10 Christmas gift ideas that patchworkers will love. (Copy)

Christmas presents for the patchworker in your life.

1.      Jen Kingwell’s Block Wrap. A great gift for any patchworker who travels or who takes hand sewing with them everywhere they go. (that’s me, going to an appointment, sew in the waiting room, any time is sewing time.)

2.      Quilt in a Day 6 ½ “triangle square up ruler. This ruler is a must when making half-square-triangles and every patchworker at some time makes H-S-T.

3.      Fine pigment pen for writing on labels, no quilt is truly finished until it has a label. Available a stationary supply store.

4.      Mechanical pencil with 2B refills. These pencils give a lovely fine line when tracing and drawing around templates which then equals better accuracy. Available a stationary supply store.

5.      Sandpaper board for when drawing around templates. This stops the fabric moving as you draw around the template and also helps give a darker pencil line.

6.      Good quality pins. I know you might think pins are pins but they are not. Nice fine pins leave a smaller hole and damage fabric less. Well worth the extra few dollars. I like Tulip glass head pins.

7.      A very distinctive seam ripper like this one from Moore’s. We don’t like to admit it but we all do make mistakes at time. The reason I like a distinctive one is so when I am sewing in a group I know exactly which seam ripper is mine.

8.      Nice fine scissors for the smaller jobs. These ones from The Scissor Man are inexpensive, small for travel and have a protective cover, no getting stabbed when you put your hand in your bag.

9.      A Jelly Roll or a Fat ¼ pack of fabric that you like will always be appreciated, and who knows you might even get it gifted back to you in the shape of a quilt.

10.   One of my books. I have a children’s book “My Grandma makes patchwork quilts”, a cute story about a Grandma and Grandchild’s shared love of fabric and play. I also have a book to replace a card when giving a quilt as a gift. Check them out on my website: Nest of Quilts

I hope this helps with the Christmas shopping. The truth is whatever you give if it is given with love and thought it will be loved.

               I hope you have a safe and merry Christmas.