Amy's Sewing Studio

Sewing Projects, Sewing Tips, and How-To's for Beginners

by

Gifts For a Seamstress: Fun Small Gift Ideas


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

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!
It is ‘Sew’ much fun to open gifts, whether just one or many…check out these Fun Small Gift Ideas for a Seamstress!
 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 spring 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.)

Bouquet of Thread

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!

Online Group Subscriptions

 The Online Quilt Group I joined is called Patchwork Posse. Subscribers receive quilt patterns in their email inbox as well as have access to an abundance of past patterns and can join the Facebook group to share their work and talk about quilting. This group has more patterns than any book could offer!

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 would LOVE to have a pair of these!
These Appliqué  and Embroidery Scissors,allow for very close trimming. It is hard to see but these scissors have handles that are higher than the blades. Instead of using these scissors with the blade sideways like other scissors, these blades lay flat on the fabric so you can see both blades as you cut.  
I have 5 different pairs of embroidery scissors. These come in handy for having by the sewing machine to clips threads, 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!

Sewing or Quilting Books

I recently reviewed one of my favorite new sewing books in my ‘Learn to sew for Beginners’ blog post.  I also have another favorite book I purchased back at the beginning of this year that has patterns for seasonal mini quilts. I LOVE this book and it would make an awesome gift! You can purchase this book thru Connecting Threads online quilt shop AND you can read my Book Review of Itty Bitty Quilts
 

 

 

Pictures of the quilts I’ve already made: April Showers Mini Quilt and the Spring Daffodil Mini Quilt. (see below)

 

Fun Sewing Gadgets I would LOVE to have and are Great Gift Ideas for a Seamstress! (This is a list for my husband too!)

Hobby Holster

Hobby Holster

This is a silicone holder for a hot glue gun, or even a mini iron. This is a much safer idea than what I’m doing now! This is a great addition to any sewing or craft room;  also a great way to follow  Hand Tool Safety Tips for Sewing.

This Hobby Holster is available at:  anniescatalog.com

Colorscope

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!   

This ColorScope is available at: anniescatalog.com

Vacuum Attachment Kit

Vacuum Attachment KitClean 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!
The pictured Vacuum Attachment Kit is available at: anniescatalog.com.

Iron Finger

Iron FingerA 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.

This Iron Finger is available at: anniescatalog.com

Needle Beetle LED Threader

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!

This LED Threader is available at:  anniescatalog.com

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

Comments

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *