…has something like this happened.
Yes indeed, this is the incontrovertible proof that sometimes, just sometimes the bias binding runs out three inches after you finish binding a project.
The project in question is a furoshiki which is a really nifty Japanese technique for wrapping things in squares of fabric. This is good for several reasons, it’s easy to do, it’s a nice hippy project, and it means my half-arsed wrapping paper efforts will no longer haunt me! So my plan is to make a whole bunch of them in time for Christmas and use them for wrapping presents.
The two-tone blue one is one I made, and the other two are granny scarves that I realised were nice enough to use (and only 50p each!).
..now all I need is a polite way to tell people they can’t keep the scarves!
For wrapping instructions and a size guide, check out The Japanese Ministry of the Environment.
I just looked at the wrapping diagram and I’m amazed at how many cool ideas there are! Thanks for sharing the link!
I have some of these (funny that
), but all the different wrapping styles are fab 
Bit of both, some people seem to use them to the exclusivity of anything else (young and old), whether through the love of the tradition or what i dont know, and some people use modern carry methods.
Certainly most of the women/girls at my dance school carried their stuff in them – normally inside another tote
(or Backpack in my case 
)