Gifts For a Seamstress: 2018 Gift Ideas

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 gifts pertaining to our craft, hobby or business would be LOVED and APPRECIATED, even IF we say otherwise!

Fun, Small Gift Ideas

Many of my favorite gifts came from my mother, she wrapped up many small gifts and put them in a gift bag or box. What fun it is at any age to open up a gift consisting of multiple small gifts! The gifts I will be suggesting will be small gifts so you can choose one or more and put them into a gift bag or box.

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 at your local fabric shop. (JoAnn’s or Hobby Lobby etc.)

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 garments 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

We seamstresses have many pairs of scissors and would welcome another pair! I have many different types of scissors. Different sewing jobs need different scissors.

I highly recommend that every seamstress have a pair of short blade scissors otherwise known as ‘Embroidery Scissors’, these come in handy for clipping threads at the sewing machine. The short blade is helpful for NOT cutting any other fabric on accident. I keep a pair in my current cross-stitch project, I keep several pairs in my ‘catch all’ box by my sewing machine just in case I misplace one pair, I have the spare pairs close by! I LOVE these AWESOME Stork Embroidery Scissors! ( I recently received a pair of these stork scissors, to add to my collection, from my friend Naree for my birthday!)

Classic Forged Stork Embroidery Scissors 3.5″-Gold

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.

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

Rotary Cutter and Mat

What a great gift this set would make! If you choose to get the rotary cutter, I highly recommend the mat. 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 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 Deluxe 45mm Rotary Cutter Olfa 12×18 Rotary mat Clover 45mm Rotary Cutter Clover 18mm Rotary Cutter

Basket Full of Sewing Tools for the Beginner

Read the Sewing Tools List for these great suggestions!

Fun Sewing Gadgets I would LOVE to have and are 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

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 paper piecing, 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!

Do you have a favorite sewing gift/gadget you’ve recently received? Please share!

Thanks for reading and remember that Sharing is Caring!

Happy Sewing!

Amy

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