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I wanted to make some kirigami cards inspired by Hawaiian quilt designs. I started looking at patterns and eventually stumbled upon a couple dingbat fonts at fontriver.
Dingbat fonts cut great on cutting machines--just type a "letter" on your page, resize and cut!
Many of the designs are simple enough to hand cut, too. Technically you could fold your paper into eighths to cut the designs, but I have to think that most paper would work better folded into fourths.
How to make a Hawaiian quilt design kirigami
Select a thinner paper, but one that will go through your printer. Size the font design as desired and print it on the back of your paper.
Lightly pencil fold lines: either corner to corner, both ways...
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or from the center point of one side to the center point of the opposite side, both ways.
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Fold the square into fourths.
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Cut along the design, like cutting a snowflake.
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Unfold. Don't worry if the cut lines don't follow the printed lines exactly on all the layers. That's why you printed on the BACK side!
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