Have you heard of Furoshiki Wrapping? It’s the art of folding and wrapping your gifts in cloth. Heidi from Little People Wealth has used cloth to wrap gifts for years. She not only has suggestions on how to wrap your gifts, but on how you can save on fabric and tags.
Ready to go green with your gift wrapping? Hop on over to Little People Wealth to get the 4*1*1 on how to wrap all your gifts in cloth this year.
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Uh, no, I haven’t heard of this. But I think I’ll give it a try this year, and I’m going to hint to the family that I would LOVE for my own gifts to be wrapped in cloth. I’ve just started sewing again and the thought of multi-patterned fabric scraps makes my heart go pitter-patter!
Anne, I’m glad you like the cloth wrapping! I never considered that it could be a really great way to also give the recipient some fabric they could then use on sewing projects. Brilliant! Andrea
Last year, I picked up cloth napkins & other linens at Goodwill (during a half price sale) and a church thrift store, and made reusable cloth gift bags. Sew 2 napkins into a pouch, tie with a nice ribbon & some tiny pine cones (we had a tree that dropped tiny cones) or Christmas trinkets (also from thrift stores). I added a tag marking them “please re-use/re-gift” in hopes they will continue to have a useful life.
Amy, I love the idea of a tag asking for reuse! We’ve always saved all our gift bags and tissue to reuse. I remember being horrified when watching a friend unwrap her baby shower gifts and she was wadding up the tissue and tossing it in a garbage bag. I would hope the reaction would be different with a homemade bag….but you never know! Andrea