If you haven’t heard of furoshiki continue reading. The ancient art of Japanese gift wrapping with fabric can be a great way to make wrapping easy, elegant and beautiful!
I like new dish towels or flour sac dish towels in colors to wrap a gift of wine or home baked bread using the art of furoshiki.
A large scarf can be used for wrapping bigger items or even to create an instant shopping bag! Watch the video to see just how easy it is here.
They are beautiful, useful and reusable. Bulky wrapping paper, ribbons and bows – gone! An empty shelf in my linen closet – yes!
Just like the picture above, I have often used a scarf to create a small coordinated evening bag. It’s quick. It’s easy. It’s great when traveling and it folds flat into my suitcase.
On other occasions, if you need to dress up in the evening, simply wrap the same scarf sarong style over black or white slacks. It quickly dresses up a casual look and is used often in the Middle East.
One scarf, many uses.
You may also like The Jewelry We Keep, Tiny Silver Spoons, and Cinco de Mayo.
There is a commercial site for furoshikis http://furoshiki.com. They sell these scarves, but the question that begs is: If one tries to be ecofriendly, why ADD stuff? It is so easy to use other pieces of cloth that are used for many other purposes.
In any case, the website has a page on techniques and ideas, right here: http://furoshiki.com/techniques/ many idea, ways to use these for and even instructions.
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