Holiday Gift Ideas
10-28-2018, 05:41 PM
#21
Power Poster
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Reno, Nv
Posts: 16,564
Hats and purses are a fun and something very personal if you think about the lady or man who is to receive it. Look at the vogue patterns. They are wonderful. It isn't such a jump from a quilt to sewing a regular pattern of anything. Dresses, jackets, anything really.
10-28-2018, 06:48 PM
#22
Super Member
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Southwest Idaho
Posts: 6,000
I'm thinking of doing door stops.... This one caught my eye..
http://quilteddelights.blogspot.com/...-blog-hop.html
http://quilteddelights.blogspot.com/...-blog-hop.html
10-28-2018, 07:04 PM
#23
Power Poster
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Eastern Washington
Posts: 29,525
10-28-2018, 08:50 PM
#25
Power Poster
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 26,348
If you knit, one of my favorite gifts to receive are my mom's knitted socks. Now that I've learned to make them, I know just how much time goes into them!! (I timed myself on one sock. 16 hours, 45 minutes. I kept making little mistakes I had to fix on the second sock in the pair, so that one took even longer. Right now, I'm looking at around 34+ hour/pair of socks, plus cost of yarn, so for me to give a pair as a gift, I need to really like that person, lol.)
10-28-2018, 09:09 PM
#26
Super Member
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: SW Michigan
Posts: 5,166
Maybe it was the size of the needle I use a 18. If the plastic is slipping try tissue paper under the plastic as you are sewing. Instead of pins I use masking tape to hold. If you have any more questions please let me know.
10-28-2018, 09:12 PM
#27
Power Poster
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 26,348
I'm making my daughter a set of pretty pillowcases for Christmas. Last year I made her a great little portable toiletries carrier that can unfold and hang in a hotel bathroom. It was a "ByAnnie" pattern and worth every penny.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]603180[/ATTACH]
I like the cat doorstop! That's a great idea.
I've made casserole carriers before too.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]603180[/ATTACH]
I like the cat doorstop! That's a great idea.
I've made casserole carriers before too.
10-29-2018, 01:24 AM
#28
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Upstate SC
Posts: 683
for the group of ladies that get together once a month, I am making simple journal covers that cover a composition book. Got the composition books at the back to school sale at Staples for .50 cents. To make special, I am embroidering their first name on the front, lower right corner, adding a ribbon page marker, and a pen. Uses up stash and I can further personalize by using fabrics in their favorite color or special theme.
We are of the age that we still actually write things down on paper with pen or pencil......lol
A couple of special grade school kids will get one too......
We are of the age that we still actually write things down on paper with pen or pencil......lol
A couple of special grade school kids will get one too......
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
debbiemarie
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
31
12-15-2013 12:12 PM
