Flowers & nature · Step-by-step guide
Double-Layer Ruffled Blossom
Stack two sheets to fold a flower with a tight inner layer and broader outer petals.
What you’ll need
- Two equal paper squares
Origami · Creasing, collapse folds & shaping
Make it, step by step.
12 steps · Original diagrams with English instructions
Prepare both sheets
Open image at full size ↗Choose two thin squares of equal size, using matching or contrasting colors.
Fold the stacked base
Open image at full size ↗Stack both squares. Crease the diagonals and midlines together, collapse into a square base and fold the sides inward.
Open the pockets
Open image at full size ↗Open and flatten the folded pockets on every face. Turn the front flap right and the rear flap left, then fold upward.
Tuck the layers
Open image at full size ↗Fold the top layer down and tuck it into the gap above. Repeat around the base and make the pictured reference crease.
Fold the sides
Open image at full size ↗Bring the edges inward along the creases shown, keeping both sheets aligned.
Fold toward the middle
Open image at full size ↗Fold the model toward its center as pictured.
Fold the top layer
Open image at full size ↗Fold the uppermost layer along the center line.
Check the opening
Open image at full size ↗Look down into the top and gently separate the inner and outer layers.
Fold the inner petal
Open image at full size ↗Fold the tip of one inner layer toward the center of the base.
Repeat the inner layer
Open image at full size ↗Repeat this fold on the remaining inner petals.
Open the outer layer
Open image at full size ↗Fold the outer petals away from the center.
Finish the blossom
Open image at full size ↗Repeat around the outer layer and adjust the spacing between petals.
Follow the diagrams alongside the step-by-step English instructions.
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