My First Quilled Hollow Egg

I've seen many beautiful quilled eggs, but most of them are made by pasting quills on an egg shell or other egg shaped item. I wanted to try the real thing and quill a hollow egg and here it is.

 I must say that it was quite difficult to quill since it kept slipping off and getting the top to curve was a herculean task , but in the end I managed to get it to look like an egg and it is free standing too!! There is a lot of room for improvement.  I am not really inspired by eggs, but I will try quilling another one soon to see if I can perfect the shape.

How to

• First I had to cover the egg shell with a non-stick surface so I used scotch tape which is a bad choice.The surface should be slightly sticky so that the quills don't keep falling off  from the tricky spots.
•  I quilled the eggs in two halves and then pasted them hollow, so the two parts need to fit snugly in the middle.
• I quilled the egg top down, bottom up and then stuck the two halves together.
• Make sure each quill is well stuck to the top layer before you proceed with the next, If done properly it will come out perfectly.
• paste the quills onto each other using a toothpick to apply the glue.
• slightly paste a couple to the non stick surface at the curvature point to keep it on the mold
• I found slightly loosened coils stick to each other better than pegs.

HOW TO