Last week we celebrated the lovely Miss Holly's birthday with some southwestern fare in downtown Dallas and...
...iris folding!
Holly had requested an iris folded U.S. map several months ago with a special ask--she wanted it big! This took a little thinking on my part. I needed to find a frame the right size and then I needed to figure out how I was going to cut out a map that big.
How big, you ask? Well, if this is the size of the original iris fold map I did...
...THIS is the size of Holly's map.
I eventually ended up using my Silhouette Cameo to make the map out of two 12" x 12" pieces of cardstock and pieced them together.
Then came the fun part.
I used paper from two different atlases.
This one...
And two different dictionaries, too.
A mat and a frame later, and Holly got her big map.
Interested in a giant iris fold for your house? Give me a shout. I have lots of atlases waiting to be swirled.
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