GIFTS FOR THE MAKERS IN YOUR LIFE
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Blackbird Fabrics has linen in an array of hues sure delight any garment maker. Maybe tuck a sewing book in with the yardage?
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Beautiful heirloom blanket made with wool from small farms in New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania. Available from Middlebrook Fiberworks.
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Do you know a garment maker who wants to take their sewing to the next level? This book allows them to create slopers to their measurements.
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Put all your notions in one of these bright metal boxes. Organization! A place for everything and everything in its place.
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If you have a fabric love in your life, these kits from Maiwa are just the things to get them printing. Choose from different shaped stamps.
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Colorful socks abound in the new book from Rachel Coopey. You can flex your gift giving prowess with an added skein or two of sock yarn.
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This quilt kit from A Verb for Keeping Warm is made up of linen and naturally dyed batik fabric. Select form one of the beautiful colorways.
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A water bottle is fine as a pattern weight, but these Japanese iron buttons would make a cheery and heavy stocking stuffer!
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Britt-Marie Christoffersson’s book showcases different embroidery techniques used on knitting to create texture and embellishment.
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These are my favorite shears from Kai. They make cutting fabric a dream. Available in a range of lengths, from 8 up to 12 inches.
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Kits - skill building projects, what’s not to love? Whoever gets this one from Fancy Tiger Crafts will soon be walking around in cozy comfort.
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Know an intermediate knitter? They just may want to learn brioche stitch and Lesley Anne Robinson’s book is just the thing.
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What do knitters want? More yarn! What kind? Let unique color combining commence with this kit from Neighborhood Fiber Co.
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One school of thought is to give things people wouldn’t think to buy themselves. And organic cotton thread is one such indulgence.
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This expansive volume about all things silk will surely have pride of place on any textile lover’s bookshelf. Available in the US at museum shops.
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Someone who’s hard to please will appreciate these buttons covered in Liberty fabric. Sold in matching sets of four.
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Beyond Measure has put together some lovely ‘Treat Boxes’ and they’re sure to bring a smile and sounds of appreciation from the recipient.
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Can’t have a gift guide and not slide my own book into the mix. It does make a good gift if I can toot my own crafty horn.
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A little something for plant lovers and crafters. This embroidery kit from Rosanna Diggs has everything needed to get anyone, young or old, stitching.
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The sheep lover in your life can knit a flock of micro sheep with this kit from Mochi Mochi Land. Many other cute creatures to choose from on the site.