2021 Holiday Gift Guides!
It’s that time of year again, when everyone has gifts and gift-giving at the top of their mind. We know that it can be tricky to purchase gifts for folks who love to sew, so we decided to come up with a couple handy-dandy lists to make it easier for you to find the perfect gift for your favorite sewist. This week we will be sharing 5 gift guides for different types of sewists: The Beginner, The Apparel Sewist, The Hand Stitcher, The Quilter, and lastly The Sewist Who Has it All! In this post you will find the Beginner Guide and the Apparel Sewist Guide. Be sure to check back later in the week for the other 3!
The Beginner Gift Guide
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Clover Water Soluble Pencil 3 Pack - Marking tools are essential when sewing, and these water soluble pencils are the standard bearer.
Fiskars Limited Edition Designer 8” Shears - Who doesn’t want a fancy pair of fabric shears? These Fiskars are tried and true, and cute to boot!
The Act of Sewing by Sonia Philip - We love Sonya Philip at Bolt. This book is a great introduction to sewing, and how to make it an intentional practice.
Long Pearlized Pins - Pins are necessary!
Bolt 60” Measuring Tape - You know the saying, measure twice, cut once. A soft measuring tape is essential to your sewing practice.
Unicorn Snips - You’re going to want a set of snips (or several) and how cute are these unicorns?
Gold Eye Embroidery Needles - It’s good to have an assortment of hand-stitching needles around your sewing studio, for sewing buttons, or hand stitching the binding on your quilt, or to work on an embroidery project!
Omnigrid 3” x 18” Ruler - The more measuring tools the merrier, this 3” x 18” ruler is a good all around size, plus you can use it as a straight edge with your rotary cutter.
Classic Tomato Pin Cushion - Where else you gonna put your pins? It’s a classic for a reason.
Olfa Ergonomic Rotary Cutter - Scissors are great, but sometimes you want the precision of a rotary cutter.
The Apparel Sewist Gift Guide
This list builds off of the Beginner Sewist Gift Guide, meaning we assume the apparel sewist already has most of the tools and supplies on that list.
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Kai Seam Remover - A handy alternative to your traditional seam ripper, this one shaves the threads.
Dritz Seam Fix - Two tools in one! A duo seam-ripper/awl.
Ruby Star Society 3 Notebook Set - For making notes about pattern modifications, fabric choices, and for doodling out ideas!
Sewing Your Perfect Capsule Wardrobe - This book is the perfect companion for planning and sewing your very own capsule.
Seam Gauge - For measuring those seam allowances.
Triangle Tailor’s Chalk - The more marking tools the merrier!
Jean-a-ma-Jig - This nifty little tool is so handy! It helps your domestic machine get over any bulky seams. A must have for sewing with denim or canvas.
Bodkin 2 Pack - For pulling twill tape, elastic, or ribbon.
Zirkel Magnetic Pin holder - This super strong magnetic pin holder is ideal, but watch your fingers! It’s powerful.
Wash-Away Wonder Tape - I use this to ensure neat necklines and hems.
Tulip Needles Sakura Glass Head Pins - Everyone deserves pretty pins!
Clover Fork Pins - For when you need everything just a little more secure. Great for pinning gathers!
Elementary Sewing Skills - From Merchant & Mills, this book has all sorts of tips, tricks, and techniques.
Stay tuned this week for 3 more gift guides! We hope you find these helpful, and don’t forget you can always get a gift card! There’s nothing a sewist loves more than a good excuse to come to the fabric store.