$ FlowerCopyright 1998-99 Stephen Hecht. All Rights ReservedA dollar bill produces a model 100mm long with a bloom of 40mm diameter. The bloom is adapted from HermanLau’s Flower-in-a-Pot. That bloom can also be used here, resulting in a shorter stem and a smaller bloomdiameter (but with 8 petals, not 6).

1. Valley-crease atquarters. Turn over.

A B

C

2. Pivot at A, bring Bto 1/4 line, markingonly at C.

C

5. Swing in sides.

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8. Valley on existingcreases, extending toedges.

9. Use existing valley-creases to squeeze inmountain-fold anglebisectors.Repeat on left.

10. Sink hexagonallyhalfway. (Open outto find landmarks.)

C

Alternate method, usingLau’s 8-petalled flower:1. Crease at quarters.2. Water-bomb base atone end.3. Squash the 4triangular flaps of thewater-bomb base: twoloose flaps in front, twoflaps attached to therest of the bill in back.4. Octagonally sink tiphalfway.

11. Mountain-foldentire top and unfold.

3. Valley-fold andunfold at C.

4. Valley-fold andunfold halfway to C.Turn over.

6. Swing up onexisting crease.

7. Valley and unfoldthrough all layers ofthe upper flap. Unfoldcompletely. Rotatehalf turn. Turn over.

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12. Gather up 4 edgesperpendicularly. 13. Wrap edges.

Reverse below valley-fold (where indicated).Entire bottom of billswings behind and up.

15. Note that thesunken assembly hasremained fixed. Swingone flap to the left.

16. Mountain-fold onexisting crease,tucking inside.

17. Swing flap backto the right. Repeat15-17 on left. Rotatehalf-turn.

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18. Add mountain-creases halfwaybetween existingvalleys. Inner onesdon’t have to go allthe way up.

14. Continue collaspingon existing creases.

19. Crease forwardsand backwards. Makethe longer fold first, thenuse it to help locate theshorter.

20 Add more creases. Turn over.

21. Crease angle-bisector, to center-line. Repeat on right.

22. Fold model in half,swinging 2 small flapsto the left behind at thetop.

23. Outside crimp.Mountain-folds exist,valley-folds are new.

15-17

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24. Lift one flap. 25. Pleat on existingcreases.

26. Swing flap backdown. Repeat 24-26behind.

24-26

27. Sink long edge.Closed-sink and keeptogether at the top.

28. Spread pleats, reform creases from18-20, Elias-stretching.

29. Closed sinkupper layer onangle-bisector.

30. Roll andtuck insidesink. Swingflap down.

31. Closed-sink. Not quite anangle-bisector.

32. Mountain a singleply, flush with sink.Swing flap back up.

33. Outside reverse fold the leaf (valley issingle-ply, mountain on dotted line). At thesame time, mountain the stem in quarters,forming a tube. Where leaf joins stem, formtiny gussets to avoid tearing.

Tuck loose paper at tip of leaf inside, behindthe sink from step 31. Curve and shape leaf.

Rabbit ear stem where it joins the bloom.

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34. This is the view between thetwo thinnest petals. Valley andmountain the lower corners of the4 “loose” petals, locking the baseof the bloom.

35. Reverse-fold top edges of all6 petals (about 1/3 of the angle). Don’t flatten.

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36. View from above the bloom. Pulldown tips of petals, while gentlyflattening the center.

37. This is a single petal. Open and roundthe sides of the petal, and mountain thetip behind. Flatten the underside of thepetal, especially the thick petals adjoiningthe stem.

38. Finished. (Ok, so it’s a generous picture,but you get the idea.)