Wednesday, December 22, 2010

you forgot to buy gift wrapping paper, now what?

Well, it's December 24 and you are stitching or pressing the last touches on your gifts. But, oh no! You forgot to pick up wrapping paper! Now what? Not to worry. Like most sewers, you probably have a stash of fabric hidden (or not) somewhere. Find your 1m or 1yd pieces of any fabric. You can finish the edges or not. Now let me introduce you to FUROSHIKI.
This is a Japanese word for "wrapping cloth". By using origami techniques, the cloth is folded and tied to produce a carrying sachel from anything like groceries to library books no matter its shape or size. The wrapping cloth can vary in size (depending on the item being wrapped) but the most common size is about 1yd square.
Check out these sites on different ways you can wrap different objects.



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