By Lindsay Conner

Looking for gift ideas for the sewist in your life? Finding a thoughtful, practical gift can make all the difference in your loved one’s crafting experience! Although it can be challenging to buy someone fabric (as everyone has a different taste), we’ve rounded up some fun ideas to help them celebrate their love of sewing and elevate their craft! Read on for some great gifts ideas for new sewists and seasoned pros.

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Personalized Sewing Labels

Custom fabric labels with your favorite sewist’s name or logo add a special touch to their handmade creations! These can be sewn into clothing, bags, and more. There are folded label tags and also flat labels that can be sewn onto quilt backs and keychain fobs.

Get personalized sewing labels at Dutch Label Shop.

Craft Planner

If you know a sewist or quilter, this craft planner make a thoughtful gift! It’s the ideal tool to organize and track creative projects from scrapbooking to sewing. It includes planning pages for 26 projects, color-coded edges, shopping and wish lists, and spaces for notes and sketches on graph and lined paper. Better still, it’s lightweight and portable so you can bring it along to the craft store for shopping trips!

Get this craft planner at Eva Blake’s Makery.

Quilter Nutrition Facts Drinking Glass

What makes up a quilter? According to this beverage glass, it’s a whole lot of creativity, passion, authenticity, and 1000% love! This humorous gift will help the quilter in your life stay hydrated while they sew, and also help them reconnect with the many inner gifts that sewing has to offer.

Get this gift at Missouri Star Quilt Co.

Sewing Therapy Sweatshirt

Delightfully understated, this sweatshirt will keep your loved one cozy while they sew AND help them show their love for the craft. It’s true that many people say sewing is as helpful as therapy, providing emotional fulfillment and creative satisfaction as they work with their hands. You can find lots of fun t-shirts and slogan gifts for sewists online, but we thought this one was a little bit special.

Get this gift at Etsy.

Kai 8” Professional Shears

You haven’t really cut fabric until you’ve cut it with fresh fabric shears. In case you didn’t know, it’s helpful to have a pair of scissors that is only used to cut fabric, and another pair that is used to cut paper. The reason for this is that the paper will dull your fabric scissors quickly! The Kai 8" professional shears will make you feel like you are cutting through butter—your cuts will be smooth and silky, even on thicker and difficult fabrics! This ergonomic handle will make it comfortable to cut.

Get these scissors at WAWAK.

Personalized Seam Ripper

Okay, this gift is really cool and thoughtful! A customized seam ripper with your loved one’s name engraved in the handle is a unique keepsake that adds charm to any sewing kit. Crafted with an antique metal finish and designed for comfort, this seam ripper will become their new favorite.

Get this gift on Etsy.

Fabric Subscription Box

Who doesn’t love a SEW-prise? Consider getting your sewist friend a monthly subscription that delivers curated fabric collections, notions, and more. This is truly the gift that keeps on giving, with fresh inspiration and supplies with each delivery! There are many different types of subscription boxes out there, including the Sew Sampler monthly subscription box pictured.

Get the Sew Sampler Subscription Box at Fat Quarter Shop.

There you have it! We hope this list of gift ideas for sewists and quilters inspires you to do some thoughtful holiday shopping. You can also pay a visit to your local quilt shop (view a list of SIY retailers here) for similar ideas, inspiration, or even sewing classes you could gift! What’s your favorite gift idea for that maker in your life?