Origami Blintz Base

The Origami Blintz Base supposedly got its name from the blintz pancake, which is a pancake whereby the 4 corners are folded into the middle to protect the pancake filling. This base is also known as the cushion fold because this technique of folding 4 corners into the middle is used in cushion making in Japan.

The Blintz Base is used in various origami such as the easy origami sunflower and the origami pleated box .

Origami Blintz Base Step 1: Start off with a square origami paper.

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Origami Blintz Base Step 2: Now make a triangular fold from bottom left to top right. Crease well and unfold.

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Origami Blintz Base Step 3: Now make a triangle fold from the bottom right to top left. Crease well and unfold.

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Origami Blintz Base Step4: OK, start with whichever corner you like. I'm going to start with the bottom right corner. Fold that into the center. Make sure the diagonal creases line up.

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Origami Blintz Base Step 5: Now I will fold the bottom left corner into the center.

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Origami Blintz Base Step 6: Fold the top left corner into the center.

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This is what you have now:

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Origami Blintz Base Step 7: Finally fold the top right corner into the center. That's the Blintz Base! completed-origami-blintz-bas