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A dollar bill produces a model 100mm long with a bloom of 40mm diameter. The bloom is adapted from Herman
Lau’s Flower-in-a-Pot. That bloom can also be used here, resulting in a shorter stem and a smaller bloom
diameter (but with 8 petals, not 6).
C C C
A B
2. Pivot at A, bring B 3. Valley-fold and 4. Valley-fold and
1. Valley-crease at unfold halfway to C.
quarters. Turn over. to 1/4 line, marking unfold at C.
only at C. Turn over.
1/2
7. Valley and unfold
through all layers of
the upper flap. Unfold
6. Swing up on completely. Rotate 8. Valley on existing
5. Swing in sides. creases, extending to
existing crease. half turn. Turn over.
edges.
Alternate method, using
Lau’s 8-petalled flower:
1. Crease at quarters.
2. Water-bomb base at
one end.
3. Squash the 4
triangular flaps of the
water-bomb base: two
loose flaps in front, two
flaps attached to the
9. Use existing valley- rest of the bill in back. 11. Mountain-fold
creases to squeeze in 4. Octagonally sink tip entire top and unfold.
10. Sink hexagonally
mountain-fold angle halfway. (Open out halfway.
bisectors. to find landmarks.)
Repeat on left.

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12. Gather up 4 edges
perpendicularly. 13. Wrap edges. 15. Note that the
Reverse below valley- sunken assembly has
fold (where indicated). 14. Continue collasping
on existing creases. remained fixed. Swing
Entire bottom of bill one flap to the left.
swings behind and up.
1/2
15-17
16. Mountain-fold on 17. Swing flap back 18. Add mountain- 19. Crease forwards
existing crease, to the right. Repeat creases halfway and backwards. Make
tucking inside. 15-17 on left. Rotate between existing the longer fold first, then
half-turn. valleys. Inner ones use it to help locate the
don’t have to go all shorter.
the way up.
20 Add more creases. 21. Crease angle-
bisector, to center-line. 22. Fold model in half, 23. Outside crimp.
Turn over. swinging 2 small flaps
Repeat on right. Mountain-folds exist,
to the left behind at the valley-folds are new.
top.

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24-26
24. Lift one flap. 25. Pleat on existing 26. Swing flap back 27. Sink long edge.
creases. down. Repeat 24-26 Closed-sink and keep
behind. together at the top.
29. Closed sink 30. Roll and 31. Closed-sink.
upper layer on tuck inside Not quite an
28. Spread pleats, reform creases from sink. Swing
18-20, Elias-stretching. angle-bisector. angle-bisector.
flap down.
33. Outside reverse fold the leaf (valley is
single-ply, mountain on dotted line). At the
same time, mountain the stem in quarters,
forming a tube. Where leaf joins stem, form
tiny gussets to avoid tearing.
Tuck loose paper at tip of leaf inside, behind
the sink from step 31. Curve and shape leaf.
32. Mountain a single Rabbit ear stem where it joins the bloom.
ply, flush with sink.
Swing flap back up.

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34. This is the view between the
two thinnest petals. Valley and
mountain the lower corners of the 35. Reverse-fold top edges of all
4 “loose” petals, locking the base 6 petals (about 1/3 of the angle).
of the bloom. Don’t flatten.
37. This is a single petal. Open and round
the sides of the petal, and mountain the
36. View from above the bloom. Pull tip behind. Flatten the underside of the
down tips of petals, while gently petal, especially the thick petals adjoining
flattening the center. the stem.
38. Finished. (Ok, so it’s a generous picture,
but you get the idea.)