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7 Quick-to-Sew Gifts for Mother's Day

Mother’s Day is coming up here in the U.S. and you still have time to sew something nice for your mama! Mother’s Day gifts are better when they’re handmade, no matter the age of your children, don’t you think? I have seven great ideas for DIY Mother’s Day gifts to share with you today and they’re all quick to sew and easy to mail!

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5 New-To-Me Sewing Notions

Hey, friends! I asked for a few new little sewing tools for Christmas and my husband came through and put some of them in my Christmas stocking. I took some time yesterday to film a video describing them and demonstrating these five new-to-me sewing notions and today I’ll share them here too.

If you’re looking for a few new toys to add to your sewing room, maybe this will give you some ideas and I bet they’re things you may not already have. There are always more sewing notions to check out, but it’s hard to know if they’re really be useful, or if you’re better off sticking with your tried and true methods, so I’ve tried these things, and while there are a few I already love, there are a couple more that they jury is still out on.

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What to Sew for Men: 4 Gifts I Made My Husband for Christmas

In one of my recent YouTube videos, I said that I had made my husband several things for his Christmas stocking this year and enough people asked to see what those ideas are that I went ahead and made another video to tell you what I sewed for my husband this year!

Men can be hard to buy for and maybe even harder to sew for, but I’ve made my husband several things over the years that he’s loved and has actually asked for more of. So I’ll share those ideas with you here and then hopefully it may spark some other ideas for you if you’re stuck on what to sew for the men and boys in your life.

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10 Sewing Tools on My Christmas Wishlist This Year

Christmas is coming like a freight train! It feels that way to me every year, but this year, since we’re being encouraged to shop earlier than usual, I feel like we’re breezing past the Fall holidays and going straight into Christmas.

Like many married couples, our custom is to give each other a wishlist, making it easy to buy what the other wants. My wishlist lives on Amazon and it’s called Nikki’s Christmas wishes (can’t make it much easier than that.) I update this list each year around this time and I’m always excited to see which things he chooses! Of course, he always adds a few surprises, which is fun too.

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The Ultimate Gift Guide for Sewing Lovers

I’m here with an ultimate sewing lover’s gift guide for you, with gifts for any and every budget. I’ll start with the small, inexpensive sewing tools, include some fun Etsy sewing related gifty finds, move on to a list of great sewing books, and then finish up with some big ticket items that I’ve thoroughly researched and feel good about recommending. For more ideas, check out the Pin, Cut, Sew Amazon Storefront, which I keep updated with all my favorite tried and true sewing items, plus some that I have on my wishlist (maybe I should send this post to my husband as a hint-hint, ha!)

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Stocking Stuffers for Sewists
How to Shop for Men on Etsy