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French Folds

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A fancy french fold

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Definition: With French folds the paper is folded with crossfolds or right angle folds, often with a short first fold. The shorter portion or head in french folds may be folded to the inside (heads in) or outside (heads out).

Eight-panel french folds with even panels (no short heads) are commonly called quarter-fold or 8-panel right angle folds (see crossfolds ).

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