Japanese Tea House (Origami Tag Book)

As promised here are the instructions for the Japanese Tea House (and especially for Gayle).

This was first taught to me by Lenna Young Andrews she in turn having been taught by Chris Peden.  I have Lenna's original class notes but she asked that I do not repeat them per se so these are my own notes.  I would ask that if you teach this you also make up your own notes and acknowledge the source.  (See other pictures 3rd April blog)

Now to begin:

Cover - 2 pieces mountboard 3 1/4" square and 2 pieces paper to cover (4 1/4" square).
Stick the board pieces in the centre of the paper, cut the corners and fold over sticking well down.  Set to one side.

Tags - make 14 small tags, stamping on both sides - attach approx 18" yarn by doubling thread and looping through to each one.  (You can have more tags but I think this is a nice number to work with.)  Set to one side.

Book - 7 pieces of thin cardstock 5 3/4" square
Stamp an overall design on one side only - this will be the roof.  (You could use fairly substantial scrapbook paper and use the design on it for your roof.)

Do an Origami Flower Fold on each one, open out and stamp on the triangular pieces for the inside.
(Origami Flower Fold:  Fold square in half with roof side to the table, open out and fold again in half, open out and fold corner to corner ONCE  with the roof side inside.  See pictures below)

Fold in half

turn and fold again

 

Flip cardstock over and fold diagonally

Stamp on the two flat sides (inside) and the two triangular pieces which you can see I am holding.

Like this

The photograph below shows the placement of the stamps when opened out.

Poke a hole through the top where all folds meet and put yarn/tags through - two per hole.  Put one tag either side of the triangular piece.

Attach all seven pieces together on the flat side.

Attach covers to the back and front remembering to add ribbon for closure and hanging loop before sticking down.

NB there are different ways you can finish this:

Gently pull each tag out of the pocket page so it hangs just below the pages then make an overhand knot with your yarn right above the top of the pages.
OR
Attach a bead to the top end of each double set of fibres.

I hope you can follow these instructions - not easy to do without physically showing you and I chickened out of doing a video because I don't know how to upload one.