Gift Bag and Pocket Fold Book
By Jaine Drake
Directions: With the reverse side of the patterened paper facing you, fold it in half widthways. 
Fold diagonally in both directions making a cross. These folds need to be valley folds. 
Fold both sides into the center mark and crease. 
You should now be able to fold as shown by pushing the mountain folds into the center. 
Open out again and fold the corners in as shown in the photographs. 
You should now be able to once again fold up the book as shown below. 
For the outside part, dissect the bag by cutting off the bottom and cutting down the sides to create a front and a back. I also took out my string but only because it ran all the way around the top of the bag and would restrict the opening. I know a lot of bags come with two separate strings front and back, in which case it's not necessary to take them out. 
Glue the inside to the front and back covers. 
Your gift bag is now ready to decorate. 
Pocket Fold Book The same fold can be used to make the pocket fold book. Here I've used three pieces of scrapbook paper cut to 8 x 8" and folded all three in the same way as above. They are then glued back to back and glued down to two 4 x 4" chipboard covers. A piece of ribbon was sandwiched in between the back cover and pages to tie closed. 
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