The Amish letter fold is a nice simple way to fold a letter sized sheet of note paper into its own envelope. i will detail the folds and provide a free PDF to print a Generic form which is basically a small box on one side in which you write your return address! And When folded it lands in exactly the place it should.
The fold itself is super simple and only consists of 5 easy folds! So without much more ado. Here is the Amish Letter fold: On the flip side of the paper I have edged it in blue marker so you can see where the folds wind up.
Step 1. Write your letter or note on one side of your note paper. Keep the opposite side blank (unless you would like to doodle, rubber stamp, mixed media art work etc. Up to you; remember it has to go through mail machines.
Step 2. Create a small fold for alignment by folding the paper in half the long way but only crease about 2 inches at the bottom. I marked the crease so you can see it (upside down despite my best efforts sorry!)
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| This pic is upside down - stupid blogger wont upload it properly |
Step 3. Fold the bottom two corners into the center to meet on the small crease you created (airplane style).
Step 4. Bring the top right corner down to meet the edge formed by the previous folds.
Step 5. You now have three triangles covering your written words and a small rectangle of text still visible. (as in the picture above) Fold the long edge of the large triangle in half bringing the upper point to the lower point (the edge being folded has NO BLUE LINE)
Step 7. All finished. Add the addresses and a stamp and you are good to go. Please ask questions in the comments! Have fun with this!
Step 6. You have something that looks like the picture below:
Step 6. Flip it over (see below). Fold the top right corner down!
