I am really excited about this one and wanted to share this with my Thrifty Fun Family!
I have never heard of Furoshiki before and this is the absolute coolest! Not only is it a green way to wrap gifts (the cloth itself being an extra gift), but it can also be used as a purse/carrying case!
The tutorial says to use a piece of square fabric, but you can mold/fold even a rectangular piece in to a square. Hope you get as excited about this as me :-)
The first link is a video tutorial, the second link is a PDF file that gives several other gift item wrapping instructions and the third link is the history of Furoshiki
Source: A girlfriend sent me the video and I googled more about Furoshiki.
By Deeli from Richland, WA
Editor's Note: Two of the links did not work, so we have included a Wikipedia entry on Furoshiki
This is super environment friendly, functional, portable, adaptable, and with so many beautiful possibilities! I am going to have so much fun with this.
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Have you ever heard of a "furoshiki"? Basically it is a square of soft fabric - like a large bandanna - that can be used in many ways for carrying items.
