Last year I created hundreds of origami butterflies for Purim, and our community Purim party, and then ended up making many pom pom bordered medallions with some of the butterflies. After using the medallions to decorate my own home for Purim, I packed them away nicely in a box, and tadah they were ready for use once again this year! The major change that I made, was that I realized that the butterfly medallions would look so much better on a dark blue background as opposed to the light blue from last year, and phew I was right!
The fabric used is disposable tablecloth material, which yes, is shame and somewhat wasteful, and maybe I ought to sew some sleeves for these room dividers that we use on either side of a makeshift stage, hmmmmm, great idea, maybe next year? This year, and last year as well, I used a hot glue gun to attach the medallions to the disposable fabric, which actually works quite well. Hot glueing the fabric to itself though does not work, and this year I actually used a yarn needle and yarn to secure the panels so they won't fall down, which happened last year when only tape was used, yikes!
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