How to use a tea towel to perfectly wrap a bottle of wine: See mum’s genius hack to save time at Christmas
A home hack queen has come up with an ingenious trick for wrapping Christmas presents without using paper.
Chantel Ibbotson, aka Mama Mila, used just a tea towel and some ribbon to wrap the bottle of wine as a gift in a simple and stylish way.
The mum-of-two uses tea towels instead of wrapping paper and tape, which goes straight into the bin, as it is more durable and acts as two gifts in one.
She starts by laying the tea towel flat with the pattern side down, folding it into a flat square, then folding it in half again diagonally to make a triangle.
Chantel wraps the bottle in one half of the triangle and folds the other half into a fun zigzag pattern.
Chantel Ibbotson (pictured), who goes by Mama Mila online, used just a tea towel and some ribbon to wrap the bottle of wine as a gift in a simple and stylish way
She finishes the gift with a personalized name tag and secures everything with a matching ribbon.
Chantel said the end result looks “so cute” and creates “no paper waste.”
Thousands were impressed by the 'beautiful' and 'waste-free' wrapping technique and were keen to try it out for themselves over the festive period after the mum shared it online. video.
Chantel folds the tea towel into a triangle, wraps one half around the bottle and makes a nice zigzag pattern with the other half. She then secures the tea towel around the bottle with a ribbon
'This is such a good alternative to wrapping paper! “I think it's great, everyone now gets a tea towel as a gift,” said one woman.
'This is amazing! I wrap all my gifts completely this way now,” wrote another.
'What a beautiful way to do that!' a third added.