For this week's theme, I quilled a quill. As a nod to Shakespeare's talent with words, here is some word trivia for you:
Supposedly, back in the middle ages, French nuns ripped gilded edges off old prayer book pages and rolled them on a quill to create various shapes, emulating decorative ironwork. With these scrolls and shapes, they decorated covers of new prayer books. Hence we get the word "quilling" for this craft. Have a look here at some antique quilling.
Supposedly, back in the middle ages, French nuns ripped gilded edges off old prayer book pages and rolled them on a quill to create various shapes, emulating decorative ironwork. With these scrolls and shapes, they decorated covers of new prayer books. Hence we get the word "quilling" for this craft. Have a look here at some antique quilling.
Amazing quilling and a great tag
ReplyDeleteLove Cjrissie xx
Fantastic quilling, hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeleteOoh I like the quilling, and thanks for such interesting historical information.
ReplyDeleteI great idea with the quilling, beautiful tag.
ReplyDeleteVery talented! Just love that quilled quill!
ReplyDeleteCarolyn xx
How clever is that? Quilling a quill! Marvellous.x
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