Duh - why didn't I think of this? Gift wrap ideas

**sunshine** · 07-23-2004, 09:43 PM

We have a customer who comes into the craft dpt fairly often and one day I was waiting on her and she was buying all this 1.00 a yd fabric that most stores like mine have in them- Just a variety and some were not that attractive so she peeked my curiosity and I asked her what project she was doing and she said no project she just bought ususal fabric at that price and used them for gift wrapping= said it was much cheaper and the receivers of the gifts were really delighted with the idea.

**guest2** · 07-24-2004, 12:10 AM

What a wonderful idea!!!!

**canadian gardener** · 07-24-2004, 12:16 AM

great idea!

**Darlene** · 07-24-2004, 07:30 AM

Reusable too! Great idea.

**captclearance** · 07-24-2004, 09:17 AM

It's like getting two gifts !
Great idea !

**gkp1031** · 08-03-2004, 07:21 AM

That's a great idea!

**Diana in Wisconsin** · 08-05-2004, 05:57 PM

That is a great idea!  And a great price for fabric, LOL!  I'm also one to wrap one gift inside of another.  I crochet wash/dish cloths from that cotton yarn and then wrap a pretty bar of soap inside of it and tie it up with raffia or ribbon or a strip of homespun.

How about this?  Take two pieces of scrap fabric the same size and the size you need to wrap your gift, place them WRONG sides together, then wrap up your gift...I'm thinking this would work well for a bottle of wine or a bottle of flavored dipping oil, etc.

I remember seeing a sachet that was made this way.  Two squares of fabric wrong sides together again, with a layer of tulle netting or something sheer and sparkly in-between.  Place potpourri in the center, then tie it up with ribbon or lace and make drawer-sized sachets.  You could put cedar chips in the center, too, and make a hanger when you tie the ribbon for hanging in a closet (to keep the moths away.)

**Katybird** · 08-05-2004, 06:27 PM

Thanks for the great ideas ladies.

**Early Bird** · 08-05-2004, 08:09 PM

Have you ever made the fabric pieces up into gift bags? Really pretty and reusable.

One year, I made gift bags from teeny to ... big enough for my 2-yr-old to climb in. When Santa arrived, he just stuffed the presents into the gift bags & tied the strings.

**mommy2three** · 08-06-2004, 10:17 AM

wow! never really thought about this! great idea!! you can find scraps on clearance at walmart too!!

**Michele Annette** · 08-07-2004, 06:42 PM

I too love to make reusable gift bags.
I make the bags for my mini pumpkin chocolate chip breads that I give out at Christmas, in my gift sets...usually a theme of some sort each year. I also make bags for my mixes and dips too! People love it!!