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But my preferred method is to follow the seesaw blog for her folded book art tutorial. This pattern allows you to make up any word, number or date with multiple lines. This is rough and ready because it was just done in response. Online there are methods for using photoshop to create your own template, but i felt like there would be an easier way. How to fold book pages into letters recycled book art ideas. Mar 21, 2017 310 2 155 the number of folds possible from the book my pattern in this example has folds. In which case, then youd want one with 600900 pages.
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