Letter folding old fashioned

Because I am a fan of all things Regency (for a definition of Regency click here) I am going to show you how to write and fold a Regency Style Letter! I learned this from The Jane Austen Handbook which happens to be in the possession of my friend Kate. I looked at one of her letters to me for the folding technique, and read about the style of writing in the book. So, first write the letter. I made this paper look a little older by soaking it in coffee, and then made a oh-so-fun attempt to…

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Description I love the old fashioned letters you can find in all the Jane Austen- and similar movies. Because paper was very expensive in those days, they didn’t have envelopes. Instead people used the letter they wrote as the envelope by folding the paper (and sometimes sealing) it. Here's a tutorial for letter folding. More at: [link]

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"This Olde Style\" Alphabet pattern is based on the font shown and allows you to create your own folded book art words as pictured above. The letters have an old fashioned pen and ink style as used in \"Ye Olden Days\". The size of the characters is as follows: Upper case approx. 8 - 9 cms tall Lower case approx. 6.5 - 8 cms tall Numbers approx. 6.5 cms tall The number of folds required for each character varies, and these are listed in the second picture above. The design includes upper and…

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