Hang on to the quilt catalogs! If you have a Hancocks of Paducah catalog, take out the staples and you have a 16" x 10 1/2" sheet of glossy beautiful quilt wrapping paper. I have been making paper bags from the pages too. Perfect for small quilting gifts. Pattern here:
http://mairuru.blogspot.com/2008/11/...paper-bag.html