The repeating pattern on these lovely blooms make me want to fold little squares of paper all night!
MODIFIED JAPANESE KUSUDAMA FLOWERS
Years ago, I used to teach dance – ballet, tap and jazz. At the end of each year, I would fold paper flowers for my students as a little congratulations for all they had accomplished that year. I can still remember spending may nights with bright paper trying to figure out origami folds (and getting a few paper cuts too). I was always facinated to see how such geometric folding patterns could be used to create some really organic looking shapes! So naturally, I decided to see what I could find in the world of paper folding for our floral tutorial series.
Today, I wanted to start by sharing a link with you to a great flower tutorial, and then share with you a way I modified it to use on a flat surface. This beauty, the Japanese Kusudama flower over at Folding Trees, is a great way to create beautiful flowers for a home decor or altered item project. But if you need something that will lay a little flatter, try this modification that I came up with:
Made with 5 -2" squares, this makes a great addition to a card or scrapbook layout.
Oh, and don’t forget to come by tomorrow for the last day of our tutorial series. Let’s just say – it will be worth the wait!
A PDF version of this tutorial will be available soon! Please check back for updates.
Came by again to check out today’s flower. Looks like another winner!! Wish this one came in a written version too as I am w/o a computer at home right now. I made some notes and will try it this weekend anyway – guess I’ll see how good of a note taker I am after being out of school more years than I care to think about!! Thanks Scrappy Canuck! You ROCK!
Juliet, I promise to go back and make handouts for the two that have videos as well! The handouts seem to be a bit more popular, and perhaps the combination of video and handout is a winner! I probably won’t get to it before the end of the week (since I still have tomorrows pdf to put together :*)), but I promise to get it done ASAP! Thanks for stopping by again today. I was just thinking that I was feeling a bit lonely today! Lots of visits, but no comments!
Excellent tutorial! Thanks Karen!