To, ah inspire. Yeah, that's the excuse!
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stitchwhichOkay, so I took pictures (you note it didn't take much to get me to do that...) and they are behind the cut. Please be warned that it is picture-heavy but not coming in as Big Fat Photos if that makes a difference to downloading.
A set of already-in-use bags
Some close-ups of those
You can't really see it well but the gold braids are between narrow green ribbons. Come to think of it, you can see all of these better if you do that 'click on the picture' thing.
This one is for my almost-daughter - she and the Eldest love to swing dance together so I had to buy the fabric when I saw it and immediately thought of her.
Two shots of the same bag-top because I can't decide which one show the pretty fabric to best advantage. It was the fabric that suckered me in, it really did...
Betty Boop (now could I resist that fabric?)
Moar - the as-yet unused ones
If you were wondering if there really is one in there that is patchworked, you'd be right. There once were two of them but one is now in Vegas holding juggling balls.
this one I really like!
and finally, the very of the beginnings of 'under the tree' (we aren't done shopping as some can't be done until the Eldest is physcally here). You can see that it doesn't have the sharpness of paper-wrapped gifties.
I'm not done - there were a couple of bags I really loved that I let![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
amykb have (and thank you, Olwyn, for giving me the means to buy more ribbon!) only because I have the makings for duplicates here at home - they're sized for DVDs/Video games. And I only used one 'wrapping cloth' so far (which you can see in the 'under the tree' picture - the 'stained glass roses) as I am the only one in the family who is willing to stitch the things shut (BIG tacking stitches of a single strand, easy to rip apart, just like opening a paper-wrapped gift) but there are a couple more waiting should I want them.
The bags are awfully handy for those items that are all encased in plastic, like kid's toys, computer and phone accessories, some hand tools... and they are easy on non-wrappers who'd like to give their loved ones a gift that isn't just bundled up in the shopping bag so they don't have to mess around with scissors and the dreaded gift ribbon. :)
Not that I'm naming names or anything.
But actually, it is the fabric that seduces me... the camera doesn't do it justice. Every year I've looked at pretty Christmas fabric and thought "gee, I wish I could use that" and finally I've found an excuse.
[Edit] Just in case you are interested in making your own, I suggest shopping the stores now for holiday hair accessories, barrettes of ribbon and such, to use after you tie the knots. That's where the rose on the Betty Boop bag came from. Little girl's hair stuff is very over-the-top and perfect for gift wrapping.
A set of already-in-use bags
Some close-ups of those
You can't really see it well but the gold braids are between narrow green ribbons. Come to think of it, you can see all of these better if you do that 'click on the picture' thing.
This one is for my almost-daughter - she and the Eldest love to swing dance together so I had to buy the fabric when I saw it and immediately thought of her.
Two shots of the same bag-top because I can't decide which one show the pretty fabric to best advantage. It was the fabric that suckered me in, it really did...
Betty Boop (now could I resist that fabric?)
Moar - the as-yet unused ones
If you were wondering if there really is one in there that is patchworked, you'd be right. There once were two of them but one is now in Vegas holding juggling balls.
this one I really like!
and finally, the very of the beginnings of 'under the tree' (we aren't done shopping as some can't be done until the Eldest is physcally here). You can see that it doesn't have the sharpness of paper-wrapped gifties.
I'm not done - there were a couple of bags I really loved that I let
amykb have (and thank you, Olwyn, for giving me the means to buy more ribbon!) only because I have the makings for duplicates here at home - they're sized for DVDs/Video games. And I only used one 'wrapping cloth' so far (which you can see in the 'under the tree' picture - the 'stained glass roses) as I am the only one in the family who is willing to stitch the things shut (BIG tacking stitches of a single strand, easy to rip apart, just like opening a paper-wrapped gift) but there are a couple more waiting should I want them.The bags are awfully handy for those items that are all encased in plastic, like kid's toys, computer and phone accessories, some hand tools... and they are easy on non-wrappers who'd like to give their loved ones a gift that isn't just bundled up in the shopping bag so they don't have to mess around with scissors and the dreaded gift ribbon. :)
Not that I'm naming names or anything.
But actually, it is the fabric that seduces me... the camera doesn't do it justice. Every year I've looked at pretty Christmas fabric and thought "gee, I wish I could use that" and finally I've found an excuse.
[Edit] Just in case you are interested in making your own, I suggest shopping the stores now for holiday hair accessories, barrettes of ribbon and such, to use after you tie the knots. That's where the rose on the Betty Boop bag came from. Little girl's hair stuff is very over-the-top and perfect for gift wrapping.
