“Money Rose” designed by Sok Song and Seth Friedman. Folded by Annalisa from a US dollar bill (and a standard weight paper for the test fold). Video tutorial available here from Seth Friedman.
After a brief interlude where the computer wasn’t working, we’re back to Christmas gifts! This was a gift for my sister-in-law, Aubrey. I’ve been wanting to make this since Seth Friedman originally posted his video, so this seemed like the perfect opportunity to try it. Aubrey’s just one of those people you want to give flowers to all the time.
As opposed to the star for Joan, this is a complicated model. I highly recommend doing a test fold or two. It was really helpful to have made Kawasaki roses in the past, so if you haven’t made one of those before, I would try that first; it’s good to get the feel of the twists involved in rose-making before trying it on a real dollar bill. Oddly, though my dollar bill rose looked better, the test fold photographed better, which is why I’ve included both, so you can get a sense of how the ‘stem’ looks from the front. Though, to be honest, I didn’t do the stem quite right on either model, which probably contributes to why it lies differently.
The one thing I didn’t really think through before making these gifts was the fact that one must unfold said gifts in order to use them. There’s either the reaction of “But it’s so pretty I don’t want to unfold it!” or “How do I unfold it without destroying the bill?” Maybe in the future I should send the folded fake bill and just lay it on the real bill. What do you think?
