Tag: handmade gift ideas
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Five tutorials to help children get into sewing
This week I’ve published a series of tutorials to help anyone who would like to support the children in their lives to develop a natural love of sewing. At the time of writing, we are amid the COVID-19 crisis, which has left many of us juggling work, childcare and homeschooling. But this crisis won’t last…
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Sewing tutorial: make a dotty daisy bookmark
These bookmarks are so simple to make using embroidery and fabric paints. Even the least confident artist can create a really beautiful result using the end of a paintbrush. An ideal home-made gift for book-lovers, and pretty good scrap-buster project as they require only small rectangles of fabric. Make up a few and Christmas, birthdays…
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10 Handsewn Gift for Kids
Here’s the third in my series of posts to help you come up with some creative ideas for homemade gifts. Today, its all about sewing presents for children; from babies through to teens, hopefully there is something here to help you make that perfect gift for someone special. And if you love to sew, why…