These were made from The Book Of Paper Quilling which has a nice variety of patterns.

I found that I had to use bigger quills to duplicate her work. The elf on the left was made from 2″ quills which is what the book called for but that was making for tedious, cramped work. The other two are made from 3″ quills and I think the more open quality to the quills looks nicer for something like a Christmas ornament. Now that I’m using the needle tool instead of the slotted tool to roll my quills, they come out smaller overall. I haven’t been able to prevent that yet but using a longer piece of paper than called for seems like a good compromise for now.

The hat bobs are fringed. Ouch. I’ve been reluctant to spend $50 on a fringer but if I had to do much more fringing than this I certainly would. Fringing is a shortcut to carpal tunnel.

The faces are painted on. I’m not such a good painter! But the lopsided features give each elf a certain unique charm.