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Quilted paper folding

21 years ago

I went to a rubber stamping convention on Sat. and a lady was doing iris folding only it ended up looking like a quilt. Usually iris folding is done in a swirl pattern, but hers ended up looking like a little quilt square. She was selling four patterns for $9. I was hoping to find some free ones on the internet. Does anyone know if there are any out there?

Thanks so much!

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minnie_tx
21 years ago
I never heard of this method Annah. Please find out and tell us more
Red_Confetti
21 years ago
I looked through several paper-folding technique books and couldn't find anything like quilts... Do you remember her name? Maybe she has a website!

Let us know if you can think of her name!
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I saw something like that (a different pattern but same concept) on Simply Quilting once. I didn't try it. How wonderful would it be to have the precision of paper piecing without having to tear away all that paper?! And what kind of mind figures these things out?! I just took a class on the North Winds block. The woman who taught it was married to an engineer who figured out how to do it based on 9" half-square triangles. It was so brilliant that you can do the whole thing within 20 minutes without even pinning and not enough time to even have it occur to you that you're using bias edges all over the place. She thinks all quilters should be married to engineers. I totally agree! ...except for having to give up my husband of 40+ years. ;>
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Ina Plassa_travis
21 years ago
maybe more like the tea-bag folding technique?

or maybe it's just a variation on the iris folds, where you build 'in' and 'out' at the same time (the iris folds are all 'in' since you work from the frame towards the center)

I've seen something like it, but am not sure what it was called.
Red_Confetti
21 years ago
I had an interesting book out of the library many months ago, titled "Paper Quilting," by Bridget Hoff. It is NOT paper-folding, but paper quilting. If anyone wants to borrow it from their library, the link below will give you an idea of what the book is about...

Here is a link that might be useful: Paper Quilting: Creative Designs Using Paper & Thread
ladybug41
19 years ago
Here is a site with a pattern for quilted star. It is a gorgeous card. A little tricky but well worth the effort.
Pat

http.www.craftcreations.co.uk/pages/magazines/issues/pdf/issue2/patchworkstar.pdf
trudymom
19 years ago
ladybug41, I added a colon and a couple of slashes to your card site. Sure is a cute card.

http://www.craftcreations.co.uk/pages/magazines/issues/pdf/issue2/patchworkstar.pdf
luvs2create2
17 years ago
I attended the same stamp convention on Saturday!!! I fell in love with the Iris Folded cards too, but didn't want to spend $9.00 for the pattern. I took some pix of some of the cards and I been playing around with designs of my own. The pattern is pretty much the same as a "Log Cabin" pattern used to create a fabric square for a real quilt---just way smaller. If I can't get mine to look as nice as the ones that I saw on Saturday, I may have to order the templates. The link to the company is: http://www.designsbydreamer.com/gallery/gallery1/index.html.
-shari
hihall60_sbcglobal_net
15 years ago
Do you have a pattern for a kimono and are there patterns for the paper folding quilt blocks?

thanks
AnnahE
Original Author
15 years ago
Here is the site for the lady who sells the paper quilt patterns. I finally bought some and they are really nice.
http://www.designsbydreamer.com/shoppingentry.html
hihall60_sbcglobal_net
15 years ago
When I went into the different sites, I could not find the quilted paper folding.

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