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Make your own decorations: Stars made from old book pages

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09.12.2024 16:00

She has already built furniture out of paper and has been making unique bags out of book covers in her studio in Steyr for years: Bernadette Hartl. For the most beautiful weeks of the year, the 46-year-old shares crafting instructions with "Krone" readers on how to create Christmas stars from old book pages. 

A Singer cobbler sewing machine is just as much a part of her studio as a Stanley knife, glue and countless tie fabrics: Bernadette Hartl has set up her Bernanderl upcycling studio in Fabrikstraße in Steyr, where she makes unique bags from book covers. "I come from a house where old things were treasured, and I also like working with my hands," explains the 46-year-old, who has always had a passion for paper and has been sewing the bags since 2016.

She created the paper decorations for her wedding
And at some point she asked herself: what can you do with the insides of the books that are no longer needed? She has already covered Christmas tree baubles with old book pages, and the Mühlviertel native also made decorations for her wedding. She is now sharing instructions on how to fold stars for Christmas decorations with Krone readers. Easy to copy.

Simply click through the slideshow for the crafting instructions:

Tools required: cutting mat, triangle templates, book page cut out, Stanley knife. (Bild: Wenzel Markus)
Tools required: cutting mat, triangle templates, book page cut out, Stanley knife.
Place the template along a line - in this case the stave. (Bild: Wenzel Markus)
Place the template along a line - in this case the stave.
Cut out the triangle. Determine the size according to your own ideas. (Bild: Wenzel Markus)
Cut out the triangle. Determine the size according to your own ideas.
Turn the cut-out triangle so that one point is facing downwards. (Bild: Wenzel Markus)
Turn the cut-out triangle so that one point is facing downwards.
Fold the tip from bottom to top along the edge. (Bild: Wenzel Markus)
Fold the tip from bottom to top along the edge.
Fold the right tip inwards. (Bild: Wenzel Markus)
Fold the right tip inwards.
Then fold the left tip inwards. (Bild: Wenzel Markus)
Then fold the left tip inwards.
Open the folds again (Bild: Wenzel Markus)
Open the folds again
. Open the piece that was folded at the very beginning outwards and fold, leaving a slight overhang. (Bild: Wenzel Markus)
. Open the piece that was folded at the very beginning outwards and fold, leaving a slight overhang.
Fold the other triangles inwards, then fold the tips outwards too. (Bild: Wenzel Markus)
Fold the other triangles inwards, then fold the tips outwards too.
Wedge the star tips into each other like a box - and you're done. (Bild: Wenzel Markus)
Wedge the star tips into each other like a box - and you're done.

Which paper is best for folding the stars? "The paper shouldn't be too old or cracked, I like pages from a music book best," says Hartl.

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