Who Knew Little Scraps of Paper Could Be So Much Fun?
their troubled expressions and enjoys explaining to folks that quilling has nothing to do with fabric, needles or thread but instead is an art performed with strips of paper that are rolled into coils, glued, and then formed into shapes. Many things amuse Monica Bergeron, and this joy carries forward into her art, her teachings, and her websites. Monica, from what I can see, is one of the nation’s premier quillers. She modestly described winning a recent competition sponsored by Lark Books – a leader in craft publishing – for a quilled card she created. However, her focus doesn’t appear to be on competitions. Instead, she likes to use her talents to encourage and teach others and to create new and unusual items. Monica first began quilling at the age of seven when her mother gave her a kit to make a quilled owl. Monica took to that owl as a duck takes to water. “I think my Mother thought it would take me quite awhile to finish the project as she was unfamiliar with quilling. Well it is
