Daffodils modelled from tissue-paper.
Fold the square twice diagonally across from corner to corner to find its centre; then begin at one corner and gather along one of the creases until you reach the centre ([Fig. 139]). Start again at the opposite corner, gather along the crease to the centre, then wrap and tie ([Fig. 140]). Pinch each leaf from underneath along the crease in the middle, to give the depression at the midrib. Straighten the leaf out a little at its widest part and you will find you have made a pair of leaves which are surprisingly natural. Wrap and tie these to the stem and make as many more as you think are needed.
The Daffodil
is of such a different nature it hardly seems possible that it can be made on the same principle as the other flowers, yet the work is practically the same.
Fig. [141].—For the two extra petals.
| Fig. 142.—Pinch and tie in place. | Fig. [144].—Cut off the ragged end. | Fig. [145].—Fit each loose petal between two of the others. |
Fig. [143].—Bring together the fan of paper below the petal.