Bridgit's Quilling Angel “Gabriel and Chamuel“ – PDF Instructions

One colored angel "Gabriel" can be illuminated Angel "Chamuel" is multicolored (by coloring the Quilling strips)

YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rD9ZPKqfXA (Part 1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzNc9RRFPbw (Part 2) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Working Tools Ruler Cutter Scissors Tweezers Circle Template (normal and 3D) Hot glue gun Glue Glasses for the glue Brush Quillingpen Round Dowel Comb Cone Cornet former Crimper Glitter and beads for decorating

For Angel Chamuel: Liquid fabric color

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Material and description for the dress (bottom part)

Color

amount per

6dl water

Pictures Shapes Amount of

Shapes

Strip-

length

Circle Template

or Tools

Amount of

strips for

Angel Gabriel

Amount of

strips for

Angel Chamuel

1. 0.07 ml Crimped Roll (15x3) 45 pieces 116 mm --- 15 Strips

(1 drop)

20 Strips

2. 0.2 ml Teardrop to a heart "big" (15 hearts) 30 drops 350 mm 15 Ø 30 Strips

(3 drops)

+2

Quilling shapes or beads to fill 15 pieces 87 mm --- 4 Strips

40 Strips

3. 0.5 ml comb technique (wrap round 7-0-7) 15 pieces 350 mm --- 15 Strips

(7 drops)

+4

loop technique (11 loops) 15 pieces 350 mm Aid-strip 21mm 15 Strips

40 Strips

4. 1.0 ml Teardrop to a heart "small" (15 hearts) 30 drops 175 mm 10 Ø 15 Strips

(14 drops)

+7

Triangle shaped ring 15 pieces 175 mm 10 Ø 8 Strips

30 Strips

5. 2.0 ml Teardrop to a heart "med." (15 hearts) 30 drops 263 mm 12 Ø 30 Strips

(28 drops)

+14

40 Strips

6. 3.0 ml Teardrop to a heart "big" (7 hearts) 14 drops 350 mm 15 Ø 14 Strips

(42 drops)

+14

comb technique (wrap round 7-0-7) 8 pieces 350 mm --- 8 Strips

Quilling shapes or beads to fill 8 pieces 87 - 116 mm --- 3 Strips 35 Strips

7. 5.0 ml Teardrop to a heart "small" (11 hearts) 22 drops 350 mm 15 Ø 22 Strips

(70 drops)

+28

30 Strips

8. 7.5 ml comb technique (wrap round 7-0-7) 11 pieces 350 mm --- 11 Strips

(105 drops)

+35

with crimped teardrop 11 drops 175 mm --- 6 Strips

25 Strips

9. 10.0 ml Teardrop 11 drops 175 mm 10 Ø 6 Strips

(140 drops)

+35

comprising with Crimped Ring Coil 11 strips 175 mm --- 6 Strips

20 Strips

10. 14.0 ml Teardrop 11 drops 175 mm 10 Ø 6 Strips

(196 drops)

+56

comprising with Crimped Ring Coil 11 strips 175 mm --- 6 Strips

20 Strips

Total 220 Strips 300 Strips

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Continuation – Material and description for the dress (bottom part) If you want to make an angel Chamuel, start first with the coloring of the strips. Give the indicated ml or drops of liquid fabric color which is written in the table in 5 dl water and color the strips for about 5-6 minutes. In my video Quilling strips - make your own color (Part 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy7bHJZUrYg you can see how to color Quilling strips, you might want to first watch the video before starting with the coloring. Important: When coloring stripes, please take the amount which is indicated in the table for “Amount of strips for Angel Chamuel“ in other words calculate 1/3 more strips as reserve, because always things can go wrong. The re-coloring is not only cumbersome also the color tone may change slightly.

The following steps are the same for Angel Chamuel and Gabriel. The best is to first prepare all the Quilling shapes according to the table for the rows 1 – 10. The shapes with “comb technique“ you can see above the illustration. With the 11 loops (loop technique) I begin always with the aid-strip, so the loops succeed as uniform as possible. In my video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9V60ZBK7W4) Bridgit’s Quilling Star No. 15 at 4:24 minutes, you can see how I do such a loop with a aid-strip. Then you need a cone with the dimensions shown in the image above. This cone you wrap with white or colored construction paper matching to the colors of the dress, if you want to make an illuminated angel, you can wrap the cone also with thicker transparent paper. Then you can begin to glue the shapes in order from the bottom to the top around the cone. Important: begin with the 2nd row with the shaped hearts; the 1

st row will

be glued at the very end below the shaped hearts (see my video).

Regular gaps I have decorated with quilling shapes or beads and irregular gaps I filled with crimped shapes.

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Material and descruption for the dress (top part) and for the neck/décolletè

For the dress top part you will need about 16 strips (4mm x 350mm) which are best glued first together. Then make a loop at one end of about 25mm Ø and put it over the cone. Wrap the cone equally with strips until you reached approximately 60-65mm length. Then fix the strips from the outside with glue or glitter-glue and let it dry completely, after that you can remove it carefully from the cone and fix it again from the inside with glue.

For the neck/decolleté you need about 9 strips (4mm x 350mm) which are at first glued together. Then roll a tight coil of about 25mm Ø and shape it with your fingers to a wide shaped cone and fix it from inside with glue.

If both parts (neck and dress) are completely dry you should check out the sizes. Does the top part of the dress fits to the lower part? If it is too large, you can cut the dress upper part down at the bottom a little bit to make it fit. If it is too small, you can put it again over the cone and wrap some more stripes until it fits. Don’t forget to fix it first with glue before you take it from the cone. Then you should check if the neck fits in size to the dress and push it through the top part of the dress. It should fit perfectly i.e. it should not be easy to slide through and also not to get stuck in the dress top part. In case it gets stuck, you can cut the neck slightly back fitting to the dress top part.

Only if it fits, glue the neck carefully into the dress, any excess glue must be removed immediately from the neck so that no glue residue can be seen on the neck. Then decorate the dress top part with stripes, make sure that the nicer side of the dress is decorated to the front. Then glue the dress top und lower parts together, please make again sure that the front and back parts are glued correctly together.

You can decorate the dress top part and also the sleeves with rosettes, for this it needs about total 100 to 125 rosettes. For the colored rosettes as for Angel Chamuel, I have first colored stepwise the strips of 87mm length with these mixed units (1/4 = 0.2ml / 2/4 = 0.5ml / 3/4 = 3.0ml / 4/4 = 10.0ml), then these strips will be cut to a width of about 1 to 1,5 mm, afterword’s they will be crimped and rolled together to rosettes and glued to the dress top part. For 125 rosettes it needs total 16 strips (4mm x 350mm). _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Material and description for sleeves and hands

You need for each Sleeve about 9-10 strips (4mm x 350mm) which are best glued first together. Then make at one end a loop of approximately 3mm Ø and put it over the cornet former. Wrap the strips evenly around the cornet former until you reach a length from approximately 95 to 100 mm. Then fix the strips from outside with glue or glitter-glue and let it dry completely, then you can remove it carefully from the cornet former and fix the sleeve also from the inside with glue. When the glue is dry, you can also decorate both sleeves with rosettes. Shape the sleeves in your desired position and stick them on the back side of the Angel between the neck and dress top part with a hot glue gun. That the sleeves remain in the desired position I also stuck them sideways.

You need for each hand about 5 ½ to 7 strips (4mm x 350) which are best glued first together and roll it then to a tight coil. Depending on the inside diameter of the sleeve, the hand should easily fit into it. Shape the hands oval but slightly pointed and fix them with glue from the inside. When the glue is dry you can glue the hands a little deeper into the sleeves, so that you can only see the tips of the hands (see my video). _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Material and description for the head

You need for the head lower part (with hole) about 32-34 strips (4mm x 350mm) and for the head top part (without hole) about 34-36 strips (4mm x 350mm) which are best glued first together. For the head lower part you can use a round dowel of 12 mm Ø to roll it to a tight coil. Both head parts should be exactly 51mm Ø. Using a 3D circle template or a plastic sphere (50mm Ø) shape both head parts to a semicircular ball, if desired you can shape the head parts slightly oval shaped. Then the two parts are glued together. With connection strips of 6mm, 4mm and 1.5mm you create a seamless head crossing. Then the head will be stuck with a lot of glue to the neck, while you take care that the head has a slight tendency to tilt backwards (see video).

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Material and description for the hair

For the hair of Chamuel you need about 210 strips (9,5 x 60 mm) which should be fringed very finely, like about 11 to 15 fringes which is cut per strip. Then these strips are turned through the crimper and bent afterword’s slightly roundish. The first five fringed strips are glued double together and glued to the hairline along to the bottom to get a little more volume; the other strips are glued single. In my video you can see how I have done this as well the next following steps. Then start at the bottom of the head almost by the neck to glue these first five double fringed strips. After the first double row continue with single strips and stick them 2-3 mm above the last row. Glue the strips exactly along the head groove to have them straight glued. Make sure that the hair on the sides are glued centered to the face. When you begin to glue the fringed strip, stick them slightly over the last lower strip and do the same at the end (see my video). And like this you can continue until approximately 7-9mm over the middle line of the face.

Then you begin to make the face fringe. By Angel Gabriel I have made a pony. First I glued the fringed strips in the original length and when I was finished I cut them to a nice pony. By Angel Chamuel I have made a natural right covered side parting. In my video you can see all the steps until to the end how I have done this. When the radius on the top of the head started to be narrow, I first glued the strips over each other. And when it started to get narrower I folded the strips in half and glued them over each other so that still a certain hair density remained. In the very last lap, I glued the hair single in the center to get a beautiful finish.

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Material and description for face makeup

In this video you will not find any working steps for the face makeup, because I have shown this in detail already in my video Bridgit's Quilling Dolls to Angels (Part 1) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz7k-vhajBM) see from 21:05 to 29:34 minutes. Maybe you would like to watch the video first before you start with the face makeup. Previously, I would like to tell you that this fine work is always again a challenge for my own patience. It is not easy to quill and shape this mini face parts. Please have courage to try it and patience with yourself and do not despair if it fails. I myself always need almost the longest for this work, so please do not give up.

Compared to my previous Angel Video following has changed now:

- the stripe masses are slightly bigger, as Angel Gabriel and Chamuel are bigger Angels:

pupil = strip width 1 – 1 ½ mm x strip length 24 mm iris = strip width 1 – 1 ½ mm x strip length one color 133 mm (multicolored: 19 mm - 95 mm - 19 mm) eyes white = strip width 1 – 1 ½ mm x strip length 85 mm nose = strip width 1 – 1 ½ mm x strip length about 150 - 180 mm (depending on how big you want to have the nose) mouth = strip width 1 – 1 ½ mm x strip length 180 - 220 mm (circle template 10 Ø) (depending on how wide or narrow you want to have the mouth) The sizes for eyelid, eyelashes and eyebrows will be adjusted according to the pair of eyes.

- the light point, I didn’t work it within the eyes, after painting the clear gloss lacquer on the eyes I have painted the white light points on it. - If you want, you can make the iris more color-intensive, by taking a lighter strip color tone for the first circle of the iris and get on with the desired color but end with a darker color tone at the last circle of the iris. See the eyes from Angel Chamuel there I have taken for the last iris circle a darker brownish color tone (see picture above). - New is also, that after making the eye white, I have taken a darker color tone strip for the eyeliner and then rounded the last strip in the same color like the face color to end the eyes.

These sizes are guidelines, of course you can experiment yourself how the face makeup could be, the pupil could be a little bigger or the iris slightly colored, the eyes could be a little bit bigger or smaller as well the mouth and the nose. Create the face of your doll or angel just how you feel it should be for yourself. A little tip: Put the face parts first on a paper and see if they work together harmoniously. Only then start to glue them to the face.

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Material and description for the wings for Angel Chamuel Below you will find two templates in the original size for the right and left wings. As well a table with all information’s for the necessary Quilling shapes for the wings. I recommend you to cut and laminate the wing templates before using them. By laminating the templates, the Quilling shapes do not stick on the template and at the end of your work, the finished wing can be removed easily from the template.

116-8 2 x 234-13 5 x 350-14 8 x 350-25 4 x 525-30 2 x

175-10 1 x 234-14 3 x 350-17 19 x 525-22 2 x 700-25 1 x

175-11 2 x 263-14 3 x 350-20 12 x 525-25 13 x 700-27 2 x

175-17 1 x 263-17 2 x 350-22 8 x 525-27 3 x

Here is an example for using the first number (116-8 2x): The first number (116) is meant to be the length of the strip and the second number (8) is meant for the circle template with 8 diameter (8 Ø) and the last number (2x) is meant for the amount that is required for one left or right wing. All Quilling shapes are shaped to an Eye Marquise, being suitably shaped by numbers on the template. To achieve a better contrast for each Quilling shapes, I have edged the shapes with another color strip (here in pink). But that is a matter of taste and not absolutely necessary. (see my video)

Template for wing “right“

Template for wing “left“

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Closing words and pictures

My angel always stand for a symbol, for example, Angel Gabriel stands for purity and clarity and is often seen with white lilies which also stands for purity. And Angel Chamuel is the Angel of love. That's why I always decorate my angels with their symbolic. So angel Gabriel is caring white lilies and Angel Chamuel a basket filled with hearts. But in these instructions I will not show you all this details; because you can decorate your angel with your own symbolic whatever it should stand for. General, these instructions is only an idea, an inspiration or a study guide for you to show you how I did it for myself and it is my joy, to share it with you. Be free in your own personal creativity, whether it will be a different color, or the dress will look different, or if you choose other Quilling shapes, or you want to make another doll or angel size, or if you design other wings – just make it on your own way and that it harmonious for yourself. Now I wish you much fun and good success doing your doll or angel. If you find incorrect information’s in this instructions or other ambiguities, I am very grateful for your feedback. And if you have any questions, please feel free to write me a comment below my video by YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rD9ZPKqfXA (Part 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzNc9RRFPbw (Part 2)

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First Version dated: September 5, 2016

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