I put together an easy step by step tutorial on how to wrap a hoodie up in fabric! This is the first style I learned to make, and it’s easy just, follow along!

Step 1: 

Measure and cut out a perfectly sqaure peice of fabric. I like to use calico cottons. The fabric is going to seem HUGE compared to your item, but trust me on this one. I usually use a 45in sqaure for everything.

Step 2: Lay out fabric like a diamond. Put item in the corner closest to you.

Step 3: Fold corner over item. this corner should cover just over the halfway point of the item.

Step 4: Keeping the fabric tight, near, and wrinkle free roll you item upward 3-4 times just passing hte halfway mark on the fabric.

Step 5: Fold the top corner down a little, so the point touches the item that you are wrapping. This is going to give you a nice clean edge line.

Step 6: Fold that top flap over the top, and make sure the nice folded edge is centered on your item. It’s important that everything is straight, and neat at this point. If you’re doesn’t look like mine, take a moment to fix your folds.

Step 7: On one side, carefully pinch the side falps together, this is going to make your twisting much easier and neater.

Step 8: Now twist it tightly, careful not to over twist it and mess up the shape of them item.

Step 9: I will usually pin my sides down after I’ve twisted each one so that they won’t unwind while I’m working with the other side! Repeat steps 7 and 8 on the other flap!~

Step 10: Now take the twisted flaps, and bring them to the center, and then around each other.

Step 11:

Take those two flaps around the back and tie them together with a Square knot (right over left, left over right) Tuck the ends in.

Step 12: You’re pretty much done, now take a few minutes, to tuck and straighten the fabric so everything is sitting perfectly and pretty! And that’s it, you’re done! You have just created Furoshiki! This same technique can be applied to anything from your lunch box, to books, I even us it to wrap items people buy from me on my webshop! It’s a much more ecofriendly way of wrapping presents, because you can still reuse the fabric for something!