Need extra vases for your Thanksgiving
table? Just take old pickle jars, mayonnaise jars, peanut butter
jars, etc. and wrap them in fabric. Use scraps from your stash in
Thanksgiving colors. Measure the size of your jar but measuring from
the top of one side down to the bottom. Double this measurement. Then
measure across the bottom of the jar. Add this number to the
measurement you already have. Add another 4 inches to your
measurement. Draw a square on your fabric that is this measurement
across in both directions. Cut out the square. Set the jar in the middle of the fabric square and bring the sides up. Using ribbon, raffia or string, tie the
fabric to the jar at the rim where the lid used to be screwed on. I
don't even bother to finish the edges of the fabric when I do this. I
just carefully fill the jar with water and add flowers. After the
holiday, the fabric can go back into your stash.
Here's one I made out of linen scraps.
Here it is again with some basil flowers in the jar.
