Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Quilled spiders




Body - 6 black strips (or 5 black, 1 red if you're wanting to make a red-bummed spider)
Head - 1 black strip (or 1 red strip)
Legs - 1 eight of a black strip per leg

Also needed: a short length of black to cover the seam between the front and back halves of the body.

To make the body, roll 3 black strips into a tight roll, and carefully push into a curved bell shape. Repeat for the other half of the body to make matching halves. Make the tip of one tight roll slightly flatter, as the head will have to be glued to this. Coat the inside of both halves with glue and allow to dry.
If you want to make a spider with a red rear, just roll the first strip of one half in red.
When both halves are dry, dot glue around the edges of the halves, and stick together. Try to line up the seams of the two halves with each other, as this makes them easier to hide with the seam strip.
Once the glue between the two halves is dry, take the short length of black and coat the back lightly with glue. Press it along the seam to cover it.

Legs are made by gluing the last few millimtres of four one eighth length strips on top of each other. Once the strips are glued, fold in half and splay out. Glue the glued ends to the body, attaching to the seam strip.

For the head, roll a tight roll with a strip of black. Mark eyes on it with silver pen. Glue to the flattened half of the body.

There, done!

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