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Making a fan?
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 2:23 pm
by megandmog
It's ridiculously hot in the office and one of my colleagues has just made a fold-up paper fan to try to cool himself down.
Seeing as I just bought a book full of patterns for fans, I wonder if it is possible to make an actual fan? Anyone ever attempted it or have any ideas on how to go about it?
Re: Making a fan?
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 2:25 pm
by Dazbo666
The concertina sheet of paper is about as far as I've ever taken it
Re: Making a fan?
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 4:42 pm
by kell
Ooh, wouldn't it be lovely to have a hand-stitched fan?! I suspect it would be easier to make those one-piece frame fans (the kind you see in films when the characters go to church in the Deep South) rather than a concertina one. Might be worth looking into that...
Re: Making a fan?
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 4:56 pm
by Mabel Figworthy
Or you could get a silk one and embroider on to it?
Re: Making a fan?
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:27 pm
by kell
Ooh, yes, that would be lovely too!
Re: Making a fan?
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:42 pm
by mags
Re: Making a fan?
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:10 am
by megandmog
Fankoo. I think buying one and stitching on to it is gonna be the easiest solution.