I found a tutorial for this Chinese Lantern block on YouTube. The video makes it seem really simple. Essentially you iron all the seams in the top half of the block in one direction and all the seams in the bottom half in the other. Then the two halves should lock together exactly as they are meant to do. But the tutorial doesn't address the nasty narrow points at the top and the bottom. Today's block is for Chinese New Year, which technically began yesterday. For the Chinese, the new year's celebration isn't just one day. It's fifteen! Good thing, too. We'd intended to observe the new year with flying lanterns and Kung Pao Chicken. But I forgot to thaw the chicken, and it's still too windy for lanterns. That's okay. There's always tomorrow. Or the next day.
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