I have a penchant for old-fashioned crafts. My mom and I taught ourselves how to do needle tatting (a form of lacemaking) a few years ago and many dainty projects ensued. I've had my eye on the art of quilling (rolling paper strips to form art) for a while now and was pleased to see that Cricut offers a quilling tool.
You can pair that tool with the 3D rolled flower images that you can find in Design Space to make your own lovely rolled flowers.
Absolutely love the Cricut quilling tool. The barrel is smooth and even and just right size for arthritic hands. Love it so much, have two!
Marda
Can you show us how to make some of the other flowers from this cartridge?
Love making flowers! I have used lots of different papers. It’s a great way to use up your coloring pages!
Can these be cut with the explore?
Sure! It’s cardstock and the Explore can certainly do that.
Thank you so much! I’ve been looking for this. I’m an avid quiller and this seems really easy and well worth it!
So pleased to have stumbled upon this little tutorial! I’m an avid quiller & card maker, but I’m not using the Cricut I bought over 12 months ago. Perhaps this is the push I have needed to get it out again & finally work out how to operate it.
I am glad you found it then. I want to learn how to do all sorts of different quilling designs besides flowers. We have lots of Ready-to-Make cards, too.
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Salut. C’est une cartouche Cricut appelée “Flower Shoppe”. Si vous avez Accès à Cricut, il est disponible dans le cadre de cela. Cliquez sur les images et faites une recherche pour ces mots après avoir cliqué sur la cartouche.
Wow. Thank you SO much! I have had my cricut a couple years now, and still had no idea this quilling tool exists. I’m still learning so much about my machine. I greatly appreciate this tutorial.
Thank you so much! I’ve stumbled across this because I was desperate to find out what I’ve been doing wrong. I’m a leftie and I’ve been turning it counter clockwise and I’ve been having issues. Hopefully it’ll now resolve since I’ve read your post! I do have a question though, how do you get the cardstock to roll smoothly without “wrinkling!?
Hi. Glad I could help. I keep it a bit taut as I pull to keep it rolling smoothly.
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I can’t wait to try this!
I understand your love for the Circuit, but if you just start quilling with the paper strips you will really be proud of the things you can create. I used to work craft shows but my back could not stand all the packing up, set up and break down. My Step-Mom and I create earrings, necklaces, cards, tea light holders, brooches, little frogs, bears, penguins, you name it, we will try it. Happy rolling
Hi. I did buy some quilling strips and worked on some creations. I love how they have the different designs for rolled flowers already in Design Space, too. It really is such a lovely craft style.
Will this work with leather? What does the quilling tool look like?
Hi. The quilling tool is in the top picture and throughout the post. It has a very thin slot that is more for materials like paper. You could still possibly cut out leather and roll them up into flowers.
I’m so glad you asked this question! I love the idea of trying this with leather!!!
I am so happy I came across this post. I have been quilling for a few months and I received a Cricut Explore Air 2 for Christmas. I am thrilled to get a chance to use it for these cute flowers. Thank you so much!