Have you heard of kirigami? It's a variation of origami that includes cutting. I'd never heard of it until I stumbled upon this wonderful site called Zakka Life and saw how easy it is to make these. Check out the easy instructions!
Using origami paper, or any lightweight paper square, you can create really fun "paper-doll-like" patterns that make wonderful decorations. In addition, the negative cut-out can be used as a stencil! I used some slightly stiffer fingerpainting paper to trace and cut my stencils. Because my paper was thicker, I couldn't get really tiny details to show up, but they're not really good for stencils anyway, so it really didn't matter.
While I was at it, I cut apart one of the circles of leaves and traced around them, preparing both the positive and negative images to use as stencils. Next week I'll show you what I used these stencils for!
All posts on this project:
Leaf fabrics - part one
Leaf fabrics - part two
Quilt instructions - part one
Quilt instructions - part two
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Using origami paper, or any lightweight paper square, you can create really fun "paper-doll-like" patterns that make wonderful decorations. In addition, the negative cut-out can be used as a stencil! I used some slightly stiffer fingerpainting paper to trace and cut my stencils. Because my paper was thicker, I couldn't get really tiny details to show up, but they're not really good for stencils anyway, so it really didn't matter.
While I was at it, I cut apart one of the circles of leaves and traced around them, preparing both the positive and negative images to use as stencils. Next week I'll show you what I used these stencils for!
All posts on this project:
Leaf fabrics - part one
Leaf fabrics - part two
Quilt instructions - part one
Quilt instructions - part two
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