Creative Ways to Wrap a Wine Bottle with Fabrics: Go DIY or BUY

A bottle of wine is a classic gesture to wish others well. It makes a gracious hostess gift, a nice welcome at a new neighbor’s housewarming, an ideal milestone birthday present, and a festive way to celebrate any holiday. But rather than just grabbing a bottle off the shelf and giving it as is, we suggest wine packaging with a personal touch to make it extra special!

You can take the DIY approach using repurposed scarves, fabric scraps, garments, or an easy crochet project. Or you can buy ready-to-use wraps, bandanas, tea towels, handkerchiefs (in bulk if you’ll be giving several wine gifts), plus other fun packaging items we’ve picked for you. (*this post contains affiliate links)

DIY Wine Gift Wrapping Ideas

No major crafting skills needed here! Just a creative eye for items that can be repurposed as packaging. Then tying, knotting, gluing, and adding decorative accents. That’s it! (Okay, there is one simple crochet project, but we’ll show you how you can get around it if needed.)

Wrapping with Scarves, Tea Towels, or Napkins

You may have heard of the Japanese style of fabric wrapping called furoshiki. Well, it’s perfect for presenting a wine bottle gift in style – using a spare dress scarf you may have (1), a lovely linen tea towel (2), or a large fabric napkin (9).

Also using tea towels, you can fold them over to form bottle pouches (6) secured with twine. Then, add seasonal elements like dried herbs, flowers, fruit slices, and berries for a festive finish.

Repurposing Garments & Fabric Scraps

For a casual, country look, try converting denim jeans’ legs (3) or jacket sleeves into bottle bags. Then, trim with burlap flowers and kraft paper tags.

For a tropical or luau themed event, use orange-printed fabric scraps, tissue paper leaves, and twine for a “pineapple” bottle wrap (4). Or create bottle sleeves out of burlap strips (8) adorned with starfish, shells, and colored bows for a beach or nautical motif.

Crochet Packaging

For the crafty, this is a sweet and easy DIY – especially with the simple tutorials for a crochet bottle bag (5) and crochet bottle sleeves (7) provided. But you can “cheat” by repurposing sweater sleeves instead!

Credits: 1 – Bellenza / 2 – Cotton & Flax / 3 – My Soulful Home / 4 – Crafts a la Mode / 5 – Gina Michele / 6 – Honest Cooking / 7 – Five Sixteenths Blog / 8 – Oh Sugar Event Planning / 9 – Maika Goods

Wine Bottle Fabric Packaging: Where to Buy

Several of the packaging items featured above can actually be bought ready-made. So we’ve provided product links below (including some available in bulk) for you to choose from. Then, simply wrap, fold, knot, and decorate them to create a unique wine bottle gift!

1 – Organza wrap – A Bellenza exclusive, this silky 17-inch fabric circle comes in different colors and is ideal for mini wine bottles.

2 – Furoshiki wrap – This traditional Japanese wrapping cloth comes in dozens of lovely designs. This one is called “View of the Seasons” in black. Sold by jpngoodies and Fulfilled by Amazon.

3 – Cejon woven scarf collection – A set of 10 woven scarves in assorted plaid patterns, available from Macy’s. You can accessorize them with trimmings to give wine gifts on different occasions and seasons.

4 – Kate Spade New York striped napkins – Part of the New Food for Thought collection of table linens, these would make great casual bottle packaging with their playful stripes. Available from Macy’s.

5 – Fiesta fringed napkins – Available from Macy’s in 4 vibrant colors and with fun fringed edging, these napkins are the right size for small wine bottles.

6 – Fabric squares (5” x 5”) – Pre-cut for patchwork or quilting crafts, these supplies from Michaels would make the cutest bottle bundles or wrap-around sleeves for giving wine gifts.

7 – Dozen paisley bandanas – With such a fun color assortment, your fabric wrapping needs are covered for several occasions and seasons! Sold by Major Success and Fulfilled by Amazon.

8 – Vintage cotton handkerchiefs with floral prints – These dainty hankies come in sets of 10, 20, and 30 for a sweet packaging option. Sold by LiLYING and Fulfilled by Amazon.

9 – Burlap with lace overlay by Ashland™ – Burlap in a 5-inch wide band, available from Michaels, would be a breeze to wrap with. And so pretty with that touch of lace.

10 – Gooseberry red & green tea towel (Set of 3) – Not quite holly, but this towel set from Pier1 Imports certainly looks Christmas-y enough for giving holiday wine presents.

11 – Cable knit crochet headbands – Wouldn’t these be the cutest for dressing up holiday wine office or neighbor gifts? Sold by Pangda US and Fulfilled by Amazon.

12 – Christmas scarf – Poinsettia design – With a wrap this pretty, both the scarf and the wine could be presented as a “double gift” for the season! Sold by Knitting Factory and Fulfilled by Amazon.

See our related posts on wine bottle packaging, too:

8 Ways to Package Mini Wine Bottles as Wedding Favors

Mini Liquor Bottles as Wedding Favors: From Bubbly to Bourbon to Bailey’s

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