Awesome Sewing Gadgets & Gifts For a Seamstress!! 2018 Gift Giving Season

Those Who Like to Sew LOVE Gifts Related to Sewing, Check out these Gift Ideas For a Seamstress!

For those of us who like to sew, thoughtful sewing gifts pertaining to our hobby or business would be LOVED and APPRECIATED!

I LOVE getting a gift bag that have many small gifts inside one bag! Many of the things I share will fit into that ‘small gift’ category.

Fun, Small Seamstress Gift Ideas

Bouquet of Thread

This first suggestion was a gift to me from my son, a very clever gift I thought! He bought six or seven spools of thread, the brightest colors, and tied them all together with a ribbon! He then added this thread bouquet to a little bouquet of flowers! You can pick your own color set of thread by picking individual spools of thread or buy pre-packaged thread sets. Just make sure to choose an all-purpose thread that works with many kinds of fabrics.

Mettler Metrosene All Purpose Thread Gift Set 28 pc.BUY NOW

Magazine Subscriptions

Magazine subscription for sewers or quilters would be a great addition to a gift bag. There are plenty of pictures, ideas and sewing “How-to’s” and technique lessons. This is a gift that keeps giving because your seamstress will receive multiple issues.

Some popular titles for sewing are: Sew Magazine and Threads

Some popular titles for quilting are: Fons and Porter

Many sewing and quilted related magazines can be found in your local grocery store or fabric store, and these magazines always come with subscription cards! So you can buy one magazine to put in a gift bag and fill out the subscription too!

Scissors for Sewing

There are different types of sewing scissors for different jobs.

If you are buying scissors for a beginner seamstress, I would recommend a nice pair of 8″ sewing shears, pinking shears or small pair of short blade scissors for trimming threads.

Gingher 8″ ShearsBUY NOW Gingher 3.5″ Stork Embroidery ScissorsBUY NOW Gingher Featherweight Thread NippersBUY NOW Gingher 7 1/2″ Pinking ShearsBUY NOW

Sewing Scissors are also a great gift for a seamstress who already has scissors! Why? Because those of us who sew can NEVER have too many pairs of scissors! There are quite a few pairs of scissors with designer handles that would be a great gift!

Klasse Scissors & Thread Cutter Set in Rose GoldBUY NOW Gingher Scissor 4″ Designer Embroidery SawyerBUY NOW Gingher Scissor 4″ Designer Embroidery LaurenBUY NOW

It is awesome to be able to have scissors at my sewing machine, at my cutting table, and in a ‘to-go’ bag for mobile projects!

Gingher Scissor 8″ Designer HandlesBUY NOW Gingher 8″ Spring Action ShearsBUY NOW Gingher Scissor 8″ Designer HandlesBUY NOW

Sewing or Quilting Books

I recently reviewed one of my favorite new sewing books in my ‘Learn to sew for Beginners’ blog post. This book is called Simply the Best Sewing Book by Simplicity. This book can be purchased at JoAnn Fabrics.

Simplicity Simply the Best Sewing Book: The Essential Reference for All Home Sewers

Any kind of beginner sewing book or simple project book would be a great gift!

Sewing Machine Basics BookBUY NOW Beginner’s Guide to Making Curtains, Shades, Pillows, Cushions and More BookBUY NOW Taylor Made Sew Easy Pajama Pants Book by Cindy Taylor OatesBUY NOW

Rotary Cutter and Mat

What a great gift this set would make! If you choose to get the rotary cutter, I highly recommend getting the mat too! The blade on a rotary cutter is VERY sharp and the mat protects furniture surfaces. You just can’t have one without the other!

CLOVER or OLFA are some of the popular name brands for rotary cutters. I have several OLFA cutters in different size blades. Yes, you guessed it, different blade sizes for different jobs. The larger blade sizes (45mm/60mm) are for more long straight line cutting. The smaller blade (18mm) is for cutting around curves and other small areas.

Olfa Cutting Mat 24 x 36 in.BUY NOW Olfa Cutting Mat 18 x 24 in.BUY NOW Olfa Rotary Cutter 45 mmBUY NOW Olga Rotary Cutter 45mm- Quick ChangeBUY NOW Olfa Rotary Cutter 18mmBUY NOW Olga Rotary Cutter 45mm Splash PurpleBUY NOW

I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THIS GINGHER ROTARY CUTTER TO ADD TO MY GINGHER COLLECTION! I’m quite sure your seamstress would LOVE one too!

Gingher Rotary Cutter 45 mmBUY NOW

Sewing Basket Full of Sewing Tools for the Beginner

Here are the Sewing Tools to add to a New Sewing Basket

St Jane Sewing Baskets Medium RectangleBUY NOW St Jane Sewing Baskets Large Oval With Metal HandleBUY NOW St Jane Sewing Baskets Large Oval With Metal HandleBUY NOW Small Oval Hot Pink Sewing Basket – Chevron PrintBUY NOW Small Square Aqua Sewing Basket – Polka DotBUY NOW

Sewing Gadgets & Accessories

These sewing gadgets are on MY list and would make Great Gift Ideas for a Seamstress! (This is a list for my husband too!)

Colorscope

Choose the best color combinations ever with this convenient Kaleidoscope-style viewer.
You can view yarn or fabrics in a repeating sequence to make selecting the perfect colors easier than ever before! I usually lay out my fabric choices on a table and can get a pretty good idea of how the colors will look together, but this would be so much fun to use!

Vacuum Attachment Kit

Clean your sewing machine or serger the safe way by suctioning dirt out of your machines, as opposed to blowing dirt in. This kit attaches to any vacuum cleaner hose (1 1/4″ to 1 1/2″ in diameter). I still use the little brush that came with my machine to clean out the fabric fuzz. This would make clean up quicker!

Iron Finger

A nifty tool that helps to smooth out wrinkles, is heat resistant and can be used with or without an iron. This tool is great for using with seams and places where you need a finger but don’t want to get burned. The Iron Finger has a soft grip to ensure secure easy handling.

Needle Beetle LED Threader

Most seamstresses have needle threaders but what makes this particular one so cool it that you can pick up the Beetle’s body easier that most flat needle threaders. There is also a light on the end for even easier threading. I have never seen one of these in a store before!

I’ve also spied a new COOL Sewing Tool called the 5-N-1 sewing tool shown below. This would be great for little projects on the go! I always have some sort of project with me while waiting for my kids!

Vacuum Attachment Kit Needle Beetle LED Threader ColorScope 5-N-1 Sewing Tool

Small Irons for Easier Project Pressing and Hard to Reach Areas

The Clover Mini Irons are great for pressing seams and work great using with a mini ironing board next kept next to the sewing machine. No more getting up and down to press a quick seam! The newest Clover mini iron II has an extra interchangeable head iron tip. The Clover Wedge Iron is compact and lightweight, great for taking projects to a craft group or working on a project when staying in a hotel. (I don’t trust those irons in the hotel room-you never know what will come out of the steam holes!)

Clover Mini IronBUY NOW Clover Mini Iron IIBUY NOW Clover Mini Iron II -Large IronTip AdapterBUY NOW Clover Wedge IronBUY NOW

Get Creative and add a few extras to this Sewing Gift Bag:

Wooden toothpick to create a perfect button shank
Colored pencils for tracing and making changes to patterns
Large washers from a hardware store make great pattern weights. Spray paint to make them a real COOL tool
Make a magnetic pin catcher-buy a strong magnet and place in a tin box
Plastic chopstick for pushing out corners and points
Tissue paper-buy this at your local dollar store. Use it for stabilizing sheer or very thin fabrics, making patterns or altering patterns.
Dental floss container-these make great thread cutters! Especially for use on the airplanes.

Have fun putting together your gift bag or box!

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Happy Sewing! IF you have any questions or comments, send an email to: amy@amyssewingstudio.com

Amy