CHRISTMAS GIFT SACKS

Consider a reusable alternative to gift wrap.Gift wrap is lovely, and fun to be creative with, but it does take time to fold all those corners.  Personally I'd love to be a mall-wrapper, at least once, but not everybody enjoys wrestling with gift wrap.Paper is single-use, and generates waste (bigtime).  There's enough time left before the holidays to make some fabric bags to "wrap" with.These use up scrap fabric, can be gifted back and forth, utilize waste, and frequently are part of the gift, as they might get used year-round to put things other than gifts in (like my Kindle, socks, and headphones).It's just a square or rectangle of fabric folded in half, sewed up bottom and side, and turned inside out.  The pinked edge is a nice touch, and a ribbon can be tacked on, as shown, or...You can get fancier and sew a pocket with one or two drawstrings.My mom made all of these, and many more.  They arrived in last year's Xmas box, and some of them will go back this year (sneak preview!).She also used new dishtowels and  facecloths (the small bags that just fit a hand, or a bar of soap, were promptly used in the shower).  Some had shoelaces for drawstrings (getting masculine - bootlaces in corduroy bags).The smallest are the washcloths, and they range up in size and dimensions to ... very large.  The size of a big pillowcase (speaking of which, a pillowcase would work great with a ribbon).  The sky's the limit really.