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Keeping An Image Complete.; Wnen folding how to keep an image whole.
Topic Started: Jul 2 2006, 07:50 PM (353 Views)
Puss	Jul 2 2006, 07:50 PM Post #1
Adept Member Posts: 101 Group: Members Member #340 Joined: May 29, 2006	I've just bought some really nice tea bag papers with pictures on from paper nation. They have surfing dudes and disco divas on etc. I have tried and tried but I can't find away of folding and putting together which allows the complete picture to reappear whole. Can any one help me? Can anyone understand what I mean more to the point!!??!! HELP! PLEASE!



Poppy	Jul 2 2006, 11:24 PM Post #2
Cosmic Member Posts: 6,710 Group: Moderators Member #4 Joined: August 16, 2005	Hi Puss, I do a lot of tea bag folding but I have to confess I hate putting pictures together. I like to fold pretty papers, nice shiny glittery shimmery ones. I think I was a magpie in my last life cos anything remotely shiny I immediately buy and shash away!!! There are so many pitfalls with pictures that I gave them up early on. I think the kite fold and the double malteese are the only folds that will enable you to get a repeat picture , but then you'd have to fold different bits everytime to get a completed picture? Maybe you could scan a backing sheet of the picture and do a fold to show just a section of the main picture to compliment it??? Does that help??? Hope it does. Poppy



waxingsteve	Jul 3 2006, 08:26 AM Post #3
Administrator Posts: 13,384 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 16, 2005 Twitter ID craftman57 Facebook ID Steve Smy	Puss, the principle is to fold each successive tea bag so that the visible area is at 45 degrees to the previous one We could probably show you easier than explain it in just words but you will need a sheet of tiles printed out with a picture on for practice If we can squeeze some time out of the tube, we'll try to do a photo tut Steve



jo145	Jul 3 2006, 06:27 PM Post #4
Cosmic Member Posts: 4,076 Group: Advanced Members Member #54 Joined: August 31, 2005	I find pictures quite hard to fold too. Do scan it and let us see what it is like and no doubt someone will be able to help.



Puss	Jul 3 2006, 08:11 PM Post #5
Adept Member Posts: 101 Group: Members Member #340 Joined: May 29, 2006	Thanks all!! I'd sortta worked out the 45 degree bit! I'll give the kite fold ago next I think. Good to know that I'm not being to dipple brained! What's a double malteese poppy?? So much "stuff" and so little time!!



Poppy	Jul 3 2006, 08:19 PM Post #6
Cosmic Member Posts: 6,710 Group: Moderators Member #4 Joined: August 16, 2005	Puss if this works you should have a link to a tea bag drawn demo by Steve. http://craftboard.50webs.com/tbag/tbag1.html When you have folded what the end fold is in the demo that is the single maltese fold. Fold 4 more and slide them inbetween and it becomes a double maltese fold. Poppy



Puss	Jul 4 2006, 07:30 PM Post #7
Adept Member Posts: 101 Group: Members Member #340 Joined: May 29, 2006	Thanks alot again Poppy!



Puss	Aug 3 2006, 10:50 PM Post #8
Adept Member Posts: 101 Group: Members Member #340 Joined: May 29, 2006	I have been busy experimenting and have had several successes! Still trying to use a variety of folds and inspiration! Will post as soon as I get something I am happy with!



waxingsteve	Aug 5 2006, 05:58 PM Post #9
Administrator Posts: 13,384 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 16, 2005 Twitter ID craftman57 Facebook ID Steve Smy	Excellent news, Puss Somehow, we got kind of distracted recently Mind you, we sat in a cafe with Kellie and Damo yesterday and Jenny soon had Kellie folding empty sugar sachets made both a medallion and a dragon The guy at the counter was watching with some fascination but pretended disinterest when Kellie offered to leave the dragon for him Steve



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