withwendy: fabric gift wrap basics

[@xnightdreamer]

can we all just appreciate that sewing ASMR at the beginning tho?

[@CheerSeeds]

Yasss it was amaze

[@Unknown-hg3pb]

Yes I was about to say thattt

[@charliewesby5282]

@@CheerSeeds for n ok

[@letitiakiu]

Honestly this looks so much more doable than paper wrapping because you can always untie, and the flexibility of fabric is SO MUCH BETTER.

[@MysticOceanDollies]

Bernadette Banner uploaded a video of her wrapping gifts with fabric scraps today as well. I love how both of you thought of this.

[@withwendy]

something must be in the air (whispers, "Christmas!") 😂

[@actuallyadam_]

Alternatively for a more sustainable "wrapping" option, i love to put gifts in cotton tote bags, it's sustainable, it holds the gifts AND is part of the gift! 🌿

[@alyasl.3350]

That's great! I also thought when she said 'scarf' that maybe the scarf could be a part of the gift and just have everything else wrapped with it! I would love something like this haha!

[@eleanorhabben2291]

The sewing compilation at the beginning was easily the most beautiful thing of seen all day

[@withwendy]

If you had a fave of the four wraps and a fave of the 10 ways to tie them, tell me in the comments! Happy gifting my loves :)

[@obaavero4821]

Please I really like your videos and I want you to help me with the company that pleated the tulle material for you. May I please get the information. Thanks you!

[@hellspawn22]

Definitely the cute bow that you showcase at the end. The fabric is so pretty too! I love silky fabrics 🥰

[@alzbeta8603]

i looooved the hydrangea with the scarf!

[@heather9375]

Rolling that fabric to hem is a MOOD!

[@amyburgess9147]

I've never heard of wrapping with fabric! What a great idea! The problem I see is, though, I don't have friends that sew, so I kind of feel it would be a waste and they might throw the fabric away. But at the end you mentioned wrapping with a scarf, and I think that's definitely doable. So much better than throwing away a bunch of wrapping paper. Always looking for new ways to be sustainable. Thank you for all the great ideas! I have to say, that is the most beautiful chopstick I've ever seen.

[@charlijorkenson]

Amy Burgess you can also wrap with a thin tea towel!

[@kellybryson7754]

Maybe, the scarf is the gift and the box is just empty!

[@aQuayQuay]

Make sure your friends know that it's reusable cloth for other gifts they will have to wrap! If you plan to give to people who don't sew, I recommend going to a thrift store to purchase fabric (Wendy lists options at the end), so unlike the linen fabric which will fray, the people who receive the gift can wash them if they feel like it, use them as hand towels if they're absorbent enough, or continue to gift them to other people. :)

[@nimblehyena4138]

Bandanas and lightweight towels and blankets work too!! Also, you can ask them to keep the fabric if you know they won't get use from it ;3

[@slothsister3716]

Ive seen people do this with thrifted satin scarves as well! So cool

[@alter8874]

I’m fashion student and had left ton of fabric. Thank you so much Wendy!!

[@alopez7465]

I could watch half an hour of footage that's just you cutting and sewing like in the opening of the video. The scissors and the machine at work sound so calming 💕

[@nathalie9905]

Last Christmas I searched youtube for ways to wrap presents and I only found like, five ways or so. And now I found this video and now I know a few more! Thank you so much for making a video with so many options! Why didn't youtube recommend it to me when I was searching :( Well, I guess I can just surprise my family with even more styles next year!

[@insaenfish]

me: I love this vid, I hope it does well! wendy: let it flop

[@withwendy]

and then pinch aaaaaand lift

[@magdapics]

Not even a minute into this video and I am already in full trascendental meditation mood omg Wendy your videos are such a peaceful place in the chaos of youtube

[@jennifermaddock4382]

I bought some Christmas fabric on sale about 20 years ago and sewed simple fabric bags in different sizes. We have been using the same bags ever since as i collect them back after my family opens their gifts. Instead of ribbon, i use some wired picks with pinecones or greenery to wrap around the neck of the bags (reusable too). A set of bags make a nice gift for other people to use too. For a baby shower, wrap in a baby blanket. For a kitchen gift, wrap in a tea towel.

[@YOHOMEGIRL]

Now I feel sorry to my friends that received my gifts just in a plastic bag. But now things will be different! I'm so excited to start fabric wrapping! I have so much extra fabric, this is gonna be great! Awesome way to start off my Sunday morning, thanks Wendy!

[@EleanorJosefina]

Love this. I became more of an environmentally friendly person two years ago and haven’t looked back since. You really help with my inspirations to be even more environmentally aware!!

[@cloudanimal5209]

Eleanor Josefina Model & KZbinr Omg you have to watch “Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret” on Netflix! It was so interesting and totally opened my eyes to things I was doing to hurt the environment that I didn’t even realize I was doing

[@emsilverman2]

Eleanor Josefina Model & KZbinr based on the videos on your channel, you don’t seem very environmentally aware at all. Unboxings? New iPhone?

[@stephearama]

The flower and leaf looks like bunny ears 🐰 They're all soo pretty!

[@annlidslot8212]

Hi, Approaching midsummer knowing how late I am, so anyhow. I would be delighted to get a gift like that. I wouldn't even bother with what's in the box. I would be so happy with the fabric. That pink linnen and satin, oh my. And the scarf it's beautiful. Yours, Ann

[@evelinapushkash6827]

Wendy, promoting sustainability makes me love you 10x more, ty♡

[@kateyfitz4385]

I LOVED the "make my fabric wraps" editing. Just the sewing sounds, so perfect!

[@missrobinhoodie]

I‘m only halfway in but already convinced that this will revolutionize my gift wrapping!! (Plus: Finally an easy way to use my grandmas fabric-scraps!)

[@mercurydesu10]

We do this at my job all of the time! It’s my favorite thing to do and it’s really fun practicing different creative ways to wrap gifts!

[@evelinapushkash6827]

1 - basic knot and especially in that wonderful soft dusty pink is all I want for Christmas, I wouldn't even care about what's inside ahah

[@evelinapushkash6827]

Okay, the perfect bow is wonderful too T_T

[@CheerSeeds]

All these cute ways of wrapping make me wanna experiment with fabric wraps too! But on my head :3

[@angelacornell8660]

Well done on the rolled hem . A skill worth learning. Remember it takes weeks to learn to walk, read, and you learned the rolled hem in an hour 😅😊.

[@ElenaHaus]

you are so talented! love every single gift wrap ideas in this video!!

[@sarahoverton5711]

I cut up a bunch of fabric yesterday intending to use it for this very thing and have been procrastinating the hemming - thanks for the inspiration that will hopefully kick my butt into gear!

[@Rilude]

Great video! I had never really given much thought to the amount of waste wrapping paper generates. Definitely going to be trying out fabric instead this holiday season.

[@KelseyDrummer]

Love this. Bernadette Banner did the same thing with her leftover fabric today!

[@emilyjohnson4233]

Yes Wendy thank you thank you thank you! Our momma earth is so thankful! ❤️

[@SuzetteButlercrafts]

Wow . I love your gift wrapping ideas. So beautiful.

[@gigimm168]

I LOVE this idea! I didn’t know what to do about the trash from gifts! This is so helpful!! Thank you for sharing!

[@soSEW-COB]

OMGosh Wendy I JUST sent a text to my daughter this idea- to use material instead of paper for all our family occasions. And I’m going to make bags - so we’ll eventually switch over to up cycled materials.(not going to buy paper anymore) I’m so excited- I love making material out of all scraps, even the tiniest pieces(I think I have a problem, lol) I love ur channel Wendy- I’m in Grey-Bruce Ontario 💜

[@soSEW-COB]

PS my additional thought is to use strips of material or ribbon or bias tape to help wrap gifts 🎁 💚

[@Xx2good4ux]

I feel this would also be so cute with a bunch of color-coordinated scrap fabric sewn together too! ♥

[@terrortara6994]

Small world! Bernadette banner did a video this morning about using scrap fabric for wrapping and talked about sustainability 😊👍

[@terrortara6994]

I think its awesome that so many creators are focusing on sustainability and reuseable materials etc ✌❤

[@tinatitus5725]

so many cute options! love, love, love!

[@manon7521]

The cutting of such a strong scissor is so nice!!!

[@catriellebarnett674]

I love love love your videos please keep making creative and innovative content!!!

[@yooitsJADE]

I've been doing this for years but always do really simple knots and very busy prints of fabric but this just changed the game! Lol I can't wait to get to wrapping this year.

[@yooitsJADE]

Right after I sent that I saw the hydrangea one and that's what I usually do and use a contrasting piece of fabric instead of a rubber band. It does work really well with a stiffer fabric like 100% cotton.

[@abbeyv4148]

OMG THANK YOU for researching and compiling! This has SAVED me! Bless you Wendy:) **also, the beautiful asmr-esque sounds at the beginning of cutting, ripping, ect. SOOOO tingly good!!!! You should start a second Sewing ASMR channel. It could be just somewhere to put all of the footage of you doing projects that you don't end up speeding up and using in these videos. I would watch!

[@mnrimg]

An eco-friendly queen

[@minhchauphamngoc4214]

Thanks Wendy! Just discovered your channel today and I think you're amazing. Hope you don't worry too much about negative youtube comments and keep posting great videos :)

[@amandaingraham3244]

I use fabric gift bags (both homemade and some that I've purchased) and have quite the collection I've accrued after about 8 or 10 years of using them. But I love the idea of changing it up with fabric wraps!

[@Wendykayish]

Really loved this video! I've been looking into making my Christmas more sustainable and after going to Japan and seeing some fabric wrapping and i'm definitely doing this when i run out of wrapping paper for all occasions. Another sustainable way is to do really fancy gift tags and laminate them, so you can reuse them as well :)

[@nicolehubbard3536]

How completely adorable these wraps are! Good job overcoming adversity. "Roll the fabric..." ;) I talk to myself constantly when I'm trying to do things.

[@withwendy]

It's important to coach yourself out loud through those struggles hahaha

[@kyliem5335]

A vintage shop near me wraps all your clothes in scrap fabric and Im like ooh i can make pockets or something haha

[@CalvinHicks1]

Absolutely brilliant! Thank you for this (these) suggestion(s) Wendy. I’m going to begin using them this holiday season and whenever I give someone a gift. Such a beautifully resourceful idea! Thank you for sharing.

[@asmaashburn9116]

Always love your tutorial. By the way, im from Malaysia and we have this popular trend we called 'hidden hantaran' which is a gift from groom to brides and vice versa. Usually the 'hantaran / gifts' will be display and decorated in glass box or silverwares but to give element of surprises, they been using this techniques. Love all your wrap techniques. Will definately used it in my wedding. 🥰

[@aurorac8862]

that sewing asmr was *chefs kiss*

[@pattidavis8043]

I love to wrap gifts in cloth, thanks for the new ideas. I also made several draw string bags that I use year to year.

[@simmile100]

Love the video and your humor.

[@lindsscott7702]

Thank you! This was wonderful!

[@andreannepinard9838]

I'm loving your long hair ❤️ Andddd your makeup and your whole look!

[@ephillips6465]

This is so helpful! I can’t wait to wrap a couple gifts in fabric 🙌

[@angelikabatwoman]

this is so awesome and they're all so cute!!! also the sewing asmr was amazing!

[@binawina4120]

They look like bento boxes ☺️

[@aQuayQuay]

One thing I want to mention that WithWendy didn't is that if you plan on doing this, and making wrapping with linen or cotton, I recommend either warning the receiver that it will fray if it's washed, so keep it clean, or hem the edges yourself so they don't have to worry about a lot of loose threads later down the road :). Nonetheless, great video, Wendy! I shared it to my FB feed, too.

[@haruchanjp]

Love these ideas like huroshiki from my country. Im gonna try some of for this xmas party!!! ♡♡♡

[@racheld4314]

Hi Wendy, can you do a video on how you style your hair like in this video? It looks lovely!

[@maybeonethey]

wow i love this. i love how much variation you got here. 💖

[@distantsolarsystems]

YASSS THANK YOU WENDY IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A GOOD VIDEO ON THIS!!! I LOVE THE IDEA OF HAVING REVERSIBLE FABRIC

[@racheyt9196]

I was reading that in the UK we use 227,000 miles of wrapping paper a year 🤯 with a lot of that not even able to be recycled. I’m going to look into vintage scarfs that I know my friends and family will love and Etsy has so many cute tea towels too. Thanks for the tips :)

[@Loracanne]

These are gorgeous! It would be great to see knot-wrapping for packaging-free materials too though as cardboard boxes are wasteful (unless re-used or upcycled of course). It's a slightly more awkward task, depending on how the gifts are shaped! Thanks for sharing these, an hopefully more people will be doing this for Christmas 2019 and beyond

[@treesareacute2364]

This is so cute and amazing!

[@boopiedinkus]

It’s 4am in the Philippines and I should be asleep, but I’ve been trying to creatively wrap Christmas presents since 8pm and this video is about to SAVE MY BUTT 🍑 🎁 💕

[@withwendy]

I got you covered!

[@rebecasabourin1318]

I have beed doing this for years and enjoyed this vary vary much.

[@emilamaa]

This was so soothing to watch lol

[@jellow242]

this is so helpful! i just decided to make some for this year and was probably just going to tie them in ugly little knots!

[@tonifacciponti7397]

You could also use a scrunchie for the elastic ones for more sustainability and an extra gift!

[@clarac4491]

Oh the rolled hem foot... I've been in your position a couple of month ago and had pretty much the same struggle. But after you figure out where to pull and where NOT to, it's very very handy. But let me tell you now, it only works on certain fabrics. The stiffer they are, the worse it works....

[@withwendy]

I made the mistake of using medium weight linen as my test fabric, it was not an easy start 😰

[@clarac4491]

@@withwendy yeah me too 😅

[@viktoriame6818]

Love the ideas🤗 but I would have liked to see as well how to wrap gifts in inconvenient shapes such as round, long etc.

[@onan.o2308]

my country is in the non-festive zone lol love you wendy 💕

[@withwendy]

Love you too, festive or not ;)

[@coreychatman6332]

Love these looks. Thanks for sharing this girl.

[@sapphirecamui6447]

Oh! i have not 1 but 2! feet for a rolled hem. I tried to use them. i failed. I'm also a beginner at sewing, and i'm glad to learn that it's not that easy to learn how to use it. Thank you for including that footage with the struggles, and i hope we both learn soon how it's done ;p Also,Bernadette Banner also released a video (today) on the same topic! Her video has a historic theme and yours an Asian one. i really liked all those bows you made :D

[@CharlottaSophia]

Loving the editing Wendy! You're always fun to watch :) How precious are these wraps?! Loving it! Charlotta Xx

[@maryngshwuling9916]

Thanks for sharing 🌈

[@annagurt4193]

i feel you with the rolled hem foot😂😂 i struggle every time...

[@reynaldotorresadriano7769]

Nice wrapping ideas

[@shariraramadhani9336]

that hair issa bomb!

[@MLLL1234]

This is a pretty cool video and love the idea!!!❤❤❤

[@margaviljoen895]

Is it possible to do a dedicated video on rolled hems with the rolled hem foot pleeeaaaase?

[@Haitch09]

I love you gurl! You're so adorbs. 😄

[@hajnalmiklos01]

Aaaa first one! Great video, and such a good way to use scrap fabric!

[@marvymaxee]

So good. Thanks.

[@petracizniarova4020]

The ASMR sewing 😍

[@pandalover1238]

SOMETHING I NEVER KNEW I NEEDED😍😍🤪

[@katrinhammerbjornsdottir2774]

wow these are so creative!! adorable

[@kasandywich]

such a good idea omg! i have so much nice fabric laying around, so i'll definitely consider doing this! also unrelated, but i love your hair

[@Rachel-dx9kb]

I’m making some drawstring gift bags out of thrifted pillowcases. I plan on getting some festive tablecloths after Christmas and making more. I have two little kids so I’m worried about untied knots by “accident”

[@ccakes8611]

When 2 of your favorite sewing youtubers makes the similar video on same day 😌

[@CurrentlyAmber]

This is so fun!!

[@Suehuskins]

Awe, you have a little mean streak, well, me too- 🎼 The wheels on the bus go round and round Round and round Round and round The wheels on the bus go round and round All 'round the town 🤣🤣🤣 Love you 😘

[@TheFashionWHT]

Well this isn’t something I would consider doing, nor do I believe the my family will truly appreciate it. However, these did make great ideas for handbags!!! (Especially that scroll handle)

[@AVmakeup]

brilliant ideas

[@grashi]

Can you provide a basic guideline or rule of thumb as to how large the fabric should be cut relative to the size of the gift?

[@sabrinabloedorn8042]

LOVE this video, love you, ps. you are glowing in this photo

[@ck_violinist2913]

We want some pants tutorial hihi😍

[@lynk6913]

those sewing cuts were borderline asmr haha

[@kellybryson7754]

Those are cool