As is my my habit, I used various fabrics to wrap Christmas gifts this year. I dislike the waste of wrapping paper almost as much as I dislike saving old wrapping paper. The three gifts show here are wrapped in clothing repurposed as gift wrap. I like the dramatic colors and textures of the fabrics. The blue gift is a Japanese fireman’s jacket. The other two gifts are skirts. I added a sturdy belt to contrast with the orange skirt. On the long thin package, I put a ribbon and medallion saved from another year. I did not sew or cut the garments. I carefully tucked in the edges and simply pinned them on the packages with sewing pins.
Sorry I can’t reveal what the packages contain due to the risk that the recipient might read this blog.
A Japanese jacket as gift wrap.
The fish on the jacket are meant to evoke cool watery thoughts to help put out flames.
This is the front of the Japanese fishing jacket.
This package is wrapped with a skirt and heavy duty belt.
A skirt and a medallion wrapping a gift.
