Monday 4 July 2011

I'm taking another 'quill pill'!

Some of you may already have seen this quilled nine-pointed star that I made recently, as I have posted it in a couple of the quilling group albums on Facebook. I originally made it as an exercise in pairing up 'P scrolls and using the 'twist' technique to finish off the ends. But what to do with it? Well, I eventually decided to mount it on to a brooch pin as a piece of jewellery and enter it into this month's 'Take A Quill Pill' challenge, as I haven't entered this for quite a while.

Meanwhile ... well, I've been literally overwhelmed by the response to the news about my WI craft competition success, not just here, but also on Facebook and from my good friends in both the English and the North American Quilling Guilds. Now I'm really hoping that my piece will do well in the national competition finals, because that would generate just the right kind of publicity that's needed to bring the art of quilling into the 'public eye'. To all of you who commented on my posts and congratulated me so warmly, I'd like to say another very big "Thank You" right here. If I failed to respond to any individual post, please forgive me - things went really crazy after I posted my news in various places last Thursday night, and it was very difficult for me to keep up with the response, especially as I was away from my computer for most of the day on Friday. The results from the next stage of the competition will be announced in September, so I'll let you know how I get on.

11 comments:

  1. Neat design, Philippa... it looks sturdy enough to wear, but light and airy at the same time. All the best in the competition if I haven't already said that (had trouble leaving comments on several blogs recently for some reason). I love that you're working hard to introduce quilling to a wider audience.

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  2. Lovely philippa. Love the perfect symmetry you have achieved.

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  3. Do love your jewelry, and wish you luck.So excited for you in all your achievements. I live in a small town and not very many people have heard of quilling, and those who have said it looks to hard to try it,and not enough time to try it.
    Paula

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  4. this is a beautiful work of art!
    Greetings Baukje

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  5. Lovely piece of jewellery ,wearable and gorgeous !

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  6. I love the pendant, Philippa! It's so symmetric and neat. Thank you for taking part in the challenge! Good luck!

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  7. What a lovely pin that is. I know how that can be taking a day away from the computer and you get a huge back log of everything.

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  8. Congrats Philippa....so happy for you that you have won the challenge.

    hugs

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