My mother makes these woven Carolina snowflakes, also known as Finnish stars or Finnish snowflakes, from thin strips of wood. I, of course, had to try a paper version.
The design is by Billie Ruth Sudduth.
NOTE: Apparently she holds a copyright on this particular design, so I have removed the instructions from this post.
You can see several different versions on HGTV here (about 13 minutes into the video), and at an origami a day.
Amanda, of House Revivals, makes them from old books.
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21 comments:
Thanks to show each picture how to make snowflake, step by step. I will try to make it.
it is so cute and delicate! thanks for the detailed tutorial
eli
Thanks for the detailed how-to for these snowflakes. Perfect mid-winter craft; I might try these with ribbon.
Holy Cow, this Carolina Snowflake is simply fantastic. I am constantly in awe with your wonderful endeavor to tackle the detailed, and to share with us. Wonderful tute.
Carole
This is just stunning - incredible!
The snowflake is really one of a kind and thank you for the tutorial.
This is incredible!! I can't wait to try it! Thank you so much for the step-by-step instructions!
i've enjoyed looking at your blog.
Lots of good projects!
Kathy
ps I've just started using a craft robo to make signs at work, but I'm excited about the other possibilities.
Looks amaizing!
Wow!! Another one of your fabulous creations. I am going to have to give this a try. Thanks so much for sharing. Your directions make it look so easy!!
This papercraft looks amazing!!! I tried it myself, and thanks to your easy to follow instructions and pictures, I was able to! I just recently found your blog, and I'm loving it!! I will definitely be coming back!
Awesome looking snowflake! I will definitely try it myself! I love your blog! Congratulations!
OMG these are amazing, I cant wait to try one
Nana Donnan
oh my gosh... what beautiful snow flake!!
Thank you so much for sharing this, I just love paper snowflakes and this one is beyond cuteness!
This is so beautiful! I love that you did a different variation on the points, by crossing the strips. That is very pretty. I'm loving the sheet music!
~Amanda
Very beautiful snowflake! Thanks for sharing this tutorial!
OMG!! This is beautiful!!! You AMAZE me with your creativity!!!
Debbie M
This is great! Thanks for the tutorial.
I have to say that this is NOT a "Carolina Snowflake". (Despite what you've been told.)
This "snowflake" is in fact a traditional Finnish Star. My family is from Finland, so I do know of it. (Plus if you google: "Finnish Star" under images, you'll find MANY creations of this same design.
Just saying... it's important to give credit where credit is due.
Heck, and I'm Finnish, too :)!
It's rather funny, actually, if you think of it: Finnish paper stars inspire basket makers to make the stars from reed; basket stars inspire me to make one from paper. Full circle!
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