How to make Quilled Earrings

The posted about fashionable quilled chandbali earrings decorated with urad dal beads. Chandbali earrings are very beautiful, heavy weight , traditional earrings in the shape of chand ( moon). They are suitable for all festive occasions and goes well with saree. Here i have made a simple chandbali design earring using paper. This earring can be worn with salwars and kurta. To purchase this kind of quilled earrings click here.

Needed materials:

1.      Quiling strips of color – dark pink, green, red, and Brown

2.      Quiling tool

3.      Acryllic paints

4.      Scissors and glue

5.      Earring hook and rings

6.      White urad dal (beads, stones, pearls can be used)

Making procedure:
Make a hoop
Take a red colour strip , cut into half and wind it around a circular object to get a hoop used the glue bottle cap .

Take the brown strips and cut into 5 equal parts. Join all the strips and quill into a tight coil. Arrange these coils inside the hoop and glue them.

Take a brown strip and do beehive quilling. Click here to learn Beehive quilling

Stick the brown colour beehive strips to the bottom of the hoop. Below this paste the red strip.

Take red and white small strips and quill into tight coils. Stick these below the white strips.

 Instead of beads i used white urad dal for decoration. Wash the urad dal , dry it and then paint them using acrylics.