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How to Make Paper Woven Tartan

Level
Beginner
Time
1 hour
Budget
<10

What better way to celebrate St Andrew's Day than with this incredible, easy-to-make paper woven tartan kilt project! Kilts have been a recognised feature of Scottish heritage for centuries, so let your creativity run free with this project ideal for beginners.

Follow the simple instructions below to create your own personalised tartan patterns. We've provided some example templates to get you started!

Project and instructions by Gill Fraser

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*HB pencils

*A ruler

*Stainless steel scissors

*A glue stick

 

How to make

Step 1

Follow your chosen template to prepare your weaving base. For template 1, I used a sheet of A4 black card. For template 2, I used a sheet of A4 blue card.

Step 2

For template 1, cut the following from the short edge of sheets of A4 card:

White: 11x 1/2cm strips

Green: 6x 1cm strips

Red: 5x 2cm strips

 

For template 2, cut the following from the short edge of sheets of A4 card:

Green: 7x 1/2cm strips

White: 7x 1cm strips

Yellow: 4x 1/2cm strips

Yellow: 4x 2cm strips

 

 

Step 3

Please Note: The following steps are to make the kilt for template 1. The weaving process is the same for both template patterns just using different colours and width of card strips.

 

Using the completed project photo as a guide, take a white card strip and weave it over and under the black strips. Slide the woven strip through the top and glue the ends to hold it in place.

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Step 4

Weave a green card strip in an opposite pattern to the first. Your first strip went over and under the black strips, the second should go under and over the black strips.

 

Slide the woven strip so that it sits up against the white strip above, and glue the ends to hold it in place.

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Step 5
Continue weaving each row following the picture of the finished kilt.
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Step 6
Once you have finished weaving your last row, secure the paper ends with a little glue.
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Step 7

Mark 1/2cm in from both edges of the top of the first woven white strip of card. Draw a line from these marks to the bottom edge of the woven piece.

 

Cut along these lines. You may need to re-glue some of the edges.

Step 8

Now to create the belt! Cut a piece of black card 4cm x 21cm, and glue this to the woven piece along the top of the 1st white line of weaving.

 

Trim the excess belt strip.

Step 9

To make the belt buckle, cut a piece of silver card 6cm x 8cm making sure to round off the corners with scissors. Then, fold a sheet of felt in half and place the piece of silver card onto it shiny side down.

 

Emboss the buckle by drawing a fancy border on the back of the piece of silver card (press down with some force to ensure the pattern shows through to the front of the buckle).

 

Glue the buckle in the middle of the black belt.

Step 10
There you have it, your very own Paper Woven Tartan Kilt!
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Rated 4 out of 5 by from Nice idea It would be great to have actual templates to download. Also templates for the strips - otherwise Brownie Leaders have to make their own.
Date published: 2022-11-19
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