Now you just need to add a dot of glue inside the biggest circle and attach the medium one inside it and with another dot of glue attach the smallest circle inside the medium one. And your earring is ready!!!

 

Now you have to apply a sealer and varnish to all sides of the earring. It will give the earring a smooth and shiny finish and will also make it sturdy (See the purple earrings with varnish). Now add a jump ring and earring hook and your very own handmade earrings are good to go. The great thing about these earrings is that you can make them in any colour combination you want to match with any outfit. They look casual and stylish. Wear them and flaunt them. Here you can see I made them in another colour.

 If you liked the tutorial please leave a comment. If you make these earrings, do share a picture with me. I will be really happy to see your projects. Happy quilling!!