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Your star should now have four strips emerging from the front center and four
from the back center.
Step 11 is a preparation for the following step, it may feel somewhat loose.
| 11 | Take the top
left of the four front pieces ( in figure 9, it is the red/pink piece) and
fold it down from the center. See Fig. 10. It helps to scoot the blue piece
out of the way during this fold. |
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| Turn your star counterclockwise and continue folding down the rest of the front four pieces. Remember to make sure you are folding from the center. The front of your star will look like Fig. 11. |  |
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| There are two variations for the center of your star which I like to use. The first is how I began making the stars and I refer to it as three dimensional or "Pointy". The second style I derived through experimentation, and I call it "Flat". | ||
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| 12 |
Take the top right of the center-most four pieces and
fold it toward you and to the right at a 45° angle. In this illustration
below, it is purple. |
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| 13 | Now take the end of the
strip you just folded and, with a sweeping motion, and keeping the top side
UP, tuck the end into the center-most fold to it's left, in this case: yellow. You will see the end of it emerge from the (yellow) point on the left. Pull the end gently until the point forms. |
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| 14 | Rotate your star to the left and continue making the points on the other three center-most pieces. Rotating to the LEFT, or counterclockwise, allows you to pass the strip under the previous point and I have found this to be easiest. |  |
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Now flip your star over and continue making your points on the other side. It is best to hold your work in your hand while making the points on the second side, rather than laying it on a table. This will prevent crushing the points on the first side. |
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