My flexible furoshiki ring handled bag

Made for smart sauntering!

And here are the links to the instructions for the other bags shown: two handled bag, grocery bag, loop handled bag, summer purse and the drop bag, plus some ideas on different fabrics to use. Happy wrapping!

Pretty Pocket Furoshiki

Today's creation just listed on Etsy:

This pretty pocket furoshiki is a gorgeous gift in itself, with three pockets to organise your bits and bobs - lingerie, scarves, haberdashery, napery, children's treasures........

Simply place your things in each of the three pockets, knot the tops, then turn the fourth lined pocket inside out, so that it forms an ingenious pouch with everything beautifully stored within.

*FREE SHIPPING*.

summer in a bag

Why carry lots of bags and rugs when a furoshiki will do? Just fold and knot the furoshiki to create the bag you need:

- A shoulder bag to carry your things to the beach - then undo the knots and you have beachmat
- Basket style for your picnic, and unwrap for a picnic cloth
- A variety of handbags to carry all those essentials whether you're out in the evening, or in the day
- or even for the slender, a sarong!


See them now in our Coriandr, Dawanda and Folksy shops.

... and finally ...

Well, it's taken a while but I've finally listed two of our knitted flower corsages in our Folksy shop together with some more flexible furoshiki bags. More to follow ...

Brighten your day

It's getting colder and darker here in the UK but, I hope, these flexible furoshiki bags should lift a few spirits (all available on Folksy):

Wonderful Waves

New on Etsy, is our ocean themed story, a fabulous collection of waves, sea & seaweed, puffer fish & hanko stamp bubbles! Prices range from US$3 for a mini 'Fish at Sea' furoshiki to US$30 for a 'Wonderful Waves' set of 6 furoshiki.

The set of 6 includes 5 gift wrapping cloths which you can share with friends & family and a gorgeous reversible wave & sea print bag sized furoshiki that you can keep just for you. We've only got limited stock of these, so hurry, hurry, hurry!!

Work-in-Progress

I'm really enjoying these longer summer evenings when it seems as though there's so much more time to get things done. Even so I never quite manage to catch up with myself. Here's a look at some of myfuroshiki works in progress....

First, some larger furoshiki - gorgeous colours and designs printed on a fabric that's the ideal weight for larger furoshiki bags.
Next, having seen Olivia's summery reversible cotton furoshiki bags I've been dying to try some myself and finally tracked down some suitable fabrics. Co-incidentally one of them is the same as one that Oli's used - from Perth Western Australia to Shipley West Yorkshire - it's a small world!

For the last week or so I've also been road testing a new, patchwork, furoshiki bag


which will have calico hanko stamped lining.

The bag is made from the same fabrics as the larger furoshiki bags and has two metal ringed holes in it.
These are a great way of attaching a big floppy ribbon or corsage type flower, which brings me to the final thing for today (very much work in progress!)

Fabulous fabrics

A big hello and welcome to the latest Coriandr Express VIP, Nic of Nicsknots. Nicsknots is home to handmade knitting needle rolls, drawstring project bags, make-up bags, and little girl bags in fabrics floral to funky. Nic started making needle rolls for a friend who was opening a yarn shop and hasn't looked back since. You can find out lots more about Nic in her Coriandr Express interview.

Nic has a brilliant eye for fabrics, from lovely florals like this knitting needle roll



to fun and funky fish fabric used for this sock knitting bag
and what little (or not so little) girl could resist this cute penguin "Lucy" bag?

So hurry along to Nic's blog and find out more about her and her offer of free postage on all sales this week.

Marvellous Furoshiki - flexible furoshiki bags

I found some lovely fabric on Saturday that was ideal for large furoshiki bags (using the different tying techniques featured in Oli's post ) and here are the results. All the bags are available in our Coriandr shop.

How to make a fab furoshiki drop bag or purse

Furoshiki fabrics are not only great for wrapping gifts, but can also be transformed into a fun shoulder bag or purse with just three simple knots.

Our 90x90cm & 105x105cm furoshiki work well for a shoulder bag, smaller sizes can be used for a handheld bag or purse - see www.myfuroshiki.etsy.com