Hello, my quilty friends!
If you're shopping for a quilter this Christmas (or you ARE the quilter and your family keeps asking what you want 😂), I pulled together my favorite gifts. Cozy sweatshirts, tees, mugs, stocking stuffers and patterns, plus a few projects for the fabric she's been saving.
Quick note before we start: our shirts, sweatshirts and mugs are printed just for you when you order, so they take a little time to get to you. If it's a Christmas gift, order by Thursday, December 10.
1. A cozy Christmas sweatshirt with a quilt block on it
The Lone Star is the shirt you all pick more than any other, so for Christmas we made it in cherry red, bubblegum pink and mint on a forest green sweatshirt. It brought some friends too: a Bear Paw (the same block from my free Bear Paw tutorial), an Economy Star, a NOEL framed in little Economy Stars and a Christmas tree where every ornament is a tiny quilt block. 😍
To everyone at the party it's a cheerful Christmas sweatshirt. To another quilter it's a whole conversation, and she'll find you by the cookie table.
- Christmas Lone Star Sweatshirt (Forest), $54.95
- Christmas Bear Paw Sweatshirt (Black), $54.95
- Quilt Block Christmas Tree Sweatshirt (Bone or Forest), $54.95
- NOEL Economy Stars Sweatshirt (Bone), $54.95
- Economy Star Sweatshirt (Bone), $54.95
They come as tees, V-necks and a raglan too. See the whole Christmas collection
2. A tee she'll wear all year
If the quilter on your list has ever stayed up WAY too late finishing one more block, she needs one of these. They're soft, they come in LOTS of colors, and every one of them is a little inside joke between quilters.
- Late Night Quilters Club, $31.95
- I Quilt Past My Bedtime, $31.95
- Quarter-Inch Club, $31.95
- The Worst Day Quilting Beats the Best Day Doing Whatever It Is You Normally Do, $31.95
- Easily Distracted by Fabric, $31.95
- Lone Star (Rust), $31.95
3. A mug for the sewing room
Every quilter needs a mug of something warm next to the sewing machine (far away from the fabric, please!).
- Stash Watch, $19.95
- Quilt Lady, $19.95
- The Sewmoore School of Stitchcraft and Quiltery, $19.95
- University of Quilting, $19.95
- If You Love Me, Let Me Sew, $19.95
- The Honorable Order of Fabric Hoarders, $19.95
4. Stocking stuffers under $5
Stickers for her laptop, water bottle or sewing machine case, and enamel pins for her jacket or tote. These are SO fun to tuck in a stocking, and they're perfect for a guild gift exchange too.
- Stickers, $3 each (Late Night Quilters Club, I Quilt Past My Bedtime, Quilt Lady, Quilts Quilts Quilts and more)
- Enamel pins, $5 each (seam rippers, ruler, quilt block, button)
5. A pattern for her next quilt
A new pattern is a gift that turns into a whole project, and that's my favorite kind. The PDFs download right away, so they're great if you're shopping last minute. 🙌
- Economy Stars, $12.95. Sawtooth stars with an economy block in the middle, and every fat quarter gets cut the exact same way.
- Happy Christmas, $12.95. One big scrappy Christmas tree with a candy cane border. I've made it in green, pink, aqua and navy!
- Holly's Christmas Tree Farm, $12.95. A cozy little holiday quilt for confident beginners.
- Modern Mosaic, $14.95. My love letter to It's a Small World and Mary Blair.
If you'd rather make a quilt FOR someone, I rounded up 6 quilts to make for someone you love too.
6. A project for the fabric she's been saving
Every quilter has a stack of fat quarters (or a layer cake or two) she's been saving for just the right project. These are my favorite ways to finally cut into them.
- For a fast gift quilt: Fat Quarter Pile Up by Kaitlyn at Knot + Thread. When I need a quilt fast, this is the one I reach for. It just takes 12 fat quarters, and I've made four Christmas ones (a few of them were Christmas gifts!).
- For a Christmas tree quilt: Pine Hollow Patchwork Forest by Amy Smart at Diary of a Quilter. A cozy patchwork forest of Christmas trees, and it's fat quarter friendly.
- For the quilter with a BIG fat quarter stash: Fresh Fat-Quarter Quilts by Andy Knowlton at A Bright Corner, a whole book of fat quarter projects. I made the Stellar quilt from it, and it was so fast and fun.
- For a layer cake: Layer Cake Lucy, also by Andy. I loved it so much I made it twice!
- For a break from quilts: The Violet Backpack by Kaitlyn. I made SIX of these for my daughter and her friends for a day at Disneyland (and one for me 😁), and making and gifting them was SO fun.
7. A gift card when you just can't decide
Quilters are picky (in the best way!), so if you're not sure what she'd pick, let her pick. Gift cards come in $10, $25, $50 and $100, and they're sent by email, so there's no shipping to worry about.
And if YOU are the quilter, go ahead and send this post to whoever's doing your Christmas shopping. I won't tell. 😉
Merry Christmas, my quilty friends!
🩵 Holly
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