Beginner Twirlie Created by Marcia Joy Miller Place this toy on your pencil, blow on it, and a splash of color whizzes around Twirlie is a modular origami model You can create the units during your coffee breaks and then connect them during another coffee break PAPER: Use medium weight bond paper You will need either eight 8½-inch squares or ten 5½-inch squares Choose an assortment of colors or an alternating pattern of two colors After you are familiar with the model you can cut 8½-inch squares of bond paper into four smaller squares and use ten of these 4¼-inch squares to make Twirlie Another choice for experienced folders is to create the model from twelve squares of memo cube paper BASIC TECHNIQUES: See Chapter for the Preliminary Base exercise Start with a completed Mountain fold the bottom Preliminary Base Fold the bottom corner of the front flap up to the top corner Unfold Repeat behind half of the front flap inside the model Turn the model over from Mountain fold the bottom side to side so that it is in the position shown in the next step half of the front flap inside the model Fold the right front flap to Turn the model over from the left Ori for Busy People_INT 00-96 27jul.indd 41 side to side so that it is in the position shown in the next step 7/27/11 3:55:41 PM 42 ORIGAMI FOR BUSY PEOPLE Fold the right front flap to Fold the right bottom Swing the right front flap 10 Fold the bottom right the left to the left Swing the left back flap to the right flap up as far as possible edge of the front flap to the crease Fold the left bottom edge of the front flap to the crease Repeat the process behind 11 Turn the model over 14 You have completed from side to side so that it is in the position shown in the next step 13 Bring the front flap 12 Fold the bottom right flap up as far as possible towards you so that it is at a right angle (90°) to the rest of the model Repeat behind one unit of what will be the finished model Now, fold as many units as needed to complete one model (See the paper requirements at the beginning of the diagrams to find out the number of units.) 15 Pick up two units of different colors and position them as shown Insert the top flap of the left unit partially into the top pocket of the right unit Next, insert the bottom flap of the right unit partially into the bottom pocket of the left unit Now, push both units together Ori for Busy People_INT 00-96 27jul.indd 42 16 The illustration shows 17 Now, swing the right the connected units unit to the left 7/27/11 3:55:44 PM ...42 ORIGAMI FOR BUSY PEOPLE Fold the right front flap to Fold the right bottom Swing the right front