Quilled Animals

Diane Boden has been quilling for the best part of 40 years. She has written three books on the subject and has created designs for a number of craft magazines. In the 1990s she gained accreditation for her quilling from The Quilling Guild, and was awarded fellowship in 2007.Together with her husband, Diane continues to own and run a quilling supply business, making all their own strips to supply customers all over the world. Closer to home, she has a regular class, runs occasional workshops and teaches residential courses at Denman College, run by the WI (Women's Institute), in Oxfordshire. She remains fascinated by the endless possibilities waiting to be found in a single strip of paper.

• Introduction 4Tools and materials 6Techniques 7Sheep 8Bunny 10Dog 12Donkey 14Flying Pigs 16Hippo 18Cat 20Pandas 22Lion 24Monkey 26Alpaca 28Elephant 30Fox 32Grey Squirrel 34Mouse 36Giraffe 38Hedgehog 40Reindeer 42Koala Bears 44Dancing Bear 46

We’ve yet to meet a papercrafter that doesn’t want to try quilling, and for good reason. While it’s a precise and time-consuming task, the finished product speaks for itself – or roars, in this case. With Quilled Animals you can test your tool with 20 separate designs, each as wild as the last: a dalmatian, giraffe, squirrels and even a bear practising magic are some of our favourites. This has ‘gift for the grandkids’ written all over. It’s just a case of picking which animal would make them smile the most.