Elegant Iris Folding (Craft Special S.) [Paperback]

Maruscha Gaasenbeek (Author), Tine Beauveser (Author)

Book Description

Series: Craft Special S. | Publication Date: October 2003

Elegant Iris folding is a little more advanced than the earlier books and takes the idea a little further. There are some lovely cards in here all shown with lovely toning colours. Make a truly lovely rose, fancy birthday cake, house for somebody moving, Christmas tree, bauble and more. This was my favourite book yet and I particularly like the way the small tree is repeated more than once on a card and is thus used to great effect, also the way in which iris folding is teamed up with other papercrafts such as Spirelli and stencilling. I've said it before but this is a very cheap and highly addictive craft with the added bonus of recycling something that would otherwise get thrown away.

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About the Author

The authors have written 6 other Iris Folding books.

Product Details

• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Forte Utigevers Publishers (October 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9058773221
• ISBN-13: 978-9058773227
• Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 6.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #454,411 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars More of an intermidate type book, May 6, 2006

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MarmaladeGal - See all my reviews

This review is from: Elegant Iris Folding (Craft Special S.) (Paperback)

This book is a small book, 6.25in by 6.25 in and very thin (0.125in) with only 32 pages. So the templates in the book are small . The patterns are used for greeting cards although the techniques can be used in other crafts such as scrapbooking. The cards are based on predefined sets of iris folding paper, which has colours already blended to get the cards exactly in the book. However, I have not found these readily available and have been using different coloured paper as well as gift paper.

This is not a beginner's book, in that detailed step by step instructions are not given except for the 1st example. The format of the book is to take shapes: circle, apple etc and then it will display about 5 cards based on that template shape, but with different colour schemes. The instructions will list for example 5 colours to make a certain pattern. However it does not detail which colours exactly go where exactly, so one has to figure it out before they construct or the design will not come out as anticipated. Also the patterns size while good for cards are small if you are just starting. I would recommend making a enlarged photocopy, if this is your 1st time trying out before working with the size in the book.

Overall this is a good book for making cards, because it has some good ideas for some basic occasions. Templates included pentagon, diamonds, baskets, cakes, rose, spruces, comets and christmas decoration.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Look at Elegant Iris Folding, September 24, 2005

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Sheila W. Mannweiler "Shopper" (Midwest) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Elegant Iris Folding (Craft Special S.) (Paperback)

This book gives ideas about different shapes, rather than the circle, square and triangle that you see in most books. I don't think the technique is covered as well but you can get that in more primary books. I wish it had even more ideas but it is a very small booklet.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Iris folding, February 14, 2008

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Arlene Buchanan "crafty lady" (Gardena CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Elegant Iris Folding (Craft Special S.) (Paperback)

This is a small book, only 32 pages. The only reason I didn't give it five stars is because there aren't enough patterns. It does have instructions for beginners and examples of completed projects. It has the most elegant rose pattern which can be used in many color variations.

Some reviewers have asked what papers to use for iris folding. Gift wrapping paper (new or used), origami paper, inside envelopes, tissue paper (crumple tissue for soft look) and ribbon. Our volunteer craft group has tried all these methods and you can't miss.