Furoshiki Fabric Wraps: Simple • Reusable • Beautiful

by Pixeladies

The Pixeladies are sewing experts Deb Cashatt and Kris Sazaki. They show readers the centuries-old tradition of furoshiki, the Japanese art of wrapping objects in fabric for practical purposes. A beautiful and original way to present a gift, from food items to gift cards! The book is illustrated with photos of finished wraps and includes simple step-by-step instructions. Learn to make 18 different wraps for wrapping 5 main object shapes—bag, box, flat, bottle, and basket. Also included are ideas for designing unique wraps using surface design techniques, plus a gallery showing gorgeous finished pieces. You'll have the know-how to furoshiki just about anything!

Genres: Crafts, Reference, Nonfiction

96 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2012

Reviews

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have three books on this subject and this one is the best. The directions along with the drawings make it easy to understand how to wrap with fabric. I also like the little direction cards at the end of the book that you can give with the gift. This enables people that receive the gift to also wrap in fabric.

[Panda Blue · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book offers various informations on how to make your own furoshikis and that's really useful if you try to adapt to a more eco approach of packing things. Very nice illustrations.

[Tina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic! I've been wrapping Christmas gifts in scarves and teatowels. Simple, easy and sustainable.

[Jodell Larimer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent. Clear concise directions with historical background and current possibilities. Easy to follow directions. Diagrams extremely easy to follow for successful wrappings.

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a lovely way to wrap gifts vs the "usual" and "traditional" way of wrapping gifts, as I have always done!

The book has clear step by step instructions and beautiful pictures of the finished products.
This is going on to my "Must own shelf" and in fact is already in my Amazon cart along with the book Furoshiki: The Art of Wrapping with Fabric. I liked the other book a bit more, but both are wonderful books.

[J · Rating 2 out of 5]

I realize I'm way out of the demographic for this book, but it's got problems. The subject is of interest to me, functional fabric origami, but the authors tried to make a book from what could have been a flyer. Without enough substance, they resorted to space fillers and wound up with an incredibly reductive description of Japanese people and culture, making sweeping generalizations on nearly every page and drawing connections between things without evidence. Great topic. Bad read.

[Kathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I learned quite a bit about wrapping with fabric from this book. I've been interested in avoiding wrapping paper for a couple of years so this fit in nicely.

Wrapping and tying pictures were great, sewing instructions less so.

I am going to keep making more cloths and hopefully get better at this.

[Katherine A Ives · Rating 5 out of 5]

Attractive Carryalls

I know the State of Maine is soon going to ban plastic bags, so this is an attractive way to carry your groceries, I only hope I become proficient at fabric wrapping before it becomes a real issue. Going to have to look into how to make my fabrics water resistant to condensation a true killer of fabric fibers.

[Grace · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fascinating and eco friendly.

[Ann Johnson]

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[Whole And · Rating 5 out of 5]

A beautiful craft, using gorgeous fabrics to wrap anything!
A lost art brought back to life.