If you are making more than one or two pieces of cotton, you should purchase a set of currently available cotton work boards and design guidelines. These are quality plates made of meaningful self-healing cork or durable foam that are rugged and can be used for many years. Design guides help keep your quill straight while in the assembly process, which is important when using symmetrical patterns such as snowflakes. However, if you are working with a team [scout, church group, craft club, etc.], it is not always practical to buy their own quilling work boards and design guides for each member. You can make them instead.
The simple temporary heating plate can be made of any sturdy cork board, plastic foam, corrugated cardboard or the like. A nice size is 6" x 8", but use what you have. For my quilling course, I used cheap 12" x 12" cork blocks, cut them into four 6" x 6" squares and taped them. These jobs are very good, and if someone comes across me, it can easily be replaced. The green work board is made of corrugated cardboard, which is cut from a box that faces the trash can. If there are too many holes to use, just put them in the recycling bin.
Wax paper produces repairable cover paper for your work board. It is convenient and certainly cheap enough, but if too much glue is used and the crayon accidentally sticks to the stencil, the wax may create a design when removed. I prefer to use transparent plastic sheets [such as old office protective film and transparencies] or recycled plastic packaging that are cut from scrap. Even heavy food bags can work. You can secure the work cover in place or wrap it and attach it to the back. To use it, simply slide your quilling pattern under the cover [plastic or waxed paper], secure it in place, and fit your quilling masterpiece onto the pattern.
For symmetrical work, you can create a design guide from a piece of cut squared paper to fit your quilling work board. Calculate the squares horizontally and vertically to find the center point of the graph paper. Use a ruler and a black pen or a fine pointed marker to draw a vertical and horizontal line, cut the center point, and divide the checkered paper into quarters. This will give you a 90 degree angle. Next, use the lines of the graph paper as a guide, draw an "X" on the paper passing through the center point and bisect the quarter. This will give you a 45 degree angle. Continue to draw lines across the center point and divide the paper into the parts you need for your pattern. Circles can be added to the guide with a compass or a circular template. Make sure to use the intersection of the lines as the center of the circle and the circle at the center of the guide.
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