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Re-useable Christmas Wrapping - November 2018

​I came up with this idea a few years back when I made a commitment to reduce waste. After Christmas I purchase several different pieces of Christmas print fabric from Spotlight at 75% off. During the break between Christmas and New Year I sew up different sized bags out of the Christmas print. Some had re-cycled zipper s sewn in and others had a casing sewn around the top and I used shoe laces from reverse garbage threaded through the casing to close them up (these were the smaller bags). Making the bags are easy as it's all straight sewing. After the gift giving is complete the bags boomerang back to me for next Christmas or the recipient may keep the bag and start their own collection, most have been returned. I do keep some Christmas paper on hand, just in case. I've been doing this for about 3 years and have a bag of scraps so this year I'll be patch working the scraps together for new bags. My my gift wrapping is already sorted from last year, one less thing to do this year for Christmas.
Contributed by Heather Niziorski