Tuesday Tutorial – Origami Bitty Bag Diamonds
This month’s Whisker Graphics Design Team submission was supposed to be paper lanterns to celebrate Chinese New Year. But as with many of my projects, that turned into a fail, which then leads to inspiration which leads to more fails and finally awesomeness. I remembered how much I loved A Subtle Revelry’s diamond party garland and thought to myself ‘Self, that looks easy; I can do that with my Bitty Bags’.
Since I’ve already made origami trees and hearts, why not diamonds?
Her post even leads to a how-to video. How hard can it be? They made it look so easy. And it was, once I got the hang of it. The folding was fairly straight forward, it was the joining that took a bit to figure out. You will know instantly if you did it wrong because it falls apart. Instantly.
But by all that is holy, after pausing the video 16,000 times I figured it out. Then again, it was late at night. I blame that.
But they are so cool and perfect for every occasion, that they are totally worth the cursing at 2 a.m.
Supplies:
assorted Middy and Bigger Bitty Bags
coordinating Divine Twine
bone folder
small hole puncher
- I trimmed my bags down square; the larger pink and blue polka dotted diamonds are made from Bigger Bitty Bags which trim down to 6 1/4″ square and the rest are from Middy Bitty Bags, trimmed down to 5″.
- Whichever size you choose, it will take two bags of the same size to make a diamond.
- Origami paper (as used in the tutorial video) is thinner than Bitty Bags. To get nice, crisp folds, which is crucial, smooth your folds with the bone folder.
- Once done, I punched a small hole at the top to hang with Divine Twine.
I feel you may see these again real soon in other paper for St. Patrick’s Day…don’t want my new-found skills to go to waste.
How perfect would these be in gold, red and white Bitty Bags strung up as a garland or hanging over your party table at your viewing party for the Academy Awards this weekend? If you do that, please send me a few photos!
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