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Home / Craft Projects / Beads/Jewelry Projects / How-To: Quilled Hearts Jewelry

How-To: Quilled Hearts Jewelry

February 6, 2013

It’s that time of year again- when we all wear our hearts on our sleeve…or ears….or hands…. or lapel! Time to make and wear some really cut Valentine’s Day jewelry…this year, I’m integrating one of my favorite paper crafts: QUILLING!

Never fear, friends! It’s easy and Mod Podge Dimensional Magic Silver Glitter Formula makes it durable and SPARKLY!
Quilled hearts Valentine's Day jewelry tutorial from CraftTestDummies.com

You’ll need:

  • Quilling strips, quilling tool, and (optional) sizing tool. I’m using a set from 3 Birds Designs Estate Collection.
  • Bottle caps, mini bottle caps, and/or bezels of choice
  • Mod Podge Dimensional Magic Silver Glitter Formula
  • (Optional) Paper punches that coordinate with the size of bottle caps that you are using
  • toothpick to pop bubbles & dab glue
  • dab of white glue

To make the hearts, you’ll need 2 different color of quilling strips. To make the larger ones, you’ll need 1/2 a strip of light and 1/2 a strip of a darker color. to make the minis, it’s 1/4 glued to 1/4th.

Rip your quilling strips to the approximate size you need, then use a dab of glue to join them as shown below.

Quilled Hearts Tutorial

Next, use your quilling tool and make a spiral starting with the light-colored end. Once you finish your coil, place it in the sizing tool to make sure you have nice, uniform spirals. For the small hearts, I used size 5 as shown below. For the larger ones, I used size 2.

Quilled Hearts Tutorial

 

Use a dab of white glue to secure the ends of the spiral. They only need a minute or so to dry. Then you can pinch them into a teardrop shape.

Quilled Hearts Tutorial

Join the two teardrops together to make a heart, using another dab of white glue. Just a little dab, mind you!

I made you a little video showing you how to make a quilled heart:

Next, get your bottlecaps ready by using a drop of MPDM in the bottom of the bottle cap. Then add your paper (I liked the black because it made the silver glitter shine like mad!)

Quilled Hearts Tutorial

 

Add some more MPDM on top and spread it around with a toothpick.

Quilled Hearts Tutorial

 

Now you can place your quilled heart right in the middle and it will be held fast by the Mod Podge Dimensional Magic.

IMG_3337

 

Lastly, you can add a bit of MPDM on top with your finger or a paintbrush to make it a little more protected.

How to make quilled heart jerwelry.

 

Let it dry thoroughly, and you’ve got a cute necklace or pin. Or, if you’ve made the smaller ones, you can make earrings, cufflinks, or even rings.

IMG_3352

Quilled Hearts Jewelry

Rings!

Rings!

 

And if you don’t have a quilling tool, never fear! In this video I show you how to make your own.

Happy Crafting, friends!

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Posted in Beads/Jewelry Projects, Craft Projects, Holidays/Themes, Paper Crafts, Valentine's /Sweetest Day | 6 Comments

Comments

  1. Renee J. says

    February 6, 2013 at 12:06

    I love these hearts, Jenny….quilling is so cool, too. Thank you for the tutorial!!

  2. Shelli says

    February 6, 2013 at 20:48

    Love this. Quilling is so relaxing to me. Thank you!

  3. Dee in NH says

    February 8, 2013 at 13:15

    Those are really pretty!

  4. Amyscats says

    February 8, 2013 at 16:50

    Looks like a fun project. Haven’t tried MPDM yet, but now I have to.

  5. Mixed Kreations says

    April 19, 2013 at 08:01

    Love the quill hearts. I have never tried any Quilling before. But will have to add it to my crafts to try list. Can make some very interesting pieces. Thank you for sharing your tutorial. Pinning and sharing on my blog.

    Linda

  6. Jane says

    March 15, 2019 at 14:04

    I have just started quilling, as in today! And this is so cute and so dooable, even for a total newb such as myself 🙂 Thank you for the cute tutorial and boosting my confidence!

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