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Recycled Gift Wrap

by Toni Herrbach

It is no secret I love fabric, so when I stumbled upon this video I knew I needed to share it with you. I love finding ways to wrap gifts in recycled products. Two years ago I wrapped all our gifts in homemade fabric gift bags and grocery bags.

If you don’t sew or use paper grocery bags the Furoshiki gift wrappng method might be the perfect (and unique) way for you to wrap your Christmas gifts this year. The best part is that anyone can do it, and the fabric can be reused over and over. I often search the clearance bins of fabric and find some pretty good deals. I also have enough fabric in my stash to avoid going to the fabric store, but who wants to avoid the fabric store?

Grocery Bag Wrapping

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Homemade Fabric Gift Bags (tutorial)

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Furoshiki Gift Wrap Method, the video is less than 3 minutes and demonstrates several different techniques for various sized and shaped gifts.

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  1. Ammie @ domesticallyobsessed.com says

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    I LOVE the grocery bag wrapping! It’s so very Martha!

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  2. Sharon @ UnfinishedMom says

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    In our family. We wrap the boxes – lid and bottom separately so we can re-use the box over and over and over again. I have one box that my mother wrapped over 30 years ago – it’s still being used every Christmas!

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  3. Ruth says

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    Great ideas! Thanks for sharing.

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  4. Theresa says

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    Thank you for this post. I love the idea of using fabric to wrap gifts. DH and I did that our first Christmas in our new house, but I had forgotten about it since then. I have some lovely holiday fabric that would be perfect for Christmas presents. Thank you so much for the reminder.

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  5. Charissa - The Gifted Blog says

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    Great ideas. I have a small stash of vintage scarves from the thrift store that would be fun to use for Christmas gift wrapping. Way to be thinking green this season!

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  6. Crissy says

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    OMW I love that bag! Thank you thank you for sharing that video!

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  7. shannon says

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    Wow! I was mesmerized by the Furoshiki gift wrapping! Thanks for sharing the link! I just want to make the bag, it looks so fun!

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  8. Noel says

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    I love the fabric wrapping! I will probably try that this year and link back to you if I post about it!

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