From souvenirs to jewelry and handbags - two dozen gifts that you can make with your own hands!
A handmade gift brings special warmth and love! We have collected for you 20 different gift ideas that you can make yourself. After each idea - links to master classes with step-by-step instructions.
1. Make a Christmas souvenir - a mini-Christmas tree
Let's start with simple souvenirs. For example, you can make a mini Christmas tree as a gift. In the compilation of the link below - 8 ideas with instructions for making such Christmas trees from cardboard, felt, toothpicks and live spruce branches.
DIY mini-Christmas trees: 8 ideas with instructions
2. Make a notebook and decorate with embroidery
Before the beginning of the new year, a notebook will be a useful gift. A notebook decorated with hand-embroidered will be the one and only! In the selection - several different ideas, choose.
Do-it-yourself notebooks: workshops + ideas
3. Make a small hand warmer or sew a rubber warmer case
These small warmers are filled with salt or rice: they can be heated, for example, on a battery or in the microwave, and put in a jacket pocket, going out into the street. A large rubber heating pad will be much more pleasant to use if you put it in a beautiful case.
Rice or salt hand warmers: 6 ideas with instructions
DIY Warmer Case
4. Sew a heating pad onto the kettle
This slightly forgotten kitchen accessory is able to add real warmth and comfort to the interior and tea party! On the link below - a detailed workshop on sewing a heating pad and the ideas for decorating it with lace, embroidery and so on.
How to sew and decorate a heating pad on a kettle: master class + ideas
5. Sew a beautiful apron
If the person to whom you plan to make a gift loves to cook, you can sew a kitchen apron for him. A beautiful apron in the kitchen will never be superfluous!
An apron without a pattern on an oblique: a master class
Apron with a wide belt without a pattern: a master class
6. Sew a bread bag
A bag for storing bread is a useful thing: in it the bread stays fresh longer. Such a bag can be a nice gift. How to choose a fabric and sew a bag:
How to choose a fabric and sew a bag for your own bread
7. If you are giving towels, decorate them by adding tags
If you have prepared bath towels as a gift, you can decorate them with applique tags. Among other things, these tags, made of different fabrics, will help distinguish towels to family members.
Idea: patchwork tags for towels
8. Sew home slippers or boots
Another cozy and homely gift: slippers or boots / boots. Our step-by-step master classes will help to stitch them.
How to sew home boots: master class + pattern + decor ideas
How to sew slippers with your own hands
9. Sew the needle bar
Another good gift for a needlewoman is a needle bed. For example, an unusual needle-ring ring, worn on a finger. Or a cute donut needle bed.
Do-it-yourself unusual needle ring-ring
How to sew a donut needle box
10. Make a hair accessory - bezel or elastic band
Volumetric beaded rims are now in fashion. This can be done as a gift. Another option is a comfortable and elegant hair elastic.
Pearl scattering: decorate the rim with velvet and beads
A simple hair accessory made from multi-colored fabric residues
11. Sew a shopping bag
A convenient and roomy shopping bag will be a good gift, especially for those who worry about the environment and do not like to buy plastic bags at the supermarket. Below are two workshops: on a bag that folds into a strawberry cover, and on a bag of increased volume and capacity.
DIY Strawberry Transformer Bag
Convenient and spacious bag for shopping: a master class
12. Sew a makeup bag
Another gift that will always come in handy for the fair sex is a cosmetic bag.
Perfumery paradise: a round do-it-yourself cosmetic bag for perfumes
Fancy do-it-yourself double makeup bag
13. Sew a travel organizer
Such an organizer can be presented to someone who travels a lot. Step-by-step master class - at the link below.
DIY travel organizer
14. Sew a laptop case
And this case will come in handy for someone who goes to work with a laptop or travels with it.
Not a day without a gadget: a travel case for a laptop
15. Sew a decorative pillow or roller
If the person to whom you pick up a gift loves decorative pillows and pillows, you can replenish his collection with a couple of new items. The roller, by the way, can be used, among other things, for warming: if it is put on the windowsill, it will help get rid of drafts.
Create home comfort: do-it-yourself cushion covers for pillows
DIY roll made from leftover fabric
16. Sew a handbag
A small flat handbag for your phone, an elegant model with a clasp or a modern waist bag made of luxurious velvet?
You can sew any bag by following the instructions of the master classes at the links below.
Mini-format: a purse-neck purse
Elegant retro: do-it-yourself clasp handbag
DIY velvet belt bag
17. Sew a sports bag
If the person to whom you choose a gift goes to the gym, such a convenient and roomy bag will probably come in handy for him or her. Sewing it is easy: see a master class.
Large sports bag without a pattern: a master class
18. Make aromatic sachets
Sachets, for example, with lavender, will help maintain a pleasant aroma in the closet. Sewing such sachets is easy, and herbs can be found in pharmacies or specialty stores.
Flavors of summer: little do-it-yourself sachets
19. Make an original brooch
If the one to whom you choose a gift loves and wears brooches, you can make, for example, a delicate Hummingbird or an elegant bottle of Chanel with your own hands.
Create a Lilac Hummingbird brooch: a combination of embroidery and beads
Do-it-yourself brooch "Bottle" of beads and sequins
20. Make a flower decoration
A beautiful flower made of fabric can be worn in the hair, like a brooch, as an ornament on a belt or bracelet, and so on. In the selection of the link below - 20 ways to make different colors:
How to make a flower with your own hands: 20 ways
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