Hello I'm Cecelia Louie of Paper Zen. in this video I'll be showing you how to
quill the outline of the lowercase letter H to see how I transferred the
letter H to my work surface please watch some of my previous videos
for an example I'll leave a link in the notes below okay my strips are already
pre scored and in this case for the letter H I have them in two strips
because climbing by my paper is eight and a half by eleven the 11 inches are
just easier to store that way rather than the larger sheets but if you happen
to have the larger sheets and can you know continue this all in one strip
that's great in this case I'll show you how to join them based on the two strips
so first of all we're just going to follow along this pattern and fold where
we need so the first fold is right here and when I fold I'm just going to make
sure that these edges are lined up by using my two fingers here to line them
up this way it'll ensure that this fold here is exactly 90 degrees so we
definitely don't want it off a little bit like that because it'll make your
job when you go to glue a little harder so our first fold is done we just kind
of follow along the the yellow brick road here and continue folding where we
need so in this case here we're just going to go with the opposite direction
again just making sure these edges are aligned before I do that crimp it and
then we're just going to pretend that this curves all the way down here so
we'll join here and here to this piece so for this piece we've got our first
Bend right here we're going to bend it up and then there's another Bend right
there
and then this strip is going to curve come down straight and Bend this way
when I study the letter H there's two curves this one on the inside and this
one on the outside and you can choose to use your quilling tool to put those arcs
in I'm going to use this larger circumference of a crochet hook so I'm
just going to grab right there I'm going to put the strip over here just to help
myself visualize at what point do I need to grip with my left so it's about here
and then I'm just going to just gently soften and then as I start working
there's those pulp fibers I'm now going to start scraping a little bit heavier
and I know I'm not putting enough of a curve in there but I just want to
visualize where I'm at so I can see I'm getting close but I just need to
actually start a little bit sooner than where I was already gripping and because
this curve is happening more here as I'm going I'm actually accentuating a little
bit more strength right right there
and wow that's actually not too bad right
that's actually not too bad I kind of like what I see okay and let's
move on to the next one because this curve is so acute I'm actually just
going to rub so I'm just going to this is where the rubbing needs to happen
right there so I'm just going to put that on the fleshy part of my finger
here and now when I rub I don't just go right at it I actually well it depends
but in this case I want to gently put it in because it's not it's not so tight
and I just want to gently curve that in so when I'm putting pressure in I start
off gently and then I rock it and apply a bit more pressure as I go
okay Wow I wasn't expecting it to come together that quick I am surprising even
myself okay now whenever I tackle a letter I always look for any inside
shapes and this would be what I consider an inside shape it's generally easier to
tackle the inside shape first because if you can imagine if you had already glued
this part first it's harder to get access to the inside so I generally work
from the inside outward I'm going to use this stiff card as a ruler I'm going to
line up the sheet to my card I'm just going to just gauge the thickness of my
sheet here and use the same removable tape that I had used when I was
transferring the template to the card and apply that to the card so my ruler
stays in place then what that means is these two pieces the the bottom part of
the letter H are going to match up there's not going to be any issues of
that right so we're just going to give ourselves this guideline and make our
jobs easier so I'm going to dip the segment's here and here stir
strategically in like glue puddle and make sure that I don't get any glue on
the other parts of the letter H so with my left hand I'm going to keep this side
up in the air and with my right hand I'm going to place and you don't have to do
both at the same time I just I guess I was up for a challenge
okay now that the bottom parts are done I'm going to take away my ruler because
we don't need that anymore just get it out of the way for now
now as you can see this parts not glued so we're going to tackle that part next
so what I'm going to do is apply the glue all along this length here and
we're going to set that down before we tackle this part so I'm going to apply
the glue and I'm going to work my way this way and then that way as I as I dip
the glue picking it up and moving it along I don't have to worry about
well actually I need to go this way because I smeared the glue this way so I
want to go all the way to this edge here so you can see when I because I started
here and I dip the glue it's now going to my card and not to my work surface
which is what I want so now with a gentle tug towards my right I'm just
going to tug this line straight if you don't it's just a little softer like you
see that Bend right there I don't want that I want straight so just as I go to
place I'm pulling gently this way and making sure it goes straight okay so now
we just have to apply glue to this curve in this straight area and if you want to
we can certainly you know just glue down the straight area so there's less to
deal with there's no rule on how much you need to tackle at one time like I
think it's just best to do whatever you feel it's right for you again I'm just
giving it a gentle tug towards the right to make sure it goes straight so now
we've got the straight areas all set and it makes our job easier when it comes
doing this last bit so I'm lifting it up taking out the glue
and setting it exactly where I need it's time for me to bring back my little
ruler and put it back where it was and what that's going to do is help me guide
these strips so when I go to glue this end it's going to help me match up with
this end here and the same with this side
now with my right hand side I'm going to keep this corner up in the air and I'm
going to place this corner down so I'm using the ruler to guide me and this
edge to meet up with the other corner with my thumb only left I'm just going
to hold that secure as I gently pull towards the right so if you don't pull
do you see you could get it like a little warp like that that's
exaggeration but I'm just gently pulling it talked that's a good word
tots the right word I'm thinking of we want to pull it taut so it's nice and
straight and we'll tackle that corner a little bit later I'm just going to focus
on the next segment here while my glue is still damp and just be strategic in
your dipping
and you just work your way around no need to rush any of the segments
so because this glue is so fresh I'm going to keep my finger here as I pull
just a gentle tug towards my right and place you know because this corner here
if we go to glue if we were to work on this curve here it could end up making
this segment too far this way or too far this way so I want the fudging to happen
here I want this part to be exact so I'm going to now work my way backwards by
basically gluing this straight part of the segment first again my ruler here is
there to guide me and I've placed my finger on the left and gentle tug
towards the right give it the taut this I want
now see here this is where there's no glue do you see how the fudging can
happen we can curve this way that way there's a lot of fudging but do you see
how this is secure this is secure there's a lot less guesswork to be done
now so I tend to look great above my work
we be right on top of it to make sure that you know it's going to end up where
you want it to end and you know then you'll know whether you know is that the
right spot it's at the right spot train your fingers to know like short-term
memory how you want that curve to happen
you know do you see how I angle the card this way is to protect my work surface
from the glue that I already coated on this part of the segment as I dip this
part now when I lift it I don't have to worry about the fact that my card is
dirty
so I'm going to pick up some glue and I'm just going to pick it up in one
direction now take a look at that glue that I picked up and you'll see there's
glue on one half of the needle but not on the other so what I want to do is use
that clean side to push aside my paper as I smear the glue up on that edge
and always have some tissue on hand to wipe off your needle and then I'm just
going to bring the two edges together and there's your letter H don't forget
to visit my blog to download your free template - give it a try as for how to
fill in the letters please watch my previous videos for a variety of ideas I
want to keep improving my tutorials so would you let me know what tip was new
for you in the comments below or what technique you enjoyed learning about
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you next time
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