Fabric gift wrapping

I have decided to embrace fabric gift wrap this year.  My daughter and I discussed fabric gift bags a while back and she managed to stiffen several yards of fabric with white glue in order to be able to make gift bags out of them.  That worked quite well but was a bit time consuming.  I did a bit of research this week and decide to try Furoshiki  - a Japanese technique of gift wrapping which uses just squares of fabric tied with two knots.  They are a gift in themselves as they are completely reuseable.  I decided to delve in my stash of fancy fabrics and see how many I could get done in a day.  I managed several different ones and six of the red ones.  They range from about 36" square to about 15" square.  Online, they indicated that 12" x 12" was a mini, 15" x 15" was small, 24" x 24" was medium and 36" x 36" was large.  

I used what I had for fabric and made them about 34" square.  The pink is the smallest and was ready made in my stash - a dyed hankerchief.  The purple and orange are a bit see through so may have to have another one layered below them but that is easy enough to do.  I really like the shimmery one which I used to tie up a gift in the first photo.  It is very quick and easy to use these fabric wraps and they look elegant!!  I have a few more to finish but I should have what I need to wrap my gifts for the box that I am sending off soon.  I will be able to make up a few more if I need for closer to Christmas.  It was a full day in the sewing room but I am very happy with my progress and will be augmenting my stash of wraps over the next year or so so I can liquidate the bit of gift wrap and curling ribbon I have on hand.    

UPDATE:

I have made up a few more fabric gift wraps from a few of the other pieces of fancy fabric I found in my stash earlier.  They range from 36" to 24".  The floral one on the left is actually a square scarf  that was ready to go!!   This supply should be enough for this holiday season and into the new year!!

Therese