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In which we fold paper

Julie — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:12:19 +0000

The little engine that could

Julie — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:00:14 +0000

About halfway through the final week of Tour de Fleece I fell off the wheel and picked up the echo quilting project instead. Now I can’t seem to put it down. The kit was intended to be a throw pillow but I’m not confident my applique can stand up to the abuse a pillow takes so I think I might stretch it on a frame and hang it instead.

Template success

Julie — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:58:01 +0000

Thanks to some encouragement from friends on Facebook I decided to try again with an envelope template. The ones I bought are great but the design wastes a lot of paper and needs a fairly large piece so that most of the cute illustrated books I find are too small. When I realized I had an envelope that was just what I wanted I pulled out a ruler, Xacto knife and the cutting mat and set to work. The result is much nicer than my first freehand attempt.

I may have gotten a bit carried away with envelope making.

Sunflowers and apple trees

Julie — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:07:05 +0000

This is a counted canvas project I’ve started for Mom’s birthday in October. This is the center panel. It’ll have 4 radiating panels of sunflowers and then apple trees in the corners when it’s done. When she was in collage she did a copy of van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” so I often get her sunflower themed gifts. I hope she’ll like this one.

Still more kirigami

Julie — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 11:53:27 +0000

I couldn’t resist a couple more cards for father’s day. The top card is meant to be a hawk and the bottom is a kitty with her paw in the fishbowl.

With a snip snip here and a fold fold there…

Julie — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:57:49 +0000

I’m getting in a little practice with these kirigami cards and it’s amazing how fast they are improving. I’ve learned to fold each piece as it will be in the envelope as I go so that when I assemble the card it’s easy to fold it properly for mailing. I rediscovered a tool in my stash that’s perfect for scoring the fold lines and embossing the raised ones. Some of these are going to pen pals and some are going to friends who need a pick me up.

Mail Art?

Julie — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 11:52:45 +0000

Awhile ago one of my pen pals blogged about the International Union of Mail Artists. I signed up and promptly got busy and forgot about it. This week I received an envelope with several nice things in it so I took a deep breath and attempted to create a few things of my own. I’m not quite done yet nor do I really have a clue what qualifies as mail art but it’s fun to try something new and I hope she likes what I send back.

Snip snip

Julie — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:52:37 +0000

This is my first attempt from the book, “Kirigami Menagerie“. I attempted to fold it and include it with one of my letters but I’m not sure at all that it will resemble an owl when it emerges from the envelope. I will have to send Sarah a kirigami popup card next time instead.

Kirigami

Julie — Fri, 21 May 2010 09:48:24 +0000

Recently I discovered a website with lots of lovely kirigami card patterns and bought a few to try out. This represents my first attempt and though it’s a wee bit wibbly I think it turned out rather nice for a first try. One thing I learned is to tape the insert *after* assembly. A nail file worked very well for scoring and next time I need to try an X-acto knife for cutting.

You bought more stuff?

Julie — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:36:32 +0000

You didn’t think I left Fancy Tiger with out making a purchase did you? I bought this cute pincushion pattern (it makes a pear, an apple, a tomato and/or a strawberry) and some fat quarters to go with it. I think the fairies will get made into yet another tea cozy. I need one for each season, surely. We also made a stop at Penzey’s where I filled my shopping list and picked up some recommended beef roast seasoning. At the end of the day I killed two birds with one stone and got a picture of us all which could also work as my 365 self-portrait since I used the timer function on the camera.