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Step 2Folding the book
The templates in step one are not marked up with all the fold-lines, as they would interfere with whatever you draw on the pages.
Whether you have printed or drawn your template, it needs to be cut and creased carefully, and there's a lot of creasing to do!
Look at the diagram below (you may want to print it out for reference' sake, or to practice folding on). Every dashed and dotted line needs to be creased. The dotted lines should be "mountain folded" - after the crease is made, the crease is the highest point of the paper. The dashed lines should be "valley folded" - the crease ends up as the lowest part of the paper.
When all the folds are made, the book ends up as a square pad one quarter the area of the actual pages.
To open the book, you hold it so that the pages are "diamond way up", points at top and bottom (why did you think I called it the Diamond-fold booklet?). As you open the pages, the top and bottom quarters of the pages spread out to reveal the contents.
Whether you have printed or drawn your template, it needs to be cut and creased carefully, and there's a lot of creasing to do!
Look at the diagram below (you may want to print it out for reference' sake, or to practice folding on). Every dashed and dotted line needs to be creased. The dotted lines should be "mountain folded" - after the crease is made, the crease is the highest point of the paper. The dashed lines should be "valley folded" - the crease ends up as the lowest part of the paper.
When all the folds are made, the book ends up as a square pad one quarter the area of the actual pages.
To open the book, you hold it so that the pages are "diamond way up", points at top and bottom (why did you think I called it the Diamond-fold booklet?). As you open the pages, the top and bottom quarters of the pages spread out to reveal the contents.
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