Making Beeswax Wraps
A tutorial from spoonflower on Going Green in 2019 caught my attention last year. While I’m not a big user of plastic wrap (also known as cling film or gladwrap) I became obsessed with Robbi Lindeman’s Mother Earth Map Wraps™ fabric.
I wanted a wrap just like the one in the photograph and promptly ordered the fabric.
My notes are below but for easy to follow step-by-step instructions and lots of useful information about how to use a wrap I would recommend you read Robbi’s tutorial.
Mother Earth Map Wraps™ printed with non-toxic dyes on organic cotton sateen from spoonflower.
notes
Thin but tightly woven cotton fabric like a lawn or sateen works best.
For covering fruit/vegetables/cheese I used a piece of fabric 24 cm (9 inches) in diameter or length and for wrapping sandwiches a piece ~28 cm (10 inches) in size.
Use an old pot, spoon and brush as the wax will stick to the equipment.
Keep the heat low to avoid the wax mixture from overheating.
If you have mixture left over pour into an old ice cube tray and use for refreshing your wraps when needed.
When the wrap is cool it will be quite stiff, it looks pretty like this for gifting but you need to scrunch the wrap into a ball to help it stick better before use.
Beeswax pellets and pine resin from Germany.
