Gift wrapping with a crochet border

Yesterday morning I thought

HELP I don`t have a new granny square pattern.

Then a sigh of relief

because I remembered we are making 8 squares

with the cute hearts from last week.

So no new granny pattern this week.

This week a tutorial of a gift wrapping idea

with a crochet border.

You will need:

a piece of wall paper

crochet yarn

button

needle 

scissor

crochet hook

1. Double up the wall paper.

Put the gift on top to see what size you need.

Cut the wall paper .

Cut it larger then the gift you want to put inside

otherwise it won`t fit.

The back longer than the front so you can fold it like and envelope

2. Draw and cut round corners

at the top.

3. I wanted to join the sides with my sharp crochet hook

but I don`t think it`s suited for paper

so I used the blanket stitch.

4. blanket stitch

5. Go all the way round with the blanket stitch

6. If your yarn isn`t long enough

just tie it together

7 and 8. Crochet a border.

I made sc, 6 ch, skip a stitch, sc,

continue with this pattern.

9.On top in the middle I made 12 ch

to make a buttonhole.

But this depends on the size of the button you`re using.

10. Sew on the button ( just tie the yarn inside).

11 and 12. I added a snowflake.

There are lots of patterns to be found on the internet.

Here is a link to Attic24 with one who looks like the one I made.

More nice ideas with paper and a crochet border.

English, Dutch.