How to use fabric gift wrap – the Furoshiki method.

Furoshiki is the ancient Japanese art of using fabric to wrap and transport goods.

Our Furoshiki gift wrap is made of recycled satin, hand-sewn to perfection and will last for many, many years. You can reuse it creatively in many ways – that’s why Furoshiki is called the “fabric of a thousand uses”.

Fabric gift wrap is a simple way to wrap your gift, no scissors, tape or bows required. And it’s a lot easier than it looks.

You can find many creative ways online to wrap the Furoshiki way, and there are even books available.

FOUR PETAL KNOT. Good for: All shape of boxes and books.

1. Place your gift in the middle diagonally across the cloth, so that the sides of the gift are pointing towards two of the corners Make sure the sides of your gift are NOT parallel to the sides of the cloth (like you’d have them with wrapping paper), but remain diagonal.
2. Grab any 2 corners furthest away from each other and tie them together (2 knots).
3. You’re left with 2 other corners- grab them together, tie 2 knots.
4. You can play around with the four petals to tweak your bow, and your gift is wrapped and ready to deliver.

SINGLE KNOT WRAP. Good for: Rectangluar boxes and objects

1. Place your cloth diagonally with your object in the middle. Make sure the sides of your gift are NOT parallel to the sides of the cloth (like you’d have them with wrapping paper), but remain diagonal.
2. Grab the top corner towards you and tuck it underneath the object.
3. Fold the bottom corner over your gift.
4. Grab the 2 remaining left and right corners and tie them into a knot- twice.
5. Et voilà – tuck, pull & straighten your bow to make it even more marvellous. For bonus points you can decorate it with a leaf or flower (but you don’t have to). 

SINGLE BOTTLE WRAP

1. Place your bottle upwards, roughly in the middle of the cloth.
2. Grab any 2 corners that are furthest away and tie 2 knots with them on top of the bottle.
3. Grab the remaining 2 corners and bring them together. Cross hands and swap corners (so that the left corner is in your right hand and the right corner is your left.)
4. Go around the bottle horizontally and tie 2 knots there. Your bottle is ready both for gifting and carrying.

DOUBLE BOTTLE WRAP WITH HANDLE

1. Lay out your fabric diagonally and place the bottles in the middle so that their tops are facing the utmost right and left corner of the wrap. Note: leave around 1 fist of space between the 2 bottle bottoms.
2. Grab the corner of the fabric furthest from you (which doesn’t have any bottles lying on it), flip it over the bottles and keep on rollin’ rollin’ until you have a nice roll.
3. Grab the tops of the bottles through the wrap on your left and right, stand them up and tie 2 knots- that’s it. You’re ready to be a star of any picnic or party.