{"id":12265,"date":"2020-07-12T14:31:51","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T18:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/?p=12265"},"modified":"2025-09-15T15:37:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T19:37:05","slug":"tutorial-petal-fold-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/12\/tutorial-petal-fold-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Tutorial \/\/ Petal Fold Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Make a Petal Fold Book\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y6IWrxj5k0A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In this video for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbss.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">North Bennet Street School<\/a>, my co-host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowmountainbindery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colin Urbina<\/a> shows me how to make a Petal Fold Book using simple folding techniques similar to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/08\/tutorial-turkish-map-fold\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Turkish Map Fold<\/a>. Even though this video is geared towards kids, this technique is great for any age group. You can find more online content created for NBSS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbss.edu\/continuing-education\/kids-activities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking for even more instructional content, I have a growing list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/tutorials\/\">tutorials<\/a> and I also teach live workshops in-person and online. Check out my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/workshops\/workshops.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">list of Upcoming Workshops<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SUPPLIES:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2013 5 square pieces of paper, plain or decorative (any size, but should be the same size)<br \/>\n\u2013\u00a0Glue Stick<br \/>\n\u2013\u00a0Bone Folder (optional)<br \/>\n\u2013 Coloring and decorating supplies (markers, colored pencils, or crayons)<\/p>\n<p>The Petal Fold is a simplified version of a fold used in origami by the same name. By reducing the number of folds from the origami technique, it can be used to create pages that can easily condense into an artist book.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PetalFold2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12380\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/12\/tutorial-petal-fold-book\/petalfold2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PetalFold2-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1592220495&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.041666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PetalFold2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PetalFold2-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PetalFold2-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PetalFold2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PetalFold2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PetalFold2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PetalFold2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PetalFold2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PetalFold2-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PetalFold2-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this video for North Bennet Street School, my co-host Colin Urbina shows me how to make a Petal Fold Book using simple folding techniques similar to the Turkish Map Fold. Even though this video is geared towards kids, this technique is great for any age group. You can find more online content created for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1276],"tags":[572,1867,1038,173,949,2391,2382,1278],"class_list":["post-12265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tutorials","tag-book-arts","tag-bookbinding","tag-colin-urbina","tag-erin-fletcher","tag-north-bennet-street-school","tag-petal-fold-book","tag-turkish-map-fold","tag-tutorial"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Btis-3bP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12234,"url":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/08\/tutorial-turkish-map-fold\/","url_meta":{"origin":12265,"position":0},"title":"Tutorial \/\/ Turkish Map Fold","author":"Erin Fletcher","date":"June 8, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"In this video for North Bennet Street School, I show my co-host Colin Urbina how to fold a square sheet of paper using the Turkish Map Fold technique. 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