Origami gift bags- from 2 squares fabric

Katiehound

I have searched this thread and without reading every single post with the word 'gift' in hope this particular idea is a new one. Please merge it etc if not!


I made one of these bags in a craft class-can't find it- but it held a chocolate orange snuggly- maybe the fabric squares were about 10 inches. You can make them from about 4" squares upwards. wrap a special gift, use instead of crackers..etc. we sewed little flowers onto each ear or petal, but I have also seen little bells sewn on. Very , very easy to make- can be hand stitched but machining would be quicker! Mine had much smaller petals...
have found the instructions here
http://www.with-heart-and-hands.com/2009/02/petal-bag.html

LV_Sue

Thank you for that link Katiehound. What a lovely idea for a different way to wrap a present. I'm definitely going to make some for small Christmas gifts for my 3 granddaughters.

Katiehound

Glad you liked it!

They were just so easy. You get such different effects from using matching tones or contrasting colours and also deciding which will be on the outside.
I seem to remember being told that you could make these bags using voile or gauze and can get a completely different look. Your sew with wrong sides (if there is such as thing) facing and then fray the edges. Perhaps it was to make a herb / oatmeal bag to hang in the bath. I should have taken notes -probably would have mislaid them!!

*I managed to get a couple of cheap rolls of thin ribbon from a charity shop (very cheap) If you have a Boyes or Yorkshire Trading store they have bundles of precut ribbon oddments @25pence in their haberdashery section which are ideal*