Tutorial: Fabric Topped Jars

I love glass jars. It's so easy to put things in them to transport. Granola to school. Salad dressing in my lunch box. Water bottle when my real one was lost. And, of course, the jams and jellies and pickles and apple butter and whatever else I can throughout the year.

Which are also some of my favorite gifts to give. Come December the hardest part is wrapping them.

I've long been a fan of fabric topped jars. In the past I've spent hours cutting out circles to fit the lids just so. But today I didn't have the patience to come up with my template. I channeled my snowflake cutting years instead and went pointy.

Quickest tute so that I remember this trick in the future. (I didn't even retake the pictures when I realized how bad they are. Next time...)

1) Have jar to be wrapped.

2) And some fabric to wrap it in.

3) Cut a good sized piece of fabric (use the lid as a guide).

4) Fold it into quarters. Then start folding diagonally. This one got to be in 16ths.

5) Snip the end. I went for an exaggerated point.

6) Unfold and top the jar.

7) Lather, rinse, repeat.

Please note the lower left jar is not empty
The jelly just stuck to the top of the jar when I made it
and the vacuumed air is still at the bottom