November 19 ~ Gifts for Grandparents
| While many of our other gift lists this month include great tutorials for the grandmas and grandpas in your life, grandparents are extra-special family members; we decided we needed a day (and a bounty of ideas) devoted to perfect gifts for grandparents. What are you giving grandparents this holiday season? (Have you heard about Give-Away Day? Check it out, then come back here!) |
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Brooch Keeper Michelle from Quiltingmick designed this project to protect brooches. Enjoy her Brooch Keeper Tutorial (you could even tuck a new pin in for an extra-special gift). |
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Travel Tissue Holders We like the addition of a little, special trim to Min’s Travel Tissue Holder Tutorial on Vacuum Queen. |
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Easy Eyeglass Case This one is good for Grandpa too! Bayou Bags has a very Easy Eyeglass Case Tutorial so you can make multiples for all of those stray glasses. |
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Fingerpaint Wall Art Holly shares a project from a friend on her tutus & turtles blog. Her Fingerpaint Wall Art How-to is a nice way to help the youngest members of the family create gifts for grandparents. |
Don’t miss these related tutorials from the SMS archives: Aprons, For the House, Pillows and Sachets.
Here are just a handful of fabrics we love for some of these projects. Click on the fabric images to visit the Sew,Mama,Sew! shop:
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Personalized Family Jewelry from SpoonerZ Rachelle’s Spoon Endz Family Bracelet is just one of the great gifts in the SpoonerZ shop, where personalized (and really lovely) jewelry abounds. |
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Chocolate Fruitcake Johanna at Green Gourmet Giraffe shares her “fruitcake offensive” process in her Chocolate Fruitcake Recipe. The recipe calls for some patience and time, but Johanna says the results are well worth it (and we know a grandpa or two who would love it!). |
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Holidays at Home and the Handmade Holidays photo pool! |
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Portabello Pixie Sewing PatternsSandi Henderson, the brilliant designer behind Portabellopixie, was kind enough to contribute one each of her wonderful (and crazy popular!) new sewing patterns. These patterns are very easy to follow with lots of excellent graphics. We’re very pleased to be carrying them in the shop. Check out Sandi’s blog for some wonderful tutorials and sewing inspiration. Today we’re giving away both the Cupcake Pincushion pattern and the Market Bags pattern to one lucky winner. Comment below to enter. See our Handmade Holidays 2008 Prize List to see what else we’re giving away this month. |
More Handmade Holiday Ideas
18 ~ College Students
17 ~ Girlfriends
16 ~ Dads
15 ~ New Parents
14 ~ Holidays at Home
13 ~ Multi-taskers
12 ~ Sports Fans
11 ~ Bookworms
10 ~ Elementary Kids
9 ~ Snow Fiends
8 ~ Teachers
7 ~ Holidays at Home
6 ~ Pet Lovers
5 ~ Crafters
4 ~ Music Lovers
3 ~ Babies & Toddlers
2 ~ Travelers
1 ~ Tweens & Teens
We respect the copyright of all crafters. All links and photos from blogs on our Handmade Holidays posts are used with permission.
368 Responses to “November 19 ~ Gifts for Grandparents”
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I like the brooch holder idea!
I love the family jewelry! So creative!! I would love to have the book as well! That pin cushion on the cover is to die for!
LOVE the fingerpaint wall art! AWESOME! They are going to love it! THANKS for the amazing ideas! You guys are the best!
Last year I made my grandma an apron. This year I think I’ll make one of those travel tissue holders, and a couple re-usable shopping bags.
Yay for handmade holidays!
Mmmmm, chocolate fruitcake!
And I love the patterns too… and the fabrics… and the tutes… it’s a yummy morning, for sure!
I always have such trouble thinking of things for grandmas – they always say they don’t need anything. Thank you.
I ADORE the silver spoon jewelry… so tempting to buy for myself!
I love those tissue holders, I know some grandmas that would love them.
I made a tissue holder similar to that a long time ago and lost the pattern. And now here it is!!
Hmm…this is all I need to do to enter the contest? Sweet!
Love the holiday ideas. Thanks!
Great ideas today. Thanks so much!
We are already planning canvases for Grandpa, but the foot and handprints are a great idea!
Your ideas this month have been fabulous. Would love that purse pattern!
Everyday I am inspired by the blog. Love it and pass the word along to several people freguently. Thank you to all the crafty women and men that contrbute to this wonderful blog.
My gosh – the great ideas just keep on coming! It’s never ending. Impressive.
This is my first comment, but I’ve been a huge fan of SewMamaSew for so long! I love being inspired by the brilliant creativity featured on the site, and the HandMade Holidays are my favorite!
The spoon bracelet is such a cool idea. When I was a teenager, my mom had my baby spoon made into a ring for me, so I love this idea!
I love the hand print and foot print wall art! Thanks for the link!
love the brooch keeper!
I love these ideas for grandparents. Thanks for the inspiration!
Thanks for making a special day just for grandparents.
The fruitcake actually sounds good!
Yummy!! I think I’m going to try that fruitcake. I love fruitcake and adding chocolate just makes it perfect.
Thanks for this post. I have twins on the way next week and SpoonerZ will be great place to get grandma something for the holidays.
The wall art is so modern but looks so easy to do!
love it all.
The fingerpaint wall art is great, I always wondered how to do that. Please enter me in the drawing for the patterns
OHHH!
I love this post. So many thing I could do to offer my in-laws or my mother on behalf of my son. the Brooch keeper, the eyglass case, or the paintings with the footprints. Just lovely!
For the grandparents that don’t really need (or want) anything, we love giving gifts from Heifer International — you can pay for a flock of chickens (or a goat, or geese, or a water buffalo, or trees, or whatever) to go to a family in need in various parts of the world, and have it be a gift in honor of Grandma and Grandpa.
Love the finger paint wall art. Definitely going to have to do it as a gift!
the footprint/handprint idea is so great…beats the handprinted sweatshirts we used to give to Grandma, but she is still wearing them!
Oh, I love that cupcake! I am making a quilted notebook for my nana, to keep stamps and envelopes and such in.
I love the patterns and the spoon bracelet!!
Thanks for the great ideas
The fingerpaint wall art is a GREAT idea!
I might be making these tissue holders for myself
I’m sure Grandma would love them too!
The brooch keeper is a great idea and will probably help some of the pieces from tarnishing. It’s a simple modified pin cushion envelope. Good thinking!
Another day and more great ideas. Thanks! By the way, I love Lara’s fabric choice today!
Thanks for all the wonderful ideas!
I’m sure my grandparents would love some fingerpaint wall art from my two toddlers–thanks for the idea!
love the grand parent gift ideas, think I’ll be making some shopping bags for christmas this year.
First of all. Yeah…you are back on Bloglines! Love the Giveaway day idea, I’m going to be busy checking out all sorts of new blogs and hopefully getting some stuff together to giveaway!
My friend did those tissue holders for everyone at her wedding. It was so cute!
Thanks for all the great ideas! I might have to try making that eyeglass case.
Those travel tissue holders are so nice!!
I am loving all tutorials and links you are sharing with us for Handmade Holidays 2008! I recently came across Portabellopixies patterns and absolutley love them! They are unique! I love the vibrant fabrics she chooses to sew her patterns.
Keep the Handmade Holidays inspirations coming!
I love the eyeglass case! I think I found what I will give my dad! Thanks so much.
The tissue holder is too cute- and a good idea to help my grandma (who always has those little plastic tissue packs in her purse) get a little more green. And I want to win the Portabello Pixie Sewing Patterns
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how wonderful. thank you. and the portabellopixie patterns look awesome!
Finger paint wall art is adorable.
You always have the best ideas. I love the brooch keeper.
The cupcake pin cushion is super cute too.
Thanks for all the great Holiday ideas. Keep them coming.
OH MY! Perfect Idea with the fingerpainting art for the grandparents! I think we’ll be doing this!!!
This would be great to add to my growing to-do list.
These are great ideas for grand-parents. I was just thinking about what I could do for my Grandpa who is 95 years old.
I love the finger paint idea so much that I want to have babies just so that I can do the project and give it to my mom as a present!!!
The handprint and footprint wall art are perfect. I’ve been trying to come up with something for grandma from my daughter.
Fabulous link for the personalized jewelry! Thanks!
These are great gifts!!! Love the patterns too!!!!!
I’ve been checking all morning for today’s update and ideas. I love the spoon designs and the wall art idea. Thanks!
I’m liking Lara’s choice!
I love that tissue holder tutorial! I’ll definitely be making one of those, if only so I can have one more opportunity to look at my favorite fabrics!
I love the practicality of the travel tissue holder & reading glasses case. My toddler and I are going to add those to the agenda today and make them for the grandparents in her life! Thanks for offering ideas that are quick to make, but very practical for the receiver. We love giving specialized gifts with the receiver’s needs in consideration. Thanks again!
I love the addition of trim on the tissue holder and that cake looks fabulous!
I really need to make some of those eye glass holders! We are a family full of glasses wearers
I love the fingerpain wall art. I can’t wait to try it!
Nanna is going to love the fingerprint wall hangings! Thanks for the great idea!
Thank you for all inspiration and free patterns.
I would love to get the cupcake pincushion.
Kind regards
Liene
Whoa!
Woke up thinking: I really should see if I can make some cases for my husband’s new eye glasses!
Thanks for all the great ideas and give-aways!
Those eyeglasses cases are really great! Maybe an idea for my kid’s teachers too!
OOoooh first comment? I bet there are others.. haha
I love the fingerpaint wall art! Too cute! And the patterns to win look fun as well!
I keep seeing little tissue holders and I love them every time.
I have a similar tissue holder, and I love it! It’s a great way to use a nice scrap of fabric!
Love the fingerprint wall art & I’ve been looking for an easy eyeglass holder tute! Great stuff!!
I love the fingerprint wall art!!!
The sewing patterns look so fun!
Oh my gosh! the wall art….too cute.
I’m hoping to get some of the tissue covers done for gifts this year – thanks for the link.
Everyone needs an eyeglass case even if its for sunglasses.
Thank you for the host of lovely ideas!
The personalized family jewellery is great and a perfect keepsake. My grandparents love all things edible, so perhaps the chocolate fruitcake would be great for them!
I love the fingerpaint art idea – colorful and meaningful, too.
Great ideas! love the brooch holder. thanks for all the inspiration
I love all this!! Gonna definitely make some eyeglass holders. I know several people that could use them!
The tissue holder is just darling … and the trim really makes it special.
Those are great gifts to make. Thanks for the chance to win the gorgeous patterns!
Grands are so hard to buy for. This is great.
Patterns look wonderful, too.
I love those hand and foot print paintings. Those are great!
The fingerprint wall art is totally cool. The brooch holder gave me an idea. Grandma doesn’t need a brooch holder, but she might really like something to store her jewelry in when she travels. She travels a lot (vacation, and visiting the grandkids) and something to carry her jewelry safely, and be able to use when she reaches her destination would be a good idea. But, what could it be?? Hmm…I will have to consult with Grandpa and ponder this idea.
Thanks for the GP gift ideas.
And, I love all things Sandi Henderson!
Thanks for the prizes this month! They are awesome!
What lovely ideas!I like to make thiings they can use otherwise it gets put away in a drawer forever:)
I love the brooch holder and the wall art that you have featured today. I would love to win those beautiful patterns, also. Thanks.
The fingerprint wall art is an excellent idea. Grandparents always love those personal touches. I just realized I could use the brooch holder for myself. It’s got to be a step up from the shoe box they’re currently hiding. Thank you!
You guys are amazing! Every day I come back here and am just amazed and inspired with all that you have come up with this season! You should be proud of yourselves, these posts have all been really impressive.
Love the wall art!
More great ideas! Thanks!
grandparents can be the hardest to shop for these are really great ideas!
I love the fingerprint and foot print art. I’ll have to do that with the girls.
The tissue holders are cute – I love the trim!
Oh Grandparents! They do deserve extra-special love! And cake, too.
Wow! The cupcake looks good enough to eat
I like the look of that personalized jewelry, thanks for sharing all of these wonderful things!
There’s always an updated picture of the kids. I made a set of picture ornaments for each branch of the family(Child/Spouse and grandkids). I made my dad a log cabin style pillow with the center being his 1944 army picture and the logs being various patriotic fabrics last year.
I’ve just favorited the SpoonerZ store! Thanks for sharing
the finger paint wall art is brilliant! must do this!
I definitely need to make some of those eyeglass cases – and that spoon jewelry is so pretty!
Oh! Those patterns are divine. I would *love* to win them!
The wall art looks FUN! There’s so many great ideas on here.
The Footprint Wall Art reminded my of a rug I did for my dad for Father’s day one year. I got a small carpet rug for him to but at the foot of his chair and I painted my little girls feet and had her step on it. It was really cute and he still has it.
Thanks for sharing the tutorials!
Just made six of those travel tissue holders.I am making a total of 35 for a retirement home that my family visits once a month.I made about 10 last year year and everyone loved them.They are especially nice for the elderly, also great for the purse and car!
Oh I love the bracelet! The brooch holder is a great idea.
I need that brooch keeper. I need so many pins for dance costumes, it would be great to have them all in one place
My mother would love the family jewelry. I love seeing your new ideas every day!
I’m still a little unsure about the difference between “want” and “need”. I’m sure I really need those patterns, but I haven’t figured out how they fit into the categories of food, air, water and shelter.
I love the spoon bracelets!
Love the handprints. Wish I had grandchildren that we could do that with. I will make the tissue holder though. It will make some nice little gifts. Love that pincushion!
oooh I like the brooch keeper a lot – but I think I will make it for myself!
Great ideas again!
Great ideas! Thanks
Handprint and footprint gifts are always a great idea for grandparents – my kids and I are making footprint reindeer stamped on a shirt for Grammie this year.
Yeah! My MIL’s birthday is Friday and I think we have a winner! That fingerpaint wall art looks like something she would love!
Such cute patterns!
Count me in the contest! i would love to win a Portabello Pixie pattern.
oh my gosh…the fingerpaint wall art is so on my list for the grandparents this year!
I love, love, love the fingerpaint wall art!! I will definitely have to make that for my little one’s grandparents soon.
Love al the tutes you provide
So many good ideas.
I love that spoon bracelet! And I love the portobello pixie patterns!
Love the purse! So cute!
Ohhh those patterns are gorgeous! I follow the blog for Portabello Pixie, so would love to win some of her fab patterns!!
Oh, fun! I want in on this giveaway. I have the claire pattern from portobello pixie and it is awesome.
I love the wall art! I am thinking about doing something similar in ornament form for the grandparents and repeating yearly. But it would also be fun to do that in my daughter’s room
I also love the spoon jewelry!
No only am I finding wonderful gift ideas, but I’m left with lots of inspiration for after Christmas through the winter while we spend lots of time indoors.
I’ve been wondering what to give my parents for the holidays–the children’s art really sparked some ideas! Thanks for all the fun posts!
I love the spoon bracelet and Sandi’s patterns. Count me in for the drawing.
I love the broach keeper. My grandmother will love this!! Thank you!
We are finaly getting all of the families together over thanks giving and going
to get a family potrate made for my parents. They have been asking forever!
I think that those feet and hand prints would be awsome too, maybe I will do
the same as above but leave more space, and add a frame and photo and
a name to each.
Rane
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Love the spoon jewelry. They have some beautiful things on their web site.
Portabello Pixies are great patterns!! I have a few of them and they just go together so well and are so versatile. I plan on making a few market bags for Christmas gifts.
Love the art work. Personal gifts for the grandparents are always a hit!
I might need to try the fingerpaint wall art, we have a grandparent with a birthday this week!
Thanks.
I love those spoon bracelets! Beatiful and unique!
Spoon jewelry is the best – thanks for passing along the link!
I am loving your Christmas Posts…
I’ve been inspired to try my hand at fruitcake
The chocolate fruitcake sounds wonderful! And the brooch holder is a novel idea. The gramma’s both wear pins often and this will be great to store all those holiday pins as well that we all seem to collect.
I like the fingerpaint wall art.
Oh, yay! You’re back in my Bloglines. Guess all the emails paid off… :0)
I love the fingerpaint wall art! Such a neat and adorable idea. And I really love that it gets the kids involved. Keep up the great work SMS!!
oh, that handbag pattern would be perfect for a gift for my mom!
Oh I love those cupcakes! Too bad they probably don’t taste as good as they look!
That spoon bracelet is so neat! I’m going to have to check out her site. Like the tissue holders, looks fun and super simple. Thanks again!
i love the cupcake pincushion! too cute.
another fun giveaway & project list!
thanks
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I love that cupcake pincushion! I just finished making my mother-in-law’s gift (so my son’s grandma…)- the crochet hook holder you profiled earlier in the handmade holidays lineup! My own mom (other grandma) is getting a GPS holder. When you have a portable GPS that you put up and take down (and take with you on a trip) it pays to have a soft sleeve for it so you don’t damage the screen. So I made her a cute one- it’s pretty much like making a glasses sleeve… But came out great and she’ll love it! Unfortunately my own (and husband’s) grandparents are already gone, but I figured our moms are our son’s grandparents!
Great ideas. I especially like the tissue holder. How cute!
maybe i’ll get lucky this time:)
The finger paint wall art is the greatest! My kids will love it and so will there grandparents.
The eye glass case would be SOOOOO simple and yet so helpful to those older ones, that have a pair of reading glasses in every room, and every vehicle, and every purse!!!
chocolate fruit cake?! What a great twist on an otherwise not very welcomed food in my family! Every year my mom and i are usually the ones eating the fruitcake delivered by her neighbor because no one else will. But now with chocolate in the mix? i think we’ll get a better reaction.
I’m not a grandma yet but would love that brooch keeper !
Those patterns are fantastic! Enter me please…
Plus the tissue holder would be just the thing for the car.
I’ve been checking every day waiting for the gifts for grandparents day!! And it’s my luck it’s today! I love the purse and would love to make it- for myself and friends!!
I like the kleenex idea. =)
Golly!! Love the ideas, please keep them coming!! I have a ton of gifts to make and would be completely lost if it weren’t for Sew Mama Sew :0) All of the giveaways are such a great added bonus..Ooh, Ooh..Pick Me, Pick Me!!!
Fabulous ideas, as always! thanks!
Thank you for the wonderful ideas! Our Nana is going to be recieving the beaded necklace from a few days back and now I have a gift idea for our Pop-pop- the eye glass holder! Thank you again!
Ooh, that tissue holder would be great for the ol’ man, but I think I need one for myself, too!
the fingerprint wall art is fantastic!
The fingerprint wall art is a perfect gift! Thanks for sharing!
I’m thinking of making my grandma a Melly and Me bag, maybe I should make the tissue holder to go with it!
Omg….I’m LOVING the Portobello Pixie patterns today!!!
love that bracelet! it is so cute.
Looking forward to creating the wall art! Thanks for all your great ideas and sharing.
That’s so funny! I came up with the idea of having my daughter paint canvasses for our living room earlier this fall. It’s fun to see other people appreciate that kid’s art can be really great and worth putting on something a little more durable than paper….now if only I’d used acrylic instead of the tempera we had hangin’ around they’d be even better!
Thanks for more great ideas! This will truly be a “handmade holiday” for us this year, and you are making the planning so much easier.
I love the spoon bracelet. I’ve got a ring made out of a tiny spoon that I got at a market in Portland, OR.
I love the handprints on the wall-art. My kids would have so much fun with that!
what a great take on fingerpainting!
Love all the inspiration! Brooch keeper for Grandma, eyeglass case for my daughter, purse for me……..:-)
Oh boy, this was one of the best ones yet for me. Such great ideas! Love the simple easy yet practical gift ideas!!!
Wonderful ideas!!!
Good ideas. I have lots of grandparents to make gifts for. Thank you for the ideas.
Another day of fabulous ideas. I know I’ll be making the travel tissue holder. The fingerpaint wall art is adorable. Thanks for the grandparents day.
I love the wall art – cause my mum’s a grandma and she’s not that old!
all great ideas!
My mother will love the brooch holder, great idea!
That personalized spoon bracelet is amazing!
Great ideas! I love the tissue holder.
Thanks for the great handmade gift ideas. I wrote up a short post on my blog about your site.
Thanks.
Deanna
I’ve seen the travel tissue holders around, but haven’t gotten around to making any. Thanks for the great link.
I’m going to try the kid wall art! what a great gift for grandparents
Very cute ideas!
The tissue holder is great for my inlaws. I’m getting started on that.
I like the tissue holder. Looks so cute I might make one for myself.
I’m loving all your great handmade gift ideas. Keep them coming!
Love the spoon bracelet! You list the best ideas!
Oh my gosh! I love the spoon bracelet! So pretty and creative!
I love the Eyeglass case.
cute patterns, i love the cupcake
Thanks for all the great ideas! I love the finger paint art!
that bracelet is so beautiful! what great ideas for grandparents. the wall art is cool, too.
O! I love the tissue packet idea.
thanks for sharing. also, love the pixie patterns! how fun!!
I had not even though about crafting for grandparents yet. Thank you for the inspiration now I just have to decide what to make.
I love that bag pattern.
I’m finding your blog this month very inspiring! Would love to win one of those fun patterns! Thank you for all the great posts!
I think I could make my mom two or three of the eyeglass cases. They’re a great idea for using her favorite fabrics, and she’s always putting her glasses down and losing them.
Haha, my grandma could have a necklace, that’s how many grandchildren there are.
Great ideas because grandparents always seem to have everything already.
The brooch keeper is a great idea!
Great ideas! Your keeping me very busy!
Chocolate fruit cake….interesting.
I’m in the process of finding fabric to make my aunt a bag for Christmas. The pattern would be wonderful!
Oh, how simple to do those monochromatic footprints and handprints! I love it.
Those hands and feet are an awesome idea!
i love those hand/footprints! i think i will add that to my ‘for the grandparents’ list, instead of another art-related idea. that is so cute and easy to do. i love the spoon bracelet with the family names, too. i’ll have to check out her site. thanks!
I love the market bag pattern.
Nice ideas. Keep them coming!
The eye glasses case would be a great present. I might know a few parents who could benefit from these as well!
Sandi’s market bags look really cute!
great ideas, as always!!
I love the braclet. and so would my mother in law.
Some great ideas for school christmas stall.
Chocolate fruitcake! I’d try that!—The broach keeper makes me wish I had some broaches.
Even more ideas! Wow! I can’t believe how much creativity is out there! Love the tissue holders!
That brooch holder is great. That will be the perfect gift for my mom. I also love both the patterns for the giveaway.
such pretty, shiny things- Being so slow, and with all these wonderful ideas i guess i’d better start sewing in January for next year.
I love cupcakes AND pincushions, so I would LOVE LOVE LOVE this prize!
Super- cute ideas, as always. Those eyeglass keepers are awesome!
The tissue holders will be perfect for our grandmas..and maybe one for me too.
More great ideas! Thanks!
Finger paint wall art is perfect, we are actually making a finger paint picture calendar for for the family this year. I’m sure they will love such a personalized gift.
I love those painted handprint canvas so much that the grandparents are going to get some and I’m going to get the kids to do some for me also.
Thanks for the great ideas
I have paint, I have canvases…hmmmm…do you think my teenager is too old to do the handprint art?
Cute projects.
The eyeglass cases are a very practical idea!
Great ideas- thanks!
Another great day of ideas! Thank you!
I love the wall art. I think we’ll do that for the grandparents this year.
I really like the personalized family bracelet. Thanks for the wonderful ideas!
as a grandma, I would love that bracelet!
Perfect! The travel tissue holder and eye glass cozy look simple to make! Thank you. xx
Love the broach keeper – i could use one of those myself!
I have been joining the cupcake craze and LOVE the pincushion!
Love the wall art…I’ll definitely be ordering from SpoonerZ as well. As always, thanks for featuring such great artists!
Love the spoon bracelet! Thanks for all the great tutorials so far : )
I love the Portabello Pixie Patterns! And I think I just figured out what my kids will make their grandparents for Christmas: Those handprint wallhangings.
I like that cupcake pincushion – perfect for my birthday entry!
Great patterns!
i love lara’s choice of fabric! my mom would also get a kick out of the tissue holders. she *always* has one in her purse!
These are great ideas. I feel like a have a giant stockpile for gifts for the whole year.
I am definitely putting in my order for a bracelet tonight, and then I am out the door for supplies to make some murals, these are such GREAT ideas.
I am loving all of the ideas and tutorials. Thanks!
i love the purse!
Absolutely wonderful. I love the brooch keeper!
That fingerpaint wall art is adorable!
I love the wall art. Cute!
Those spoon bracelets are to die for! Headed over there to drool some more…
quite frankly, I want those sewing patterns!
What awesome projects – I can see my grandmoms carrying the tissue holders. So many neat ideas for the folks who seem to have it all! Thanks for the chance to enter!
I’ve always wanted to try those tissue holders… thanks for all the great ideas!
So many wonderful ideas, so very little time. I still have yet to make half the things I found here last year. Thank you for all the fantastic gift ideas and for giving them to us so we have time to make them before the holidays actually hit!
My kids are doing a variation on the wall art for their grandparents- I am planning to embroider their handprints and connect them all together as a long skinny wall quilt. I am hoping my oldest (7.5 year old) can help with at leas this own embroidering and my 5 and 3 year-olds can run the sewing machine pedal- gotta love that variable speed control!!
these are beautiful, creative ideas, as always! i’d like to share a little something my grandma once got for christmas that she loved: my cousin gave her a yearlong present of one handwritten letter per month. she would reply, too. it was a great idea!
The patterns are really cute. It’s fun to find new blogs listed here — saves me the time to find them myself!
Oh, I would love to have that cute purse sewing pattern!
That market bag pattern looks great! Thanks for all the fabulous ideas all month!
Oh boy. Those patterns look like great fun. I like the tissue holder idea, too. I just bought a pattern with the unembellished version included; they look much more special with the trim.
I love the glasses case because I can totally make one for everyone on my list! Thanks for helping me to round out my gift making list!
The patterns look wonderful! And the cake, and the eyeglasses case. Thanks!
Awesome gifts!! Everyone needs a tissue holder.
Love all these ideas for sure!
For me Grandparents are the hardest to buy or make gifts for! Thanks for the help. And I would love a chance to win your giveaway!
My only problem is I want to make it ALL!!!!! I look forward each day to checking out what is new on your site.
Sandy in NJ
Thanks for the ideas – it’s always hard to shop/make for grandparents. I would love the book!
this blog rocks. thanks for focusing on holiday gifts.
I love these tutorials!!!
great ideas!
I love the tissue holder – it’s adorable with that trim.
The tissue holder will be perfect for my mom…she always has about a million kleenex in her pockets!
The travel tissue holder is so cute!
LOVE the painting idea I have toddlers, what a great idea for them to do for the MIL!
Thanks for the Eyeglass case link perfect for those who use reading glasses…
What beautiful patterns! And thank you for such an inspiring blog.
I am so happy that you dedicated to Grandparents! We love them and I love all of these ideas. I am making the eyeglass sleeve and tissue box for sure. Thank you.
my husbands parents would love that wall art – what a fabulous idea!
Great ideas! Now I just need to get motivated and make some stuff!
My grandma is getting a quilt this year, my first full size quilt ever. She is in the hospital fighting cancer and could use something warm and full of love to cuddle with. She’ll be okay. Grandma is one tough lady.
I am hosting a give-away at my blog. I am giving away 2 quilted bookmarks to 2 lucky winners. To sign up, I am asking questions about the sewing machines you love and/or hate. I need to buy a new one and would love some reviews. The prizes go out at the end of the month.
Would love to win any of her patterns!
That cupcake pin cushion is so cute. How creative!
The wall art is the best!!! What a great way to add color to an apartment too where you usually can’t paint.
I love the Fingerpaint Wall Art idea!
I think there are several grandparents in this family, who could use new eyeglass covers =)
Sandy’s pin cushion is just too cute!
More cute projects! My grandma always has a pack of pocket-tissues in her purse…
Forget the grandparents, I want to make the travel tissues holders for my bag
Another gift idea for grandparents is to have children draw pictures, scan them onto the computer and print them onto card to make a set of unique greeting cards. They are great for Grandmas to have on hand to write notes to friends.
Every day you guys come up with wonderful stuff- I read you while I drink my coffee (usually I’m a day late cuz I get up too early for same day posts- But you always make me wish I could call in sick so I can stay home and sew!!
I love the finerpaint wall art idea! Out comes the paint tomorrow I think!
Love the brooch keeper. Would love to win pincushion and bag patterns!
I love the spoon end bracelet! that is gorgeous. and the eyeglass case is such a great idea. thank you for all the fantastic gift ideas!!
The eyeglass cases are great! Thanks for all the great ideas, I’m really enjoying all of them!
Great ideas
Wow what great ideas and lovely cupcake pincushion.
The brooch holder is a marvelous idea! And that custom silver bracelet is to die for!!
Great ideas!
Love the tissue holder. I have some great cowboy fabric that I would like to use. Great tutorial.
Another great day of ideas – I started washing fabric to begin my holiday sewing.
I just have to make a bunch of those eye-glass cases! Who would have thought you could find so many more great things to share with us after last year?! Thanks again.
OH I love those patterns! I would love this book!!!!
The wall art is nice. Thanks for the ideas!
Great ideas for grandma! Those patterns look fun. Thanks for the giveaway!
I love the print idea!
Cute pincushion pattern!
Oh, I think that they are all great!
The eyeglass case is just what I’ve been looking for! Thanks!
i am going to have to make the glasses holder for me since my dog got ahold of mine
The wall art is awesome!!
The eyeglass cases are great!
-Robin
Great Ideas for grandparents. I must admit the chocolate fruit cake looks a little scary but it is still a neat idea. I love the Brooch Keeper. Great idea!
Those tissue holders are so perfect for my grandma. Look relatively easy, too! Great idea.
I need a case for my new glasses ~ Thank you!!!
The brooch case is beautiful, and such a lovely idea – I think I could add little snap loops and make it for necklaces, as well. Thanks!
What lovely ideas!!
More super ideas! I’m loving all of this inspiration!! I’d better scoot to the studio to actually get something accomplished! Thanks!
Love it! Thanks!
that tissue holder will be *perfect* for my g-ma! thanks for the great ideas!
I love the tissue holders. My Dad is always carrying tissues, and this would make it look a little better
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Min’s tissue holders are MUCh nicer than the ones I made. I may have to redo them before Christmas!
Thanks!
Pick me, Monty!
I love, love , love the bracelet, I think I’m buying myself one!
Love these ideas – my dad is hard to craft for, but the glasses holder is perfect for him! And what grandparent doesn’t love art with little kid handprints in it?
These are great gift ideas!
Thank you so much
you had me at “chocolate fruitcake”…
A really great selection. I particularly like Quilting Mick’s brooch holder – what a lovely gift.
Those Portabello Pixie patterns are just too cute!
I love the portabellopixie patterns. I hope I win!!!
The wall art is just adorable!
Wonderful ideas!
Hi –
everyday a firework of creativity…can’t thank you enough for putting this together…
I’d love to win one of Sandi’s patterns…so my fingers are crossed ;o)
Cheers, Julia
Love the wall art! And the spoon jewelry is wonderful. I love the way y’all are doing the holiday posts this year with the shopping links as well as the tutorials.
The brooch keeper is a great idea
Rita E in AZ
I love all the great things being given away!
I often craft for my grandmothers who appreciate the gifts because they taught me how to sew and crochet. But I guess I’d been leaving my grandfather out – but not this year!
Love the eye glass case tutorial. I’m so making those for my parents.
Thanks for including my brooch keeper tutorial! I love, love, love the other ideas. While I don’t have any living grandparents, I know some people who will really appreciate the tissue holder and the glasses case.
I love the bracelet!
i think the grandma’s will be receiving those lovely spoon bracelets. mama might just get one too.
I would love to win those patterns.I really like those Spoonerz bracelet I am going to check out those right away thinking it would make a lovely gift for myself.
great ideas as usual!
Love the bag.
Love the kids art idea!
oooh i love the look of these patterns!
Gorgeous stuff today!
i love those travel tissue holders~ i actually looked for a pattern just a couple weeks ago!
I love that bracelet!
The fingerpainting is such a cute idea…
Oh, I’d love to win one of those gorgeous patterns. I just found your site – lucky me! (:
Oh!!! I have SO wanted one of these patterns!! How awesome!
mmmmmm…. chocolate fruit cake……. yummy!!!
Fingerpaint wall art is going on my list as that will super fun to make as well as to give
That brooch keeper is a great idea for my Grandma who keeps losing her things.
Those all look like great presents….
Glasses case – of course! Why didn’t I think of that? I know so many people who could use one of those. I would love love love the Market Bag pattern. Fingers are crossed
This has been such a great series! I think there are a few folks on my list who desperately need eyeglass cases (myself included!) Thanks for the tutorial.
I made a ton of jam this summer and that’s what I’m using as grandparent gifts. yummy!
How amazing is that cupcake pincusion? So cute! thanks SMS for these great treats!
You are doing a great job inspiring people for a handmade holiday! Thank you!
lovely ideas today
I love the cupcake pincushion!
already e-mailed the lady about that bracelet. can we add on names later?? just love the vintage funky style. thanks for the fantastic link.
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