November 13 ~ Gifts for Foodies
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Tree Improv Placemats Malka’s Tree Improv Placemats at Sew,Mama,Sew! are a guaranteed gift-giving hit! |
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5 Minute Bread Bag Emily’s 5 Minute Bread Bag at Saltwater Kids would be perfect for so many people on our holiday list, especially when gifted with a fresh loaf inside! |
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Pleated Apron with Built-In Hot Pads This Pleated Apron with Built-In Hot Pads from Destri at The Mother Huddle helps you create an easy, classic option for gift giving. |
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Quick Fix Grocery Bag Make a Quick Fix Grocery Bag from //Between the Lines// for everyone on your list! |
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Quilted Canister Sleeves Dress up someone’s kitchen with these Quilted Canister Sleeves from Kari at Handmade Mommy. |
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{Hand Towel} Apron This {Hand Towel} Apron from Sarah at A Little of This, A Little of That is easy to make and easily adaptable… Make it with one ruffle or two! |
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Child’s Chef Hat Young foodies will appreciate this Child’s Chef Hat from Cindy at Skip To My Lou. |
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Double Wine Bag Hashi shows you how to tote two bottles of wine in style with this Double Wine Bag at Hashiworks. |
You might also enjoy these related tutorials from the SMS archives: Laminated Fabric Recipe Cards & Recipe Folder, Alfresco Bowl Covers, Bake!, Quilted Patchwork Hot Pads, Patchwork Kitchen Mat, Cloth Napkins, Reversible Appliance Covers, Gifts for Cooks, Aprons, Denyse Schmidt Mix-It-Up Cocktail Coasters, For the Kitchen, Lunch Bags
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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French Macarons from Sparkle Kitchen Visit Sparkle Kitchen’s Etsy shop for a box of delectable French Macarons. With nine different flavors to choose from, each macaron will be a treat anyone will thoroughly enjoy. |
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Christmas Mendiants from Dessert First Anita (a.k.a. Pastry Girl) is a dessert blogger and cookbook author who shares her tasty recipe (and a little of the history) for Christmas Mediants on her blog Dessert First. |
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Printable Collection Lolly from LollyChops has put together a huge Free Printable Collection. Download and enjoy her colorful recipes, ornament tags, cards and much, much more! |
Win It
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Comment in today’s post for a chance to win one of these books! Visit our prize lists to see some of the other great giveaways this month.
By Sharon Bowers
(Storey Publishing, $14.95, ISBN: 9978-1-60342-548-3)
From the Publisher:
Build a candy fantasy! Sharon Bowers shows you how to use ordinary store-bought candy and cookies as the raw material for a brand-new kind of crafting. Top a sheet cake with a crushed-cookie racetrack, tiny candy cars, and a candy pit crew—and watch the delight on your birthday boy’s face. Set out fudge-striped cookies and peanut butter cups to keep small family members busy making pilgrim hats on Thanksgiving Day. Spend a rainy afternoon with your kids, making a pirate ship complete with little pirates made of licorice and candy corn. You’ll find simple, step-by-step instructions for making dozens of things children love, including spaceships, butterflies, a fairy-tale castle, a dump truck, planes, Egyptian pyramids, aliens, a steam train, Christmas trees, Easter eggs, and much more — all crafted with candy. The sweet possibilities are endless!
By Ashley English
(Lark Books, $19.95, ISBN: 1-60059-491-3)
From the Publisher:
Yes, you CAN! More and more people have discovered what grandma always knew: canning and preserving supplies you with wholesome, tasty treats year round. And this Homemade Living guide provides all the practical, hold-your-hand basics along with plenty of step-by-step photos. Learn about the necessary tools of the trade, crucial safety tips, and hot water bath processing and pressure canning. Discover the all-important science of salt and sugar, and how to select the best possible ingredients, favoring seasonal, organic, and local options. Three topic-specific primers cover pickles, relishes and chutneys; jams, jellies, butters and curds; and whole fruits and veggies—and each offers at least two “Canning Classic” recipes with variation ideas.
By Amy Butler
(Chronicle Books, $29.95, ISBN 97808118866699)
From the Publisher:
Celebrated designer Amy Butler’s most coveted products are her handbag sewing patterns. In Style Stitches, Butler presents an array of new bag designs for her fans across the globe. The book offers 12 basic patterns with enough variations to achieve 26 unique looks. Ranging from chic clutches and delicate wristlets to pretty hobo bags and handy coin purses, with instructions for altering dimensions, straps, and embellishments to get the desired look, each project incorporates Butler’s fresh, modern style and attention to detail. With illustrated step-by-step directions, a comprehensive techniques section, and a bound-in pocket filled with the patterns themselves, Style Stitches is an essential and fashionable addition to every sewer’s library.
Sew Charming: 40 Simple Sewing and Hand-Printed Projects for Home and Family
By Cath Derksema & Kirsten Junor
(Potter Craft, $24.99, ISBN: 978-0-307-58659-9)
From the Publisher:
Create these simple, modern sewing projects using your own one-of-a-kind fabrics!
Transform what you sew. Personalize and customize your sewing projects in a whole new way by learning to design, print, and embellish your own fabrics. Sew Charming includes forty fresh, easy-to-sew projects with optional fabric-printing ideas. Inside you’ll find patterns for clothing, accessories, and decorations for every room in your house.
From the designers of the popular fabric line, Prints Charming, invite you to get creative and offer step-by-step instruction for basic screen-printing, sewing, and embroidery techniques. They provide everything you need to handcraft truly one-of-a-kind pieces—from cozy baby quilts to sophisticated table linen, chic wall art to playful sundresses. Whether you are eager to experiment with fabric printing or already have the perfect material in your stash, these simple yet creative projects are ideal for all levels of sewers looking for bold inspiration.
With beautifully photographed stitch and screen-printing guides, detailed instructions, and three pullout pattern sheets, it’s never been easier to create bright, modern items to enliven your home and the people that share it with you.
The Green Grocery Bag Challenge is a project to encourage sewists to wrap their holiday gifts in reusable cloth grocery bags, thus reducing the amount of wrapping paper entering the waste stream while simultaneously getting multi-use bags into the hands of consumers. Please include Mother Earth in your holiday plans. Read more here and join us on The Green Grocery Bag Challenge Facebook page where we’ll be posting wrapping ideas, sewing patterns and tips for reducing waste this holiday season.
More Handmade Holiday Ideas (& don’t miss our Handmade Holidays photo pool!)… Gift ideas for:
12 ~ Deck the Halls
11 ~ Sleepyheads
10 ~ Travelers
9 ~ Preschool Kids
8 ~ Outdoor Adventurers
7 ~ Tweens
6 ~ Crafters
5 ~ Deck the Halls
4 ~ Moms & Grandmas
3 ~ Babies & Toddlers
2 ~ Girlfriends
1 ~ Imaginative Friends
We respect the copyright of all crafters. All links and photos from blogs on our Handmade Holidays posts are used with permission.
529 Responses to “November 13 ~ Gifts for Foodies”
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I have the book Candy Construction and love it!!! There are so many great ideas for us to do. I love the bread bag! I am going to have to try it.
Might have to make a chef’s hat for my little man, and love the look of those macarons.
Hmmm…. the Pleated Apron with Built-In Hot Pads sounds interesting!
Ohh, I love those quick fix grocery bags. Such a great idea!
I would love that Amy Butler Bag Book – who wouldn’t!
Oooh I’ve always wanted to make macaroons…
I love those placemats!
Love anything for or from the kitchen!
The quilted canister sleeves are SUCH a great idea!
Those are some great projects! I love the quilted canister sleeves and the grocery bag.
neat ideas!
grocery bag is great!
Love the apron with built-in pot holders – genius!
The Quilted Canister Sleeves is such a brilliant idea! Thanks for the chance to win !
I love those placemats!
MMM Christmas mendiants – another for the To Do list – thank you.
Wonderful ideas for gifts. I especially likes the hand towel apron.
I am LOVING this series of gift ideas!
SMS, what an amazing job you’ve done with these posts! Love the limitless, daily inspiration, and these books are utterly *amazing*! Wow! Thank you!!!
yeah for handmade gifts!
My daughter will love that chef hat and it will go along perfectly with the apron I’m making her! I’d love to win a copy of that Amy Butler book – I’m a bag lady for sure!
I would LOVE to win that Amy Butler book! Thanks for your blog, I am so enjoying it every day :0)
I am SUCH a foodie. I love cooking and even as a child I was able to find the most expensive dishes on the menu. Sea-food loving kid, I was…
That apron with the built-in hotpads is very intriguing. I’m wondering about adding a bib to the top…
Love the little chef’s hat. I can see two small people in those on Christmas day :0)
thanks for all these wonderful ideas :0)
thanks for all the ideas!
love the bread bag! would be perfect with some fresh baked dread inside!
yummie, theese are sweet!
Another day of amazing ideas! I can definitely see myself making a whole bunch of bread bags (and stuffing them with fresh bread, of course!)
Love the 2 aprons gifts. I was thinking about doing up some aprons for some gifts this year so this gives me added inspiration.
I love the apron! Pleats are awesome on aprons, IMO.
I love this month; I wake up early just to check and see the new ideas you’re posting! Love the canister sleeves. :O)
What a neat idea for the produce bag!
Foodies! Great idea! I have lots of those on my list…now where to start?
How fun! Thanks!
Those canister sleeves are adorable! Love the cloth napkin tutorial – they’re now on my Christmas-gifts-to-make list.
Once again, so many great ideas!
I love the quilted canister sleeves. Itvhas me thinking about baking something for gifts an putting them in a pretty jar with a fabric label as gifts for the holidays.
I love the chef’s hat – my daughter would love one of these
Gill
I like the 5 minute bread bag.
Uh oh…now I’m starting to gather projects for myself instead of gifts. In LOVE with that apron!
LOVE the pleated apron! I am planning on giving an apron for a Christmas gift and that may be the one! Thanks!
The quick fix grocery bags are awesome. They could be used for gift wrapping too.
great books to win and i love the child’s chef hat. cute…
I like the bread bad. thank you.
Very cute chef’s hat! I SOOOOO want to win one of these books.
I love all of these! I may start with that amazing apron!
The pleated apron is gorgeous! Wish someone would make that for me this year!
What a cute chef’s hat for kids. I might just have to make one for my cook of the week! Thanks for all the great ideas!
These are such cute ideas. Maybe my mom will get a cute apron for Christmas!
Great ideas, once again! I love the bread bag. Thanks!
Amazing! I’d love to sew one of the Amy Butler purses!
Those French macaroons are gorgeous! Love all the ideas, too…I think I’ll be making some aprons this Christmas.
What a wonderful idea! Fabulous handmade gifts! And a giveaway as well…..I LOVE this!!!
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Claudia
Thanks! these are great gift ideas
Another great day of tutorials.
I love these idaes especially the goldmine of printables.
Great projects again and thanks for the chance!
Nice ideas
can’t seem to open the link to the child’s chef’s hat – thought I’d tell my friend about this one. Anyway – thanks for more great links!
apron is soo cute
Love the apron and loaf bag! Thanks so much for all the great ideas!
I love these projects! And the canning book would be great in my library.
The chef hat is officially on my to do list! And that canning book looks like a wonderful addition to my cookbook shelf!
These are wonderful!!!
I love the aprons!
Great placemats for using up fat quarters. Thanks for a wonderful idea.
So many wonderful ideas, so little time! Thanks for another day of great inspiration
I’ve been wanting to learn how to can and preserve, so I would *love* to win that book!
This may be my fave list of tutes so far, thank you so much. The bread bag in particular has really inspired me. I’m was thinking about making some loaves of bread for neighbors and such and now I’m definitely doing that, with those bags. using that tute with regular fabric would yeild great alternatives ways to wrap other presents too.
The child’s chef hat and that double wine bag are great ideas! Thanks again!
I love your holiday month ! It’s the 3rd yera I’m following your blog, and I just love it. Thank you.
Cecile
I love this series! Would love any of these books.
lucky for me, i just found a white t-shirt that shrank in the wash. perfect!
I love the pleated apron, but if it is anything like the aprons I have I will only remember it once I am already covered in flour!
The candy construction book looks like so much fun!
Those macaroons look to die for! Yum-O!!
I’m so excited about the grocery bag challenge! I’m really going to try doing that!
The pleated apron looks cute enough to be a skirt!
I love it!
I could use one of those pleated aprons with built-in hot pads!
Oh, that bags perfect for the grocery bag challenge, as I have a giant garbage bag full of t-shirts.
I think the quilted canister sleeves are adorable. What an easy way to coordinate with my favorite fabric. I love the way inspiration just keeps-a-comin’ around here!
Another great list! Thank you!
That breadbag is really interesting, I should try that! Does it keep your bread fresh? And I like the shopping bag a lot, it looks so easy to make!
Thanks so much!
And I can’t believe the recipe for the mendiants, it’s one of my favorite things to eat! Yay
Those macarons look yummy!
I love the hot pad apron. Clever!
These are great idea!
I love the ideas and the books! thanks.
I could see myself trying to make all of these tutorial projects!
I love the books you are giving away and the recipes are wonderful! thanks!
I have to make those Christmas mendiants ASAP! And that grocery bag is a perfect (quick!) gift for my sister.
Those macarons are just gorgeous! I wish mine would turn out half as nice.
Awesome ideas!!
Thanks for the great ideas!
Great ideas today!
Thanks for the giveaway!
Love the placemats!
So many wonderful things! Thanks for sharing!
each day, you are doing a wonderful job of reminding me to get cracking on my Christmas list!!
So many things I want to make!
Yes! So making the pleated apron with built in hot pads! Destri’s a genius! Thanks for sharing.
I love the quilted canister sleeves. Those would really dress up my ugly canisters
Love the canister labels, and who doesn’t need another pretty apron?
More great ideas! Thank you!
Can’t wait to try the chef hat for a gift. It would be so cute to make a coordinating apron to go with it!
Such great ideas!! I sure would love to have the Sew Charming book.
Sew Mama Sew’s Gifts For… are what I wait for all year!
Thanks for all the great ideas!
Macarons! Mendiants! Yum!!
Love the printables and the apron!
Love these tutorials today. I got so involved in looking at them all that I almost forgot to comment. Thanks!
I am loving your handmade holiday ideas! Great way to use up some of those scraps as well…so I can get new fabric for next year
. Also love the photo pool…hope to contribute soon….
Even my 20-something chef-inspired sons will enjoy some of these kitchen items.
I love the placemats. So pretty.
That child’s chef’s hat is so adorable! I can’t wait to make one for my little girl
fUN THINGS FOR ALL!
apron with hot pads = genius
Great ideas, thank you!
The child’s chef hat is adorable! And the grocery bag looks so easy to make! great ideas!
The Quick Fix Grocery Bag is a cool twist on a classic.
love that wine tote! and would love a copy of the canning and preserving book!
LOve, love love all these christmas gift ideas!
Hermosos los tutoriales!!! Amo coser y crear!!!! Gracias por todas las ideas maravillosas!!!
That Candy Construction book looks like so much fun.
I’m going to have to make that wine carrier for christmas parties!
The chef’s hat and the hand towel apron (how handy!) are on my “to do” list!
All of the books are awesome
Really like the apron tute. Different and cute.
I am so excited about the bread bag tutorial! Thanks for sharing all these great tutorials!
I am so making some of those aprons!
Love the quilted canister sleeves–something else I want to make for myself!
The canister labels are a great idea. I might make those for myself, after the holidays are over, of course!
I love the bread bag!
So many cute ideas! I like the little quilted canister sleeves – what a great way to spruce them up!
Oooo, I love these ideas! Maybe it’s because I’m the foodie at my house
I;ve been wanting an apron with towel for a long time.
Aprons – yeah!
I think I’ll use that wine bag as my Bunco chinese gift swap.
Fun, thanks!
I loved the child’s Chef Hat tutorial. I’m going to make one for each of my children.
The bread bag sounds great. Also the canning and preserving book. I plan to make most of my gifts and both would head me in the right direction.
I have to make some of those quilted canister sleeves! Great idea!
Once I get caught up on all my other projects, I am SO going to make the pleated apron with built in hot pads! And, I love the kid’s chef hat. Oh, and I love the bread bag. Okay, and the canister wraps too…okay, I love it all today!
Cute Canister Sleeves! That can really dress up a kitchen!
great ideas!
I love the aprons and the chefs hat is adorable! Two more people checked off my list
I’ve never heard of Christmas Mendiants but they look beautiful and delicious.
I enjoy checking out the blogs that these tutorials are coming from.
The chef’s hat is SO cute!
I really liked the bread bag and I loved the towel apron. I’m thinking real hard about starting to can on my own too. This post was for me.
Really charming gift ideas!
How I wish I had the time to make ALL the wonderful ideas I’ve seen this month!
I think the double wine bag idea is great!!
Great ideas — I’ve been making Bread bags using vintage tea towels! Now I will have to add a wine bag or two!
The French macarons look so pretty and delicious!
The canning and preserving book looks very interesting! I also love the Amy Butler book.
I love the chef hat and the apron tutorials. Very cute.
great ideas, as usual!
Those projects look great . . . heading over to check out a few!
Wow! Such great ideas! Since I’m the foodie in my family I’d better share this webpage with them.
And I love those bread bags! What a wonderful gift for the neighbors and coworkers. Thanks!
Love the produce bags!
The t shirt bag is very clever, the quilted canister sleeves what a fantastic idea people!!! I would love to have the canning book:O)
love the apron – and the kids chef hat. Great ideas – Thanks!
I’m definitely going to be making the bread bag a few times this season, what a great way to gift homemade breads!
What clever aprons! Love the built in hot pads and towels
I have Amy Butler’s new book and just love it. Hope to get one of her bags made for a christmas present. Like the bread bag idea for giving bread away for christmas too.
Love the chefs hat.
I really like the aprons. I may need a bib on mine also, though
Most certainly a grocery bag for everyone on my list!
Another great day of ideas. Really need to make some of those aprons! Thanks again.
i’ve seen the produce bag before and wanted to try it, but forgot about it. those books look great too!
Love the apron with built in hot pads. I’ll have to try that!
Wow, so many great ideas today! The canister labels are especially adorable.
The hand towel apron is brilliant. Forget Christmas–I’m making one for myself!
Great projects once again!
Making the apron with hot pads for daughter. Love it! The books look fun. I’m always looking for new ideas for canning. I have to check out the Sew Charming book too. The t-shirt bag is so smart. Just found you recently and am really enjoying your site. With all these wonderful ideas, could you maybe do it in October next year to give more time to get the projects done by Dec 25? So many projects, so little time! Thanks!
The apron with potholders is so clever!
And oh I want the Ashley English Canning and Preserving book so badly!
Great for homemade gifts. Always the best to give and receive.
More great ideas! Thanks a bunch!
Love the chef’s hat!
I love the Bread Bag!
Those gifts look great. I love making aprons (but that’s what friends got for birthdays this year…) so I glad you’ve got other ideas for foodies too. Love these books!
These sewing ideas are wonderful! Thank you for showing!
love the canister sleeves!
Mmm, that made me hungry. I might need more of those for myself though…
I went through Amy Butler’s Style Stitches book last night at Barnes and Noble. I can’t wait to get my grubby little hands on it and start whipping out some awesome bags. I love all her patterns!
I had no idea I was such a foodie… but I can’t imagine giving up these cool make its. I seriously want them all.
Lots of great ideas today. Thanks!
I’m glad I saw this, it reminded me that I wanted to make those grocery bags awhile ago but didn’t bookmark it, so I forgot! I also love those practical and pretty aprons!
Double wine bag, here I come!
Cute apron!
I was thinking of making my Grammy an apron and the one with built in hot pads is awesome
My daughter just moved into her own place and is setting up her kitchen and there are several ideas here I’d love to make for her for Christmas! Thanks.
This is great! I need to make bread bags and I was searching for something to make my wine loving friend when she goes out wine tasting!
I need more time for sewing all of the cute things on each post.
I like the bread bag idea, as well as the aprons.
Those bread bags are so cute! Great idea for loaves of love.
checking out handmade holidays may be the best part of my day.
Although I am about as far from a ‘foodie’ as you can get, we do take a loaf of bread to just about every get-together we attend! I LOVE the bread bag idea! And I do have foodie friends – I think aprons and canister sleeves just got added to my gift list!
I’ve got lots of foodies on my life. They will love some of these ideas!
I’d love any of the books – but I’ve been meaning to try canning lately!
Such great, easy-to-make ideas! Thanks for sharing!!
Something I haven’t tried yet is canning. But it is definitely on my list for this winter!
Christmas mendicants? Yes please!
Ooh, that print it link has lots of nice recipes for stuff like HOT COCOA!!
the christmas mediants look yummy. the chefs hat is adorable.
aprons are great ideas
The hand towel apron is adorable! What a great gift idea!
Love that Sew Charming book!
I had two immediate thoughts on seeing this post: 1) Perfect for my friend Jenn! and 2) Canisters?! I’ve been looking for the perfect flour and sugar holders — I do a LOT of bread-baking, and I have 4-5 different kinds of flour in my cupboard that are in high use. I would love to have matching containers with beautiful quilted labels like that! Perfect.
Love the chef’s hat. And the macaroons
Thanks for all the free stuff!
Would love to win any of these books. They all look like they are full of good ideas.
What great ideas for foodies!
The double wine bag tote is awesome!
Those aprons are super cute!
Love the little bread bag!
I am intrigued by that pleated apron.
More cute choices! I LOVE the canister sleeves.
Oh, I adore the chef hat. So cute!
I love that hand towel apron!
LOVE the bread sack idea!
such cute aprons!
I should make that hat for my niece.
Cute hat!
Mmmmmmm, macarons!
I think my daughter needs one of those chef hats and an apron to match!
Where am I going to find the time to squeeze in all this sewing??? Maybe I can start now for NEXT YEAR!!!
thanks!!!
I should make that hat for my niece!
Love that grocery bag idea.
Will definitely make the bread bags. We need these.
I want to do all of them!! More great tutorials! Thanks so much for the inspiration.
The apron with ho tpads! What a great idea!
The bread bag, the canister sleeves, and the canning book . . . AWESOME!
I love those canister cozies!!! What a great idea!
That canning book i hadn’t seen before. I’d love a chance to win!
those french macaroons look divine!
Every day so far there has been something that I’ve tagged to make. It wasn’t going to be a handmade holiday, but it will be now!
I love the apron with the built-in hot pads. That is such a great idea!
cool! i love the kids’ chef hat how adorable!
I’ve made the chef hat–It’s a huge hit!! I did it in white muslin with a matching double sided apron. The recipient wears it to help his mama in the kitchen…she’s asked me to make another for their daughter!
Hand towel apron = genius.
The chef’s hat is adorable. I keep finding great ideas on here.
so smart: an apron with built in pot holders!
I have been needing a canning book . . . !
The kid’s chef hat is so adorable!
those Macaroons look yummy
I love the canister sleeves.
What beautiful stuff!
The placemats and double wine holder are on my list. Thanks.
I like the canister labels!
I’m definitely going to make the quilted canister sleeves, they’ll be a present to me though, drives me mad trying to work out which canister the tea bags are in
Very cool ideas, as usual!
Would love to win!
Love the chef’s hat and canister sleeves.
I love everything! Don’t know where to start!
There are several projects I want to make, especially the place mats. Those would be great for gifts and for myself! /Thanks for all the wonderful ideas.
The cookie recipes sound delicious!
These are the nicest books and the sweetest ideas (literally, for my foodie self and friends)!
fun books!!
I love the aprons. That is something definitely on my list for gifts to give this year. I better get started!
I’m in love with the hot pad apron. I think I might make myself a Christmas gift
Perfect! I will be making a play kitchen for my daughter and that hat will be the perfect addition!
I love the bread bag tutorial! I love to giveaway fresh baked bread and have never thought of wrapping it in fabric. I’ve been wanting to give canning a try for this season’s holiday gifts! As always, thank-you Sew Mama Sew for the inspiration!
Love the chefs hat – i’ll be making one for my daughter and one each for my nephews.
the hot pad apron sounds neat and I’ve been wanting that canning book since it cam eout!
Yum
the Christmas Mendiants look so yummy! Thanks for the link, will definitely become a follower of her blog
I love the hand towel apron. I think I am gonna make one for myself very soon
love the bread bag!
What a cute touch for those canisters.
Those quilted canister covers are a great idea!
love the placemats, the bread bag, and apron with built in hot pads (so smart)!
This 5 minutes bread bag is such a nice gift, specially if we use a beautiful fabric like that. Thanks.
Thanks for the printables! I’m thinking great teacher gifts…
Love love love it! These ideas bring a smile to my face. I’m drooling over the food ideas and the books!
Love the aprons! they are adorable!
Great gift ideas! Oh, and that Amy Butler book….sigh.
Great ideas! So inspirational!
Love the pleated Apron!
Great ideas!
I love both of the aprons, but that dish towel apron would be great with my messy hands
SheilaC
Love the bread bag. Just need to learn how to bake now…
That pleated apron is way cute! Love the little chef’s hat as well.
These are all amazing ideas! I really love the idea of wrapping things in reusable grocery bags– I have taken to gifting kids things in drawstring bags that double as storage for the item but why not adults too! We can all use extra bags!
These are such cute ideas – I’m really impressed with the creativity and quality of the items you guys keep coming up with every day!
That first apron just made it onto my to do list
A set of the improv placemats for my niece & nephew definitely & great practice for me before I tackle a large version.Thank you!!
The Child’s chef hat is adorable!
Oh, I love the bread bags. Such cute dish towels were used! This would make great hostess gifts, gifts for teachers, etc… Thanks!
Isn’t everyone a foodie around the holidays? These are appropriate for anyone. Nice ideas.
Love the pleated apron!!
Amazing ideas! These look like so much fun. Merry Christmas!!
Love the apron with made from a towel – what a great idea!
I want to get a play kitchen for my little guy for Christmas…a chef’s hat would be the perfect accessory!
What fun ideas, I love the chef’s hat and the grocery bag!
Loving the holiday craft tutorials! I’ll be busy crafting in the weeks to come!
Love the kids chef hat! So fun
I was just thinking I need a new apron for Thanksgiving. I’m off to search my stash for something pretty…
The dressed up canisters make me smile!
wow, I’m really excited about all those links! the aprons look great
I love all of these projects, but especially the pleated apron and awesome grocery bag!
Fun stuff!
Yum. Chocolaty goodness. The canning book looks fantastic. Great hopes for the garden next year.
I’m going to have to check out that canning and preserving book. And I love the apron with built-in pot holders.
Lots of great ideas, as usual. Thank you.
Love the pleated apron and the wine duo carrier!
So many great ideas! Thanks!
Love the child’s chef’s hat! I was actually going to try and find a tutorial for one of those, now I don’t have too
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An apron with hot pads built in? That is pretty genius! I am finishing my first quilt this weekend and think I will need to find someone to make the placemats for. Thanks for the roundup!
that grocery bag is cool!
These are all great ideas!
Love the ideas! Great books!
Cute cute cute…love them all.
Great ideas and wonderful sounding books!
Too cute! I LOVE the chef’s hat!
love the colorful macarons
I love that hat!
Thanks! Great ideas as always!
I love all of these ideas. The placemats are gorgeous and I love the bag for the loaf of bread.
Love the grocery bag and bread bag. I’m off to make them both right now!
That pleated apron is adorable!
Such great books! Perfect for the cook/seamstress!
All these books look great.
Awesome aprons!
I love the grocery bag. I need to make about a hundred of them…
The chef’s hat is adorable!
Oh that pleated apron is gorgeous and brilliant!
I love the apron! Thanks for being so generous!
The cannin book will come in handy next summer when we kick off our full scale veggie garden.
Wow, can I win all these books?! I love the t-shirt to grocery bag idea & I (I mean, my husband) has tons of t-shirts to make some with. Thanks for all the ideas!
Those mendiants look and sound sooo good!
I LOVE the tutorials!! Thank you for sharing!!
Love the apron ideas! I’m making a ton for family and friends this Christmas.
More lovely ideas. Don’t know where to start with all these great projects.
mmmmmmm…. macarons…..
Love, love, love these ideas!
more great ideas- you are keeping us busy : )
i love the idea of bread and bread bags for teachers!
so many good ideas for my foodie friends!
now i want macarons. and chocolate.
I’d love to win the Amy Butler or Sew Charming book, they look so sweet.
My daughter would love the chef’s hat for her play kitchen!
while a foodie I will never be, I love to surround myself with foodies. thanks for all the great ideas.
The dish towel apron is such a great idea. Thanks!
Great ideas as usual!
These are all fantastic ideas!!! We make our own bread, but never thought of actually gifting it to others, might have to do that this year
Love the apron with built in hot pads. Maybe that will stop the burnt fingers when I forget that after being in the hot oven for 20 minutes the pan tends to be a bit hot. More burnt fingers than I like to admit too!
Darling little chef’s hat!
those aprons are too cute!
The child’s chef hat is a must for my (growing) to-do list!
Ooo… wine bag. What a great idea… may have to make something along these lines!
Super cute food gifts!
that little chef hat is so cute!
Oh the irony. We just had family fun night making sculptures with rice crispy cookies. Candy fantasy was eaten in no time.
I LOVE APRONS!! And the bread bag is great!
I think I’ll have to make my bread-baking-husband a bread bag. Great idea.
The christmas mediants look absolutely delicious!
Love the pleated apron.
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So I know the ideas here are for gifts, but I’m totally making those canister cozies for myself.
that kids chef’s hat is adorable.
I must be hungry as I am lovin’ the recipes.
Those canister labels look amazing… and I’m intrigued by the mendiants. I’ve never heard of them before, so I’ll have to check them out!
Love those aprons, and really love the blog. It’s my first time reading!
<3 the apron! Always such great ideas. We always put a 'foodie' item in with the adult packages and this year we did candy apple jelly. Nothing says love like handmade!
I too really like the idea of the apron with hot pads built in. What a marvelous idea!
I give food gifts every year; many extras to add here today!
Those canister sleeves are great, such an easy way to spice up the kitchen!!
Love a post with aprons in it!
The bread bag is a wonderful idea!
I love the pleated apron and the chef’s cap.
Those Xmas Mendiants look sooo yummy. I can’t wait to give them a try.
The canister labels are my fave. Cute and organized!
I would love that Candy Construction book
Aprons are so much fun to make. I made two last year following tutorials I found on this site. More to come this year thanks to your great posts.
I love all these ideas!
Many moons ago my grandmother gave me two aprons with hot pads to match. I still have them and use them. I love the idea of being able to make some for my daughter to use.
The best prizes are here! and the best ideas for making stuff.
Those canister covers look great!
I’ve made the chef’s hats before – they are easy to make, and look great!
Thanks again for the great tutes!
I will have to make that apron, and I always want to win one of those books
Hope I win the sew charming book — it looks great!
These are perfect!
I NEED a bread bag, I make bread almost everyday and I hate reusing old plastic bags.
Love anything by Malka!
Mmm – those mendiants look delectable. And the child’s chef hat is adorable.
Oh how I would LOVE the Amy Butler book!
Would someone PLEASE make me that bread bag, the hot pad apron, place mats, gocery bag and the chocolate dessert! Clever, clever crafters! Lovely.
I love the canister sleeves! I am going to make them for myself!
So many fun books. I have always wanted to learn to can but have been chicken!
Love those aprons! Super cute!
Mmmmmmm. Yummy! The foodies on my list are also getting some homemade vanilla essence this year.
The pleated apron is adorable! How handy to have hot pads built in as well!
loving the recycled t shirt grocery bag idea!
Love the quick fix grocery bag!
I liked the potholder apron.
Wow, the bread bag seems like a quick and inexpensive project that could be used to wrap other small gifts. Wonderful!
Hmmm, macarons! And so clever to put and apron and hotpads together in the same place.
I totally need the apron with the hot pads. Oh my goodness! I just need to get the courage up to attempt it.
Delicious!!!
I WISH I KNEW WHAT FABRIC THAT APRON WAS MADE WITH…IT IS PERFECT!
Oh, sew charming looks like a very inspiring book!
So many great ideas!
These are all great!!
More great ideas. I’m already making placemats and potholders for family this year.
I love the canister sleeves! What a great way to personalize such a standard kitchen item!
Keep the ideas coming. Ya’ll are doing a wonderful job.
Love the apron with hot pads!
The apron with the hot pads….genius!!
I love the place mats! And covet the sew charming book! Tan
What a good post! I bookmarked almost everything here!
Excellent ideas, and I love the print-ables. Thanks so much.
I love the bread bag, and it is such a wonderful gift to share with others.
Great ideas! Would love to win!
more good ideas
Terrific gift ideas!
Love the Quilted Canister Sleeves, too cute!
I love the apron tutorials – thanks!
I so totally want those books!
Thank you!!! The bread bag seems very easy to do!!
very useful post indeed!! Thanks
thanks for another amazing tute & printable list!
Love the grocery bag!
Thanks so much for doing this every year! It’s fantastic!
I’m planning to make a few bread bags for Christmas giving this year–thanks for the tute!
The bread bags are a great idea! Thanks!
yay for canning!
I love that pleated apron with the hot pan holders. And I’d love to read that canning book.
The placemats are a good present idea, and I well imagine offering a bread bag filled with good homemade bread, although the Christmas schedule is already quite full…
Gosh, I love all these… I’m a total foodie.
Oh, I need bread bags!
More great ideas..
The apron is my favorite!
I have many old relay for life T-shirts that I now will be turning into grocery bags. Thanks for the great idea.
Love the bread bag. I’ll be making a few of those!
I love the aprons
Yes! I have been looking for that tute for the quick grocery bags. We have so many white T’s around here.
These ideas are really helping with my gift giving!
I really like the canister labels and they are in a color perfect for my kitchen (wonderful inspiration)
pretty placemats. i need to make some placemats one of these days.
I have the perfect recipient in mind for the wine tote. So cute!
I love the bread bag idea. I can’t wait to try it.
I really like the look of the placemats, and the apron with built in potholders is genius!
love the improv placemats!
Love the apron with the built-in hotpads! I saw a vintage one like that recently and thought it was so practical.
Looking at these items makes me want to back something sweet and start another craft. So much fun! I finish one craft and have 3 + others ready to begin of course.
That apron with the built in hot pads is neat. Very innovative. These ideas are really good ones!
Oooh I love the canister sleeves – what a great idea!
Oh those christmas mendiant cookies look absolutely sinful!
Love the bread bag! What a great idea!
awesome apron!
I can’ wait to try some of these ideas! Thank you!
Ummmm…FOOD…Ican almost smell the goodness from here:)
I need to make that chef’s hat and the double wine bag – thank you!
I’m in doubt
Shal I sew someyhing or eat everything I see here?
I like the Child’s chef hat. It’s a good gift if you want to entertain a child in the kitchen (and find a good helper too
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I have never wanted to make placemats, but I REALLY like those!
Those look like great books!
I love to make aprons.
My husband and I usually give some sort of baked good during the holidays, so the bread bag is a great idea!
What great ideas…I especially love the quick and easy bread bag!
Wow – there are some great ideas here!
I think that grocery bag is so cute. I need to make some.
mmmm….macarons!
Which reminds me, I have 2 bags of blackberries to make into jam!
That wine tote is perfect for my friends!!!
Yum! Everything looks so much fun!
Love that pleated apron!
Neat apron idea!
ooh… macaroons..
love the canister sleeves!
Thanks for the ideas!
not sure why, but I never thought of making a wine tote. love the idea!
I LOVE the apron with the built-in hot pads. Genius!
Such cute ideas…and those dessert mendiants? Artwork on a plate! Thanks!
thanks! I’m making the cannister sleeves tonight!
Love all of these tutorials! If only I had as much time, energy and supplies as I have loved ones and imagination!
The chef’s hat is cute. Might have to make one!
Oh so many fun things to make.
Love the Handmade Holidays! So many great ideas…
I love the little chefs hat, that is on my to do list along with the bread bags!! I know someone who would like the wine tote as well…great ideas!!
That double wine bag is the coolest!
I like the purchasing choices on this one! I’ll leave the food gifts up to the experts!
So many cute things!
Great book selection!
love those food jar labels…very cute!
Love the idea for the apron with hot pads included! But the apron looks far too pretty to just be an apron even with all the beautiful styles out there already. I want to wear it as a skirt… and I wouldn’t even mind the built-in hot pads.
love the canister labels!
I love the idea for the quilted canister sleeves. Those would make a great gift for my mother in law!
I am definitely going to be stitching up some of the hot pad aprons – genius!!
Ooooh Canister sleeves, must have canister sleeves!
I love the bread bags!
What a great grouping of gifts!
I’m probably too late for this giveaway, but I would love to win the canning preserving book! Awesome giveaways this month!
Great Ideas!
Great collection of crafty ideas!
When I was baking yesterday, I thought to myself “my apron needs a towel built into it.” Thanks for the tute!
love it! especially the wine bag
I would love to see the Amy Butler book in person, but I really love that candy construction book – how fun is that?
The apron with the built in hot pads is genius! If there is time, I may be making one of those for myself
That apron with pot holders sounds perfect!
Love that the canister labels are washable for when they inevitably get stains on them.
i would love the canning and preserving book!
A bread bag – ooh, that would mean finally perfecting the art of breadmaking (and not doorstop making).
I like the chef’s hat for kids.
love quick gifts – like the 5-min bread bag.
That little chefs hat is way too cute.
I love the placemats!!
That canning book is really calling to me.
That bread bag is perfect!!
That bread bag is a great idea!
The quick fix grocery bag is a great idea!
I am a foodie! Can has all of this?
i was just looking for a placemat pattern!
Love the chef hat and the Apron with hot pad is pure genius!!
I’d love to make some bread bags!
Those placemats are beautiful, and would be so fun to make with all my fabric scraps. Thanks!
I’ve been thinking of making some placemats for gifts
The placemats are wonderful, plus I really like the bread bag. Once again…such great ideas!
I really love the double-wine bottle bag! I may find myself making one for my brother and his wife.
These are all fun. I love the placemats.
I think I’ll make the chef hat to go with an apron I’m making for my niece.
That chef’s hat is definately going on my to-do list!
I really like the canister sleeves. These are all great ideas.
I will be making the chef hat! My 9 year old recently requested one. Thanks
Great ideas! I may have to try them all!
Love these ideas–time for Christmas sewing!
I Love the canister sleeves!
OK, I don’t know how many of these projects would reach the recipients- I’d want to keep them all! Another fab post! Thanks!
I need more people to give gifts to.
Five minute bread bag? My kinda style!
Love the bread bag and the child’s chef hat! Thanks for sharing!
macaroons? yes please!
I’m with Mel, love macaroons!!!
Too late to enter? Probably… but love the apron-with-hot-pads tutorial.