North American Quilling Guild Official Shape Chart

The following is a list of the recognized shapes and techniques the NAQG deems to be the basic shapes used
in quillwork. Although each and every shape has numerous variations, these are the ones felt to be most commonly
used by quillers. The NAQG official accepted name for each shape is listed under the photo. Alternate names are listed
to the right.

There seems to be no set standard amongst the various books, kits, self published instructions, or brochures as
to the exact name for each quilled shape. The shape names seem to be randomly applied by whoever designs a quilled
item or writes about one. Therefore any alternate names used to describe the shape (that the NAQG is aware of) have
been included to help identify which shape is being referenced.

Literally dozens of variations can be created from these basic shapes and most of them have no specific name.
Other shapes have one or more variations that are given an “official” name as in the teardrop or marquise shapes. Both
have a recognized variation with a separate name, i.e. shaped teardrop or shaped marquise. The hundreds of other
variations are only known as an alteration of the original basic shape from which they were created.

Shape Name Other names Shape Name Other names Shape Name Other names

LOOSE COILS
SOLID ROLLS ball
bead
coil
tight coil closed loose coil
solid roll closed loose roll
peg loose circle
SR-4…….Bead
disc
roll

pom pom
carnation LC-6 Loose coil
SR-1 Tight roll
drop
raindrop
cup
peacock eye
domed roll
SR-5 Fringed can be very long,
flower thin, and pointy or
short, fat, and squat

SR-2 Grape LC-7 Teardrop

roll
comma
cone curved teardrop
cone roll flame
dimensional tight petal
roll wing

LC-8 Shaped
SR-3 Teardrop
Tapered/Sculpture
d roll

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Shape Name Other names Shape Name Other names Shape Name Other names

eye
diamond
cat’s eye

LC-19
LC-14 Egg
LC-9 Marquise Rectangle
pressed heart
leaf moon rolled heart
curved marquise half moon
shaped eye

LC-20
Heart

LC-15 dart
Crescent arrow
LC-10 Shaped
Marquise
gumdrop

Can be very narrow

and pointy or very
short, fat, and squat LC-21
Arrowhead

LC-16 Half duck foot

LC-11 circle
Diamond
Is a variation of the
beak heart shape
LC-22
Tulip

LC-17 Bunny
ear
LC-12 Triangle

LC-23
Trumpet
LC-13 Square
LC-18 Oval

LC-24
Eccentric coil

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Shape Name Other names Shape Name Other names Other

Shape Name
names
ring coil, open ring,
sometimes used as S shape
collars

LC-25 Solid
ring
SF-35 S scroll
SF-30 Asymmetric V
scroll
off-center S
quotation
marks

Scrolls/Filigree

open loose
coil or scroll
SF-36 Asymmetric
SF-31 S scroll
Modified V scroll
S
SF-26 Fleur de Lis
bird
Loose scroll scissors curl

open heart
heart coil
scrolled SF-37 Double scroll
heart SF-32
Winged V scroll
‘p’ scroll
SF-27 Heart scroll harp
P shape
off-center
heart

SF-38 Double scroll

with Flag

SF-28 Asymmetric
heart scroll SF-33 C scroll

antennae off-center C

SF-29 V scroll SF-39 Triple scroll

SF-34 Asymmetric C
scroll

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Shape Name Other names Shape Name Other names Shape Name Other names

TECHNIQUES Bands of
thin paper
strips
tendrils wrapped
around a
core or
bundle of
T-42 Alternate Side strips
Looping
T-47 Bandaging

Many
T-40 Spirals
variations,
multiple
Can be very strips or
long and multiple
slender or colors
short and
squat. Often T-43 Husking
pointed on T-48 Braiding
one end
and accordion
folds…can Tube, stick
rounded on
the other. be
T-41 Wheatears symmetrical
or uneven

T-44 Zig Zag

fluting
T-49 Spill

T-45 Crimping

for outlining
parts or
entire
sections

T-46 Banding

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