Furoshiki is great !!! Want to share with all of you

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February 14, 2011 at 4:56 pm #159105

lgmost
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The idea of japanese furoshiki is great, both environmental friendliness and usefulness.

They can be folded into purses and bags for ladies. They can become shopping bags too. They are easy to keep and girls can change to different style very easily instead of buying handbags.
February 14, 2011 at 5:10 pm #179791

ArtGal
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Furoshiki is great !!! Want to share with all of you

I LOVE THIS!!!
Here is a How-To link for techniques:

http://furoshiki.com/techniques
February 14, 2011 at 5:13 pm #179792

lgmost
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Furoshiki is great !!! Want to share with all of you

Thanks for the link^^
February 15, 2011 at 12:10 am #179816

vjb
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Furoshiki is great !!! Want to share with all of you

YEAH! Furoshiki! I just started getting into this! I love it. 😀
February 15, 2011 at 1:16 am #179827

lgmost
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Furoshiki is great !!! Want to share with all of you

One more pic, very pretty wrapping.

In Korea, it’s called “bojagi”.
February 15, 2011 at 2:57 am #179839

SunshineR
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Furoshiki is great !!! Want to share with all of you

Very, very pretty, functional and elegant. Receiver could reuse or gift the fabric to someone else as a wrapper…?
February 15, 2011 at 3:17 pm #179869

Rosa
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Furoshiki is great !!! Want to share with all of you

Yeah, SunshineR – I stopped wrapping gifts in furoshiki when my last cloth failed to come back to me. I think some of my friends are hoarding them 🙁

The nice thing about the Furoshiki is that often the receiver opens the gift and hands back the wrapping, so you haven’t just given them excess packaging to get rid of.
February 16, 2011 at 2:40 am #179901

SunshineR
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Furoshiki is great !!! Want to share with all of you

This is a great idea, with reusing the fabric. I guess my main concern would be a cultural one (?!?); how to tell if the giver of the gift wants you to keep the fabric, or hand it back. Some folks may be outwardly very polite and gracious, but hold back their wishes.

I do want to try this Furoshiki idea sometime.
February 16, 2011 at 5:31 pm #179927

lucy1965
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Furoshiki is great !!! Want to share with all of you

@SunshineR My SIL is Japanese; I can ask her what the recipient’s meant to do with the cloth.
February 16, 2011 at 6:27 pm #179934

pkilmain
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Furoshiki is great !!! Want to share with all of you

I love it, and as most of my friends are quilters, I would consider the fabric as part of their gift and not expect it back…..
February 16, 2011 at 10:00 pm #179950

SunshineR
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Furoshiki is great !!! Want to share with all of you

Thanks for the info! I do know a few people who have traveled to South Korea and they brought back cloth which was already made into items such as a kimono, a bedcover, and a Western-style wedding dress (in ivory-colored raw silk, with lace).

I saw a travel show on TV recently and it featured beautiful silk fabrics, telling where to go outside of the usual city area. I believe it was about a city in China. As if I will be able to afford to go there anytime soon…
February 17, 2011 at 3:46 am #179964

bandicoot
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Furoshiki is great !!! Want to share with all of you

i’ve been a big fan of furoshiki for the past few years.
it’s just so practical.
i wrap the wine or book or soap or whatever and i have no expectations either way.
the receiver can give me back the cloth, in which case, it will live another day as a gift wrap….or they can use it themselves on the next thing they give to someone.

i’ve used a sarong folded up to make a nifty tote bag in a pinch, whilst travelling.
you just cannot beat a sarong for handiness and versatility….but it was furoshiki technique!
o and i once used a vintage hermes scarf to make an evening bag in an emergency…but i am not the millionaire to be giftwrapping things in hermes!
February 17, 2011 at 5:29 am #179967

JuliaJayne
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Furoshiki is great !!! Want to share with all of you

If someone gave me a gift wrapped in fabric, I’d feel compelled to keep and reuse the fabric.
🙁
February 17, 2011 at 6:49 am #179973

SunshineR
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Furoshiki is great !!! Want to share with all of you

BTW, what happened to the Hermes scarf? Was it intended to be permanently gifted? I’m not savvy with spotting designer names on things like scarves.
February 17, 2011 at 9:55 am #179978

bandicoot
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Furoshiki is great !!! Want to share with all of you

i didn’t gift wrap with the hermes… i made an evening bag out of it using a furoshiki wrap technique!
to clarify: it was my scarf to begin with.
February 17, 2011 at 5:36 pm #179997

Julia
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Furoshiki is great !!! Want to share with all of you

bandicoot, I like your style!
February 18, 2011 at 4:59 am #180021

SunshineR
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Furoshiki is great !!! Want to share with all of you

Bandicoot: wow!
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