Erica's Stitches

I needed to make small gifts for a group.  Not wanting to stitch the same pattern again and again right now I turned to origami. It's been years since I've made any boxes and it turned out to be fun, not a chore. These boxes are from Tomoko Fuse's book Joyful Origami and I used 3 inch squares so each box is under 2 inches across. I used up some fancy old origami paper that I may have had for over 20 years.  When finished the boxes looked so colorful all lined up. In fact, wouldn't they make a great quilt? I'm tempted to go out and buy fabric that mimics the paper and start stitching.  I have so many other projects going on that that will have to wait.

I'm getting into the holiday spirit with strings of origami bats.  They will look great hanging in my cubicle at work. They are from the book 10-Fold Origami by Peter Engel. They are quick and easy to fold.  Before I knew it I was out of black paper.