<arielart> Hello, all!
<phyl> hi
<keribou> hi ariel
<keribou> Ariel- I got an emergency problem form work- I will answer your e-mail later
<keribou> hi Alicia
<arielart> Okay, Keribou! Good to "see" you!
<keribou> http://www.mindspring.com/~boos1/irisfold/irisfold.html
<keribou> Linda!
<keribou> My rubber kid!
<phyl> boing boing
<Lineka> I'm here, off and on. Hi Mom
<Lineka> lunch time here
<phyl> does she bounce keri
<keribou> well Linda- do what you can and I can tell you the rest later
<keribou> does who bounce Phyl?
<phyl> your rubber kid
<AliciaG> Keribou your samples are so fantastic, you overloaded my mirc!
<keribou> oh- Linda- I get it now- I'm slow
<phyl> lol
<Eileen> can I keep this page up and enter the class page?
<keribou> oh no Alicia- I didn't mean to!
<Linekafixinglunches> lol
<AliciaG> they are just so stunning. =)
<keribou> Eileen- are yu on the web?
<Eileen> yes and I have a Mac
<keribou> Can you open a second browser window and paste the URL?
<Linekafixinglunches> Iris folding is very interesting, It's got my curiousity up
<keribou> http://www.mindspring.com/~boos1/irisfold/irisfold.html
<Eileen> I will try
<arielart> The samples are wonderful!
<keribou> ty
<manybooks> wow - the samples are amazig! I can't stay for class but I'm going to leave the window open and read it later, k?
<LuniLadi> OMG...it reminds me of strip quilting!!!
<keribou> fine manybooks
<arielart> Hi, Charlie!
<brenda> hey char
<keribou> Luni- other people said the same thing last time I taught this
<Char> Hi1
<Linekafixinglunches> That's funny. Why do they call it "folding"
<keribou> we'll get to that Lineka
<Linekafixinglunches> k
<LuniLadi> do/have you quilted keribou?
<arielart> Yes, they look like log cabin quilt blocks.
<keribou> I am not a quilter
<LuniLadi> strip piecing
<LuniLadi> wowzers...how strange...lol
<phyl> lol
<LuniLadi> this is the second time I saw something that looks exactly related to quilting/fabric arts
<keribou> http://www.mindspring.com/~boos1/irisfold/irisfold.html
<keribou> OK- I'M GOING TO GET STARTED
<phyl> k
<AliciaG> yipee!
<keribou> JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND FIRST
<keribou> I TAUGHT THIS CALSS IN MARCH AND BY POPULAR DEMAND I WAS ASKED TO TEACH IT AGAIN
<phyl> i can see why
<brenda> yippieeeee
<keribou> IRIS FOLDING IS A COUSIN OF TEABAG FOLDING
<keribou> AND BOTH ART FORMS ORIGINATED IN THE NETHERLANDS
<phyl> first or second cousin
<keribou> OK MAYBE 2ND COURSIN- ONCE REMOVED
<phyl> lol
<keribou> I GOT INTERESTED IN IRIS FOLDING WHEN I SAW SOME SAMPLES ON THE WEB
<keribou> I JOINED A YAHOO GROUP TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT
<keribou> WAS VERY INTERESETING BUT THE TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUE WAS TOO TEDIOUS FOR ME
<keribou> TRADITIONALLY YOU USE 1/2 INCH WIDE STRIPS OF PAPER, FOLD THEM IN HALF AND LAY THEM ALONG A PATTERN
<keribou> WHILE THE RESULT WERE VERY PRETTY
<keribou> I PLAYED AND SIMPLIFIED IT
<Eileen> what is the symbol before the I in Iris?
<keribou> SO THIS IS IRIS FOLDING KERIBOU STYLE
<LuniLadi> works for me
<phyl> love simplified ideas
<keribou> SO
<keribou> I EITHER CUT MY STRIPS WITH A PAPER CUTTER ABOYT 1/4 INCH WIDE
<keribou> OR I USED A PAPER SHREDDER AND LET IT DO THE CUTTING
<Susie> Isn't that REALLY narrow? Paper shredder
<keribou> THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO USE SCRAPS OR RECYLE PRETTY PAPERS- WRAPPING, CALENDAR PAGES
<keribou> DIFFERENT SHREDDERS HAVE DIFFERENT WIDTHS
<keribou> OURS IS ABOUT 1/4 INCH WIDE STRIPS
<Linekafixinglunches> the paper doesn't look that narrow, Mom
<keribou> BUT DON'T GET HUNG UP ON EXACT WIDTH- THIS IS PRETTY FREE FORM
<LuniLadi> so 1/4 is the standard width?
<brenda> http://www.mindspring.com/~boos1/irisfold/irisfold.html
<keribou> SOEMTIMES I JUST USE WHATEVER SCRAPS AND THEY ARE DIFFERENT SIZES
<keribou> TRADITIONALLY LUNI
<keribou> 1/2 INCH STRIP FOLDED IN HALF
<keribou> I THOUGHT THE FOLDED STRIPS WERE BULKY
<keribou> SO I SON'T FOLD
<keribou> DON'T
<LuniLadi> ty
<keribou> IF YOU JOIN AN IRIS FOLDING GROUP OR SEARCH THE WEB YOU WILL FIND LOTS OF PATTERNS
<keribou> THE PATTERNS HAVE THE LINES DRAWN IN SO YOU KNOW HOW TO LAYER THE STRIPS
<keribou> WHILE THIS CAN BE HELPFUL
<phyl> why do they call it iris?
<keribou> I LIKE TO DO IT MORE FREE-FORM
<AliciaG> ah
<keribou> BECAUSE AS YOU LAYER THE STRIPS IT LOOKS LIKE AN IRIS
<phyl> ah ha
<Skye> makes sense
<LuniLadi> 'k
<keribou> SO I HAVE USED PICTURES, CLIP ART, DRAWN MY OWN
<keribou> OR MY EASIEST WAY-
<keribou> USING EVOLVING IMAGES SHAPE TEMPLATES
<AliciaG> i like easy
<phyl> good idea
<keribou> I TAKE A PIECE OF CS AND CUT OUT MY SHAPE
<brenda> neato idea
<keribou> SINCE YOU ARE WORKING FROM BEHIND THE CUTOUT
<keribou> IF YOU MISS A FEW PLACES WHEN YOU ARE CUTTING THE SHAPE IT IS OK-
<keribou> YOU WILL BE COVERING IT
<brenda> http://www.mindspring.com/~boos1/irisfold/irisfold.html
<keribou> DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
<brenda> yep
<arielart> Yes.
<keribou> OK
<Linekafixinglunches> yep
<keribou> WHAT WORKS IN MY HEAD DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK AT MY FINGERS TYPING
<keribou> SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE SAMPLES PAGE
<phyl> at least your head works
<brenda> http://www.mindspring.com/~boos1/irisfold/irisfold.html
<keribou> WHAT I DID WAS I TOOK LOTS OF COLORED STRIPS
Linekafixinglunches likes the triangle
<keribou> SO THAT YOU COULD SEE THE VARIOUS LAYERS
<keribou> NOT SURE IF I LIKE THE COLORS TOGETHER BUT I WAS LOOKING FOR CONTRAST
<AliciaG> looks almost like a quilt
<keribou> ON THE LEFT IT SHOWS HOW I LAYER THE STRIPS
<keribou> NEXT TO IT ON THE RIGHT YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FLIPPED OVER TO THE PRETTY SIDE
<arielart> Where do you glue the strips down?
<keribou> FOR THE CLASS SAMPLE I USED WIDER STRIPS
<LuniLadi> alicia...that's exactly what I said...strip piecing
<keribou> I USED DOUBLE STICK TAPE AND THE STRIPS ARE TAPED
<arielart> ty
<keribou> TO THE CARD- PAST THE OPENEING
<brenda> http://www.mindspring.com/~boos1/irisfold/irisfold.html
<keribou> WHOOPS- I USED REGULAR TAPE
<keribou> SORRY
<Eileen> could you glue it as well?
<keribou> BUT OF COURSE DOUBLE STICK TAPE WOULD WORK
<keribou> CLUE WOULD WORK
<keribou> RUNNING STRIPS THROUHG XYROPN WOULD WORK
<keribou> XYRON
<phyl> neat
<keribou> GLUE
<keribou> I LIKE THE TAPE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT SLIPPING AND SLIDING
<keribou> BUT SINCE I TAUGHT THAT CLASS LAST TIME I HAVE DISCOVERED YES GLUE WHICH I LOVE
<LuniLadi> I tend to get glue alllll over...lol
<Eileen> running through the Xyon wouldn't make your design sticky?
<keribou> MAYBE A GLUE STICK?
<keribou> EILEEN- YES BUT
<Linda> Wouldn't there be sticky tape where you don't want it by using the Xyron?
<phyl> add glitter
<keribou> BUT IF YOU ADD STICK TO THE BACKIT WILL HELP HOLD THE BORDERING STRIPS IN PLACE
<keribou> SINCE THE BACK HAS THE UNEVEN STRIPS AND TAPE AND STUFF IT IS A LITTLE UNSIGHTLY
<keribou> SO I USUALLY LAYER A PIECE OF CS OR PAPER OVER THE "UGLY" PART
<keribou> SO IF YOU HAD XYRON STICKY IT WOULD JUST HELP HOLD THE COVER IN PLACE
<Linda> Right, that makes sense.
<Eileen> I'm lost, but continue, my brain will kick in
<keribou> EILEEN- THERE IS A PRETTY SIDE AND AN UNGLY SIDE WHEN YOU ARE DONE
<Eileen> yes, I hae that down
<keribou> YOU WOULD PROBABLY COVER THE UGLY SIDE OR ATTACH IT TO A CARD
<Eileen> ok
<keribou> TRADITIONALLY THE STRIPS SEEM TO BE LAYERED IN A "CIRCULAR" OR ROTATIONAL WAY
<keribou> IF YOU GET FANCY YOU CAN COLOR CODE AREAS- LIKE IF YOU WERE DOING A FLOWER
<keribou> MAKE THE PETALS 1 COLOR AND THE CENTER A DIFFERENT COLOR
<keribou> THAT CAN ADD SOME DIMENSION TO YOUR PIECE
<keribou> OK- ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR ARE YOU ALL SNOOZING
<phyl> no just being good
<keribou> PHYL- YOU ARE AT EVERY CLASS I TEACH- YOU ARE A PROBLEM CHILD!
<Skye> yes, where do you get the patterns or do you just make up one?
<AliciaG> just hanging out
<phyl> lol
<Eileen> God knows I'M not asleep. LOL
<keribou> OK- STEAL THEM FROM THE NET
<Skye> ah good
<keribou> DO A GOOGLE SEARCH ON IRIS FOLDING
<Linekafixinglunches> does the center tend to colapse
<keribou> USE CLIP ART
<Skye> thanks
<phyl> so basically your are just glueing the strips to each other from the outside of the patter to the center?
<LuniLadi> I love the search idea
<LuniLadi> why don't I ever think of these things??!
<keribou> WHEN I AM DONE SOMETIMES I PUT SOME CLEAR PACKG TAPE OVER THE UGLE SIDE TO PREVENT THE STRIPS FROM GAPPING
<arielart> I am trying to exile two jumping spiders on my window. Got one. May need to leave with the second.
<keribou> IN FACT THERE ARE SOME RRALLY GOOD IRIS SITES
<keribou> SOME OF THEM ARE IN DUTCH BUT YOU CAN LOOK AT THE PICTURES
<keribou> LET ME GRAB THEM
<keribou> AND YOU CAN DROOL
<keribou> THE SITES ARE SITES THAT I HAVE FOUND
<Skye> tease!
<LuniLadi> shoot keribou...I can't log :(
LuniLadi is at "work"
<phyl> ew that four letter word again
<LuniLadi> rofl phyl
<keribou> LUNI- SEND ME AN E-MAILL AT KERIBOU.DM.NET AND I'LL E-MAIL THEM
<Skye> bad word....but good for stamp money
<LuniLadi> ex-act-ly
<phyl> so true skye
<keribou> WHOOPS- KERIBOU@DM.NET
<LuniLadi> ty keribou <kiss,kis>
<keribou> YW
<Linda> Thanks for showing us the easier way - I signed up to teach this to my stamp club in April despite not having tried it myself. I now can show them the original and Keribou's adapted version.
<phyl> hey what about my question?
<keribou> YES- I THINK YOU CAN GET SOME NICE STUFF DOING IT THE EASY WAY
<LuniLadi> yes, the folding seems totalluy unneccesary
<keribou> PHYL- I MISSED IT- REPEAT PLEASE
<LuniLadi> totally, that is..
<phyl> hmmmmmm
<phyl> so basically you are glueing the strips to each other from the outside of the pattern to the center?
<Linekafixinglunches> maybe originally the paper was really thin, thus the folding
<keribou> YES PHYL
<phyl> thank kew
<keribou> IT MIGHT BE LINEKA
<keribou> I DIDN'T LIKE IT BECUASE TO ME IT MADE IT TOO BULKY PLUS IT WAS HARD TO FOLD SUCH NARROW STRIPS
<Linda> If you are doing a flower design, putting a shiny or metallic piece in the center really looks neat.
<keribou> http://www.thewinniefactor.com/en/iris.htm
<keribou> THAT IS A CRASH COURSE IN IRIS FOLDING- THAT PAGE STARTED ME
<Skye> ty
<phyl> can you use different weights of paper
<keribou> YOU CAN EASILY FOLLOW THE PICTURES
<phyl> on the same pattern?
<keribou> I HAVE PHYL
<Linda> I think I'm going to try a star using patriotic apers.
<phyl> or will it warp?
<keribou> JUST BE CAREFUL
<phyl> ok
<Linekafixinglunches> good idea, Linda
<LuniLadi> oh Linda, that sounds nice!
<keribou> MAYBE TISSUE PAPER AND CS WOULD WARP BUT IF THEY ARE CLOSER THEY SHOULD BE OK
<LuniLadi> or a Christmas ornament!
<phyl> got it
<phyl> christmas ornament is great luni
<Linekafixinglunches> Ooo another great idea, LuniLadi
<Linda> The cut-out ideas are endless.
<Eileen> Great for Easter eggs also
<phyl> chineese lanterns with chinese papers
<Linda> Pumpkin, too.
<keribou> THIS NEXT LINK WILL MAKE YOU DROOL- THIS LADY IS VERY TALENTED
<keribou> http://home.wanadoo.nl/rscharp/.
<phyl> going
<keribou> GO TO THE LEFT HAD SIDE AND CHOOSE IRIS
<keribou> BY LOOKING AT THOSE SAMPLES THOUGH YOU'LL SEE HOW BASIC MINE ARE BUT- I CAN DEAL WITH IT!
<phyl> ooo and she explains this so perfectly
<phyl> lol
<Skye> well, i'm sure that you just put up the simple ones for us to follow
<Skye> heehee
<phyl> ooo the butterflies are wonderful
<brenda> http://www.mindspring.com/~boos1/irisfold/irisfold.html
<keribou> WELL THAT ABOUT WRAPS IT UP
<keribou> I HOPE I HAVE GIVEN YOU SOME IDEAS ON WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR SCRAPS
<Eileen> Thanks so much Keribou
<Skye> really? it's that easy?
<Linda> Simple but elegant. Love it!!!! Thanks for the great class, Keribou.
<keribou> AND YOU CAN EASILY DO THIS WATCHING TV
<LuniLadi> plenty of ideas keribou!
<Mare> I came in late...how do we get the template?
<Seesa> Foo I missed the instructions but the pictures are gorgeous
<Linekafixinglunches> I can't imagine doing those butterflies. :-\
<Skye> ah my favorite
<sweetp> Thanks a bunch! I think I picked up some of this whil working
<keribou> OK- PEOPLE WHO CAME IN LATE
<phyl> thanks for giving us that great site
<Skye> wow. thanks keribou,this gives me a whole lot of new ideas
<phyl> and the great ideas
<Char> Shoot....now I can't throw out the stuff I've shredded! Is there no end to what has to be "saved?"
<keribou> I TAUGHT THIS CLASS IN MARCH AND THE CLASS IS IN THE ARCHIVE
<keribou> ON THE CYBERSTAMPERS SITE
<Seesa> Ohh thanks Keri I will look it up I need to make a Bday card for my sis and this looks lovely
<Mare> Do we make our own template
<Char> Great fun....lots of ideas to play with.
<arielart> Thank you Keribou!
<arielart> Great class!
<keribou> TY FOR COMING
<arielart> Back to work now. Bye
<keribou> THIS IS A FUN CLASS
<keribou> MAYBE I'LL MAKE A PART 2
<keribou> AND TEACH IT LATER THIS SUMMER
<Linekafixinglunches> Yes it was,keribou
<Skye> yes
<Char> Stimulated lots of fun ideas. Thanks Keribou.
<wild_rubber_woman> sorry v late but have you mentioned using the insides of envelopes for paper?
<Skye> that sounds good
<keribou> ACTUALLY I DIDN;T BUT THAT IS A GOOD IDEA
<keribou> GREAT WAY TO RECYCLE
<Linekafixinglunches> TTYL, hugs. Molly must be sleeping or a really good girl, eh? lol
<Skye> oh no the recycle pile of scraps is taller than me!!
<phyl> is that written in Dutch?
<keribou> THOSE 2 SITES- HAVE ENGLISH
<phyl> where?
<keribou> YOU JUST NEED TO CLICK ON THAT OPTION
<phyl> missed it thanks
<LuniLadi> got to go..office is heating up.
<LuniLadi> thanks again keribou...I'll mai you, 'k?
<keribou> http://www.thewinniefactor.com/
<keribou> IS THE MAIN PAGE
<keribou> THEN CHOOSE ENGLISH
<keribou> THEN YOU WANT CRASH COURSE IN IRIS FOLDING
<Skye> this will look really good on a page of an altered book
<keribou> GOOD IDEA
<keribou> THERE IS LOTS OF STUFF YOU CAN DO
<keribou> PLAY AND MAKE IT INTO YOUR OWN TECHNIQUE
<Mare> Keribo, I see the crash course, but do you have a template to buy or do we make one
<AliciaG> =)
<Skye> thanks so much for the class. Now I must go play. Blessings all.
<keribou> Mare- you can ake templates with clip art or a picture
<keribou> or stamp an image and cut it out
<keribou> I don't sell anything- I just teach for fun
<keribou> there are templates online
<keribou> do a search for "iris folding"
<keribou> and there is a yahoo group for iris folding and they share templates
<Linda> The name slips me - but the things a Sissix makes could be used, too.
<Linda> Diecut.
<AliciaG> great
<Susie> I have the fiskars shape cutter, I think that might work well.
<keribou> that will work
<keribou> Using Evolving Images templates
<Susie> Of course I think I mostly have Christmas shapes for templates.
<keribou> scrapbook templates
<cak-brb> good idea (and I love the altered book idea too. How about a peephole in an altered book?)
<Linda> How can we forget Evo's templates? LOL
<keribou> I use those templates all the time
<Linda> K - I'm going to e-mail you about sending me the URL's you found. Thanks for offering to send them.
<Mare> thank you, I guess I am confused on how you letter them, do you just draw your own pattern and start from the outside
<keribou> great linda
<keribou> Mare- I do mine free form so I don't usually draw the lines
<keribou> but i would say
<keribou> start on the outside and work your way in
<Mare> okay, thank you, they are beautiful, am going to go try this
<keribou> but mayeb do a few freeform first to get used to the layering
<keribou> they are EASY- I promise!
<keribou> and fun!
<Mare> okay, bye
<AliciaG> thank you keribou!
<AliciaG> I'm already checking out sites with templates!
<keribou> oh Good Alicia
<phyl> find any good ones alicia?
<AliciaG> =)
<AliciaG> the yahoo group thing sounds good
<keribou> it is a good group
<phyl> are they singleminded?
<phyl> lol
<keribou> I unsubbed because they allow atachments to be sent and I got digest so I couldn't see as many
<phyl> sorry i am getting hungry
<keribou> some people do put them in the archives
<keribou> there are a bunch of Dutch woman on there that do Iris Folding instead of stamping- iris is their thing and they are incredible
<AliciaG> well I"m gonna head out thanks agaain keribou!
<phyl> my dd got an awful virus from attachments from a group
<keribou> yw alicia
<phyl> thanks again Keri am going to feed my face
<keribou> yw
<cak-brb> thank you keri. sorry I couldn't be more present!
Session Close: Wed Jun 26 14:53:29 2002