How to..... Packaging odd shaped items

Remember Mona?  

Well, she needed to be packaged up & posted to the USA. 

But how do I package her?

Solution.. make a parcel tube from a paper tube (from the kitchen paper towels).

First, cut to length, with an extra 2-3cm longer than the doll (for folding the ends).

Pre-fold the ends, scoring if possible & then straighten back out.

Lay onto fabric, cut to length. Then squirt glue over the fabric.

Using a piece of cardboard as a squidgy, spread glue over fabric.

Line up & roll the tube over the fabric. 

Pressing the fabric seam with a little extra glue on your fingers!

Before it dries, press the ends close, along the fold lines that you had created prior.

Insert item & wrap with a pretty ribbon and voila!