The other type of quilling is done with porcupine quills, and it is a craft where the quills are sometimes dyed and arranged in different patterns. They can be sewed onto cloth, wrapped around objects such as handles, and become part of birch bark boxes. In 1840, making decorative seats for wooden chairs for the English market became popular among Micmac tribespeople who quilled. The above image is from https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/quillwork. It is captioned, “Mi’kmaq quillwork chair seat (courtesy Glenbow Museum/Canadian Ethnology Service, CMC).” I imagine hand/eye coordination is important in porcupine quilling as well as in paper quilling.

If you would like more information about either type of quilling, look at the menu above. Under ‘Nat. American Crafts’, you will see ‘Porcupine Quilling’. Under ‘Paper’, you will see ‘Paper Quilling’.