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Aveuglami project - folding sheet
Patchwork
| Author | Traditional |
| Category | decoration |
| Difficulty | ** |
| Format | square |
| Base | modular |
| Text | This folding is carried out in two steps: - the preparation of as many elementary modules as desired. - the assembly of these modules together, according to a square mesh. It is suggested to create modules of varied colors and patterns, to form variegated sets, hence the name patchwork. 1. Make a blintz base. Hold it in a horizontal position, with the triangular flaps on top. Double the blintz base. We have a square shape of double thickness. We will again create a blintz base, without taking into account the double thickness. 2. Form a valley fold by bringing the right edge to the left edge from right to left. We obtain a vertical rectangle comprising two free rectangular flaps linked by a hinge fold located on the right. 3. Form a 45° valley fold by bringing, from top to bottom to the right, the upper left apex of the front flap over the hinge fold, ensuring that the upper edge of the front flap is placed along the hinge edge. 4. Form a 45° valley fold by bringing, from bottom to top to the right, the lower left apex of the front flap over the hinge fold, ensuring that the lower edge of the front flap is placed along the hinge edge. The initial rectangular flap is now transformed into a triangular flap carrying two small triangular flaps which are edge to edge. 5. Flip the fold from right to left. 6. Form a 45° valley fold by bringing, from top to bottom to the left, the upper left apex of the front flap over the hinge fold, ensuring that the upper edge of the front flap is placed along the hinge edge . 7. Form a 45° valley fold by bringing, from bottom to top to the left, the lower left apex of the front flap over the hinge fold, ensuring that the lower edge of the front flap is placed along the hinge edge . We now have a triangular shape of quadruple thickness, composed of two flaps linked by a vertical hinge fold located on the left. These two flaps each carry two triangular flaps. 8. Open the fold using the hinge edge and leaving the small triangular flaps in place. Hold it horizontally, with the smooth side facing you. We have a square shape, corresponding to a triple blintz base. Double the triple blintz base. 9. Form a valley fold by bringing the right edge to the left edge from right to left. We obtain a vertical rectangle comprising two free rectangular flaps linked by a hinge fold located on the right. 10. Form a 45° valley fold by bringing, from top to bottom to the right, the upper left apex of the front flap over the hinge fold, ensuring that the upper edge of the front flap is placed along the hinge edge. 11. Form a 45° valley fold by bringing, from bottom to top to the right, the lower left apex of the front flap over the hinge fold, ensuring that the lower edge of the front flap is placed along the hinge edge. The initial rectangular flap is now transformed into a triangular flap carrying two small triangular flaps which are edge to edge. 12. Flip the fold from right to left. 13. Form a 45° valley fold by bringing, from top to bottom to the left, the upper left apex of the front flap over the hinge fold, ensuring that the upper edge of the front flap is placed along the hinge edge. 14. Form a 45° valley fold by bringing, from bottom to top to the left, the lower left apex of the front flap over the hinge fold, ensuring that the lower edge of the front flap is placed along the hinge edge. We now have a triangular shape, composed of two flaps linked by a vertical hinge fold located on the left. These two flaps each carry two triangular flaps. 15. Open the fold using the hinge edge and leaving the small triangular flaps in place on top. Produce a windmill base We have a square shape carrying four triangular flaps. Under these triangular flaps are hidden four other triangular flaps whose vertices meet in the center of the square. 16. Lift the right flap and the upper flap slightly, so that you can reach the tip of the triangular flap hidden underneath. 17. Holding both triangular sides lightly to prevent them from opening, pull the tip outward by pinching it, until it becomes a vertical triangular flap. 18. Return the two starting flaps to horizontal. Mark the folds well. 19. Repeat the operation using two consecutive sides each time, so as to bring out the other three hidden points. We obtain a windmill base of double thickness. At the rear of the base itself are four triangular flaps of simple thickness, the tops of which meet in the center. 20. Place the four points of the windmill base vertically. 21. Make a flattened fold on each of the four vertical points, so as to transform them into square flaps. We obtain a square shape which carries four square flaps of double thickness connected to the square base by a system of bellows folds. 22.Form an oblique valley fold by bringing the lower right point of the upper left square to the upper left vertex of the fold. 23. Repeat the operation on the other three squares. 24. Unfold, from back to front, the four hidden triangular points, to lay them flat. We now have the elementary module. It is a square shape of simple thickness, which has in its center another square shape in a diamond position. This second square shape has small free triangular flaps in each of its corners. These little flaps tend to lift. Four points of quadruple thickness converge towards the center of the square. They also tend to lift. The module is therefore slightly three-dimensional. Assembly 1. Take a first module, hold it in a diamond position. Under each single thickness outer tip is a pocket (bottom pocket). Furthermore, on the top of each point, a sort of pocket is formed by two adjacent triangles (upper pocket). 2. Take a second module in the diamond position. 3. Bring the left outer tip of the second module opposite the right tip of the first module. 4. Slide the second module from right to left so that its left tip comes into the upper right pocket of the first module, and the right tip of the first module comes into the lower pocket of the second module. Go as far as possible. 5. Form a valley fold from left to right by folding the left center point as far to the right as possible. This will block the two modules together. 6. Use the same process to assemble other modules together. This is the first step of a decorative set. Now you just need to vary the patterns, the colors of each module and the arrangement of the colors or patterns to have an inexhaustible source of inspiration. Little challenge: form a cube, which will amaze your friends! |
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| Patchwork - PDF file | ML-Decoration05Ang.pdf |