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November 18 ~ Gifts for College Students
| College students are busy, hip and often live in close quarters without space for a lot of extra “stuff.” We think today’s gift ideas will be just right for the (busy, hip) college students on your holiday list.
(Psst! Did you see our post about Give-Away Day? Check it out, then come back here.) |
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Laptop Cozy Derek and Lauren created a “no-sew Maloo-esque ‘wrap’ out of colored felt and Velcro dots.” They show you how you can make one too with their Laptop Cozy Tutorial on Design*Sponge. |
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Classic Nintendo Stencil Marieann has a Classic Nintendo Stencil via Let’s Create for you to make some tees on your own, perfect for the “classically trained” folks in your life. |
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Bean bag Chair Joanna from Stardust Shoes shares her Bean Bag Chair Tutorial (via PDF hosted on Kathy’s Michael Miller Fabrics blog). Help make the dorm a bit more cozy! |
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Easy Album Cover Wall Organizer The Easy Album Cover Wall Organizer Tutorial from Brittni at paper and stitch could be the perfect way to mix a love of music and a need for some organization! |
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Margaret Sling Bag Elizabeth from oh, fransson! shares her lovely Margaret Sling Bag Tutorial in a PDF pattern download. It would be great for many college students on your list (and for you?!). |
Don’t miss these related tutorials from the SMS archives: Fabric Boxes, Tech Gifts and Perfectly Portable Cushions.
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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Tees (and more!) from Circular Accessories Circular Accessories sells a wide selection of hand silk screened clothing, perfect for college-aged friends and family (and, quite possibly, everyone else). |
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Vegan White Chocolate Lime Cookies We think this unusual combo will be delicious! Try Celine’s Vegan White Chocolate Lime Cookies Recipe from have cake, will travel. (People have been known to note that Celine is a “vegan baking genius!”) |
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Win It
SEAMS TO ME: 24 New Reasons to Love Sewing
by Anna Maria Horner
(Wiley, November, $24.99, ISBN: 978-0-470-25926-9)
From the Publisher:
In SEAMS TO ME, Anna Maria walks the readers through the fundamentals of sewing, offering practical advice on everything from fabric selection to color choices to choosing and buying a sewing machine. While many books offer instruction or patterns, SEAMS TO ME offers both.
SEAMS TO ME includes vivid, full-color photographs and designs and a bound-in envelope containing 10 loose paper patterns. Whether you’re a beginner or veteran sewer, the 24 projects in this beautiful book will transform your home and wardrobe into a collection of unique treasures, to be handed down for generations to come.
The mother of five, Anna Maria still finds time to share her thoughts on a blog that attracts more than 100,000 fans per month. One of today’s most refreshing and most notable fabric designers, she has appeared on The Martha Stewart Show and has been featured at numerous exhibitions, including the Surtex art and design show and QuiltMarket.
Sew,Mama,Sew! would like to thank Sarah from Wiley Publishing for contributing this gorgeous book to Handmade Holidays. Did you catch the part about there being actual pattern pieces in there?! As always, Anna Maria’s work and photography are stunning. This book is a must-have for modern sewists. Visit the Wiley website to learn more about the book and the “Sew Like a Pro” Sweepstakes!
Comment here to become eligible to win this book. The winner will be announced on Friday. Visit our prize list to see some of the other great give-aways we’ll offer this month.
More Handmade Holiday Ideas
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.
I had my eye on that pattern on Oh Frassan…definitely making it…AND keeping it!!! (hey-i was once a college student..that counts, right?)
I love all your ideas today. The ones I will probably make are the wall organizer and the bean bag. I would love to win this book. Thanks!
Oh, I just LOVE that bean bag chair! How fabulous would it be in some of Anna Marie’s bright fabric?
Another bunch of really neat tutorials! I like that some are really quick ideas like the album cover wall organizer. I recently discovered the Margaret Sling Bag and it looks like a really great one to try.
Love the bean bag chair! And I would so love to win the book! I’m borrowing it from the library right now and have marked all the projects I want to make — and most of the pages are marked…so I’d love to have my own book!
I love the sling bag!
So many great ideas today! I love the bean bag chair – plan on making one for my daughter!
Great ideas. I don’t at the moment have any college age friends or family, but I know many those ideas will work for. Thanks again.
Awesome! Off to the thrift store to buy album covers now!
Ok, seriously, why am I the first to comment on all the posts I want to win?!?!
LOL!!! Thanks so much for doing the 30 days again. I have been telling EVERYONE!!! 
Five kids?! How does Anna Maria Horner do it? Laundry, legos, lunches…I can barely keep my head above water! My sewing comes in snippets of time approx. 2 minutes in length!
What great tutorials!!!
wow– lots of cool ideas today! Forget about the college students!– I think I need a Margaret sling bag and an album cover wall organizer for myself!!
I love the sling bag and the laptop cover.
I really like the laptop cozy and nintendo t shirt, it’s totally my age group! And the giveaway looks pretty awesome too!
These are great! I am definitely making the “classically trained” t-shirt for my brother and for my brother-in-law. Very cool! I am going to make the margaret bag for me and my sil, and maybe my mom too! I was looking at the pattern last night, and here it is today!
my kids might be in need of that bean bag chair!
OOH! I’ve been debating about what type of “movie” chair to make for my son…. the bean bag will be perfect!
ooohh…i really want this book.
Making the Margaret bag for my oh-so-fashionable, don’t want anything that looks homemade, college-age cousins. I’m hoping they’ll love it!
Oh I’m so excited to try that Oh, Fransson pattern!
The sling bag is cute!
I love these ideas! You guys are awesome!
Yet another excellent list of gift ideas! Thanks so much. xox
Ooooooh, please count me in!!!!! I love Anna Maria’s designs & I couldn’t get the book in my area yet ;(.
Thanks for giving the link to the notebook cover tutorial – again a perfect gift {phew, but I think that have to wait a little while…}
Cheers, Julia
that bean bag chair would be perfect for my brother who is in college!! thank you!!
the album cover idea is soooooooo neat! i’ll have to make some for husband and i. we’re in bad need of organizing tools and well, it’ll give me a great excuse to go buy my favorite record store.
Oh, I’m liking the sling bag… Now no one will know that I didn’t finish college!
Perfect! I have been looking for a laptop cover for my art major daughter! Cannot wait to get started on it
That bag is defniitely on my to make list…. and I can think of a few big kids on my list who would really appreciate the nintendo stencil on something! Thanks for the great ideas!!
What a fabulous book!
I LOVE the Nintendo shirt. I’m no college student, but I’d wear that. : )
Love those album cover pockets… add art and function to the walls and recycle too!
So many good things today! I love the sling bag, the laptop cozy and the bean bag chair!
I love that bean bag chair… hmmm I think I could squeeze one into my studio,.. some where. hahah. I am loving these tutorials! So many wonderful ideas from wonderful people!
As a person who has recently lived in the dorms, the wall organizers would be amazing! Bean bag chair not so much… too little room! But somebody in an apartment or house would really love it! Custom tees are amazing too!!
Love the bean bag chair…I do child care and that would be perfect for my kiddos to give them soft places to cuddle up with a book.
So many great ideas, and not just for college students! I am defintiely going to make some of the cookies too!
Oh these are perfect ideas! Even though I graduate in December, I’m still technically in college. The laptop cozy is going to be for me though! I love the album cover idea, although I would like to keep all of my albums in their covers-I’ll have to go flea market shopping for fun, empty ones.
I downloaded the sling pattern to make for a gift for a friend. It is so classic yet edgy too.
The bean bag has the cutest fabrics!
Cool stencil idea!
The t-shirt is great.
Love the T-shirt! Very cute.
There are so many ideas here that will work for my younger sister. Thanks!
Your resources and recipes today are fabulous! When I’m finished with my Christmas sewing (mostly from your blog!) I’m going to make the Margaret sling bag as my reward to myself.
LOVE the beanbag chair!!
Very cute stuff!! A homemade bean bag chair….never woulda thought!
I love chocolate lime cookies!!
I keep meaning to make a bag to replace my summer bag. This sling bag may be it.
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laptop cozy for techie brother (who’s too careless to protect the only thing that guarantees him work)…check!
perfect logo tee for rockstar hubby (who lives in jeans & tees when not on stage)…check!
cushy bean bag chair for toddler (so i can reclaim snuggle time with daddy on the couch)…check!
simple, but roomy sling for sister-who’s-a-new-mommy (who would rather not take the diaper bag into the store)…check!
thanks for more great ideas!
I love these ideas for my college-aged cousins!
I love Anna Maria Horner!
I love the stencil I may have to add that to a tote bag
The Margaret Sling Bag is perfect for my niece.
These are great! I love the Nintendo controller shirt.
These are great! I love the nintendo shirt.
Oh I can’t wait to make a Margaret bag!! Thank you for the wonderful ideas!!
Love the bag pattern! One can never have too many bags…
And I’d love to win the book. Fingers crossed!
Great ideas – thanks for all the wonderful posts and giveaways!
I love bags, so I’ll check out the sling bag. And I’d love to win that book!
Wow, those look fantastic. I have a cousin who is in college, and I think I might try one of these for her! The book looks great too!
My sons room could really use a bean bag chair. I can’t tell how big that one is, but it sure is cute and the instructions looks easy.
Oh, I just took my very 1st sewing classes last week and I would LOVE this book!
I love the Margaret sling bag! can’t wait to get started.
Oh how I would love to add that book to my collection! Great wall organizer idea too!
Oh, how I want this book!! I’ve been eyeballing it since you first featured it.
I’m going to make the sling bag for my college aged daughter. She’ll love it!
Wow! I have been looking for a bean bag tutorial! Thanks!
great ideas today! and I hope I get that book
Propped up in a bean bag chair, with some of those cookies could be real nice… except for papers and finals!
So, my mom isn’t exactly a college student, but she is a vegan and that recipe for the Vegan White Chocolate Lime cookies caught my eye! Thanks for another great day of inspiration!
I love your blog and the great tutorials you give us. Thank you so much for the inspiration.
Best, Paula
My 4-year-old would so love that bean bag chair. Santa might just have to make him one.
Love the bean bag chair ! No college students here (YET!) but we’re getting close. :O
love that cozy and the wall pockets and I have to try those cookies!
Perfect! I have four siblings in college right now, I’m sure they’d be thrilled with one of these gifts!
any sort of baked goods are always a welcome gift for a college student. my dad used to send me his recent concoctions of cookies and I always loved getting a package in the mail!
Love them all!
I love that classically trained stensil. Oh memories!
I would love to win this book! Thank you for all the great gift ideas!
that bag is great!
I am loving all the sewing ideas but now I find myself scrolling down to find another goodie to bake. My house smells so yummy! Thank you SMS!
love the stencil — thanks for the link!
I really like the bean bag chair idea. It’s great for college students as well as the tween girls I Christmas craft for.
Great ideas for almost anyone! Thanks again.
Laptop cozy is now on the to-do list! Thanks for sharing
Wow–a bean bag chair! I might make one for my college-aged younger brother…and then for my two toddlers!
I’ve had my eye on this book. Thanks!
The wall organizer is so cool! My oldest just received her first laptop for her birthday and the laptop cozy will be the perfect gift for her sisters to make her for Christmas.
the nintendo stencil is a blast from the past! i think i will make myself one…
Another wonderful post……..I have found gifts to make for my 15 year old son, my husband, my daughters and their friends……thank you so much!!
I want to try that laptop cozy, would make a great gift for several different people.
I am going to have so much fun making the sling bag and the bean bag chair. That book looks like so much fun, too.
I love this book and haven’t ever read it. Anna Maria Horner is a genius and her blog is so inspiring.
The laptop cozy is perfect in its simplicity. Though, I can picture some cool embelishment possiblities.
What great ideas! Having a lot of this age group on my shopping list, this will come in handy. I especially love the gamer t-shirt. Couldn’t describe my brother any better!
I like all of the ideas today. I will definately be trying some of them. I would love to win the book.
These are all great gifts – thanks for the ideas and the tutorials.
I love the bean bag chair. I can’t wait to try it!!! Thanks so much!!!
Love the beanbags. So simple but so cute.
Love the bean bag chair! And thanks for the chance to win the great book.
the bean bags are amazing! i would love to do some of those. heck, i’d love to HAVE some. . .
What a beautiful tee… I love bird silhouettes.
I already had the Margaret bag on my “to make” list, but now I have to add one of the nintendo tees for my brother! So funny!
White chocolate lime?!! Wow. My mouth is watering just thinking about it. I think there’s a Margaret sling bag in my near future!
oooh, another chance to win this book! I really like the laptop cozy. i may need to make that for myself!
I love the sling bag and the bean bag is too cute. Thank you for these tutorials – they’re inspirational!
I love the sling bag. And the Easy Album Cover Wall Organizer is great.
Gorgeous stuff – I especially like the laptop cover and the bag!
Love the Margaret SLing bag, hope to sew one up soon. Love to win the book!! Thanks for all the great tutorials.
perfect — i have friends still in college and others that would love the sling. i also agree w. mommytoava — the sling as a diaper bag would be perfection for a new mom
Fun Stuff! I want to make the bag!
I want that book!!!
thanks for solving one more gift issue on my list! i think my cousin’s getting that sling bag, hooray!
i love anna maria horner’s blog – especially the owl ornament pattern she posted last year… i haven’t had a chance to look through the book, but i bet it’s great!
Love the sling bag!
I can’t wait to make the sling bag. The tutorial looks pretty straight-forward.
I can’t wait to try Elizabeth’s Margret Bag! I know a little sister that this would be *perfect* for.
Check out the sling bag in a different fabric on the link — you can see the pleated details much better.
So many great things today! I’m really liking the bean bag chair. It would be the perfect gift for my teenage sister. Thanks!
Oh I would love to win the book, I’m crazy about Anna Maria’s work.
The bag looks easy. I think Ill have to try that one. Ive been wanting to do the bean bag for a while, but havent attempted it yet.
Oh My Word! The nintendo stencil is like an answer to a dream I didn’t even know I had. Thanks!
I am the epitome of college students! I love the bag and the cookies sound delish!
I love the tshirt with the bird. I wonder if they have one in my size? I am going to go check it out RIGHT NOW.
I got quite a few college students on my list. They’d love the ideas who’ve posted!
those cookies sound so delicious. and i love the ideas for college kids. that’s a hard age group to buy for sometimes.
YES, another chance to win this book. Thanks for the great tutorials.
I am so loving this month with all of these great tutorials, gift ideas and recipes.
I really like the beanbag chairs! I’ll definetly be adding that to my to make list!
I love the album cover organizers. What a fun idea.
Great bag, and so nice to have a tutorial in PDF format! Love AMH, and would love to win a copy of her book!
White chocolate lime? I may have found my new love.
That sling bag might be my re-entry into the world of non-diaper-bag bags!
i have been out of the crafty blog loop for a few weeks, ok like 2 months and i am just catching up. thank you for all the great ideas for christmas. i was panicing before coming here. now i just have to get to the store for a big fabric haul. thank you.
These might be the best yet. Love the sling bag, the bean bag chair. Thank you
I’m on my way to make those delicious looking cookies now! I would love the chance to win the book–it looks lovely!
The album cover wall organizers are cool. I have the Margaret Sling bag on my to-make-for-myself list…after my holiday gifts are wrapped up!
I am busting the stash for bean bag fabric – what a great idea!
The cookie recipe has me drooling! MaryL
I am trading photography with a friend for a funky fabric bag … I think the sling bag is it! Now to look for the fabric. Thanks for the fabulous fabrics and the great ideas to go it all!
The bean bag and the sling bag are getting looked at more closely here. Thanks for the great ideas.
That bag is soooooo cute!
Bean bag chairs are too cute! And I’m totally eyeing the bag as well!
That beanbag looks so fun and easy! I love it!
All of these ideas are awesome. College students or not…I can’t wait to try them out.
That “Classically Trained” stencil is AWESOME.!
I’ve always wanted a bean bag chair!
I love the bag tutorials that are posted on this site. I’ve already started three!
Great stuff today. The Nintendo cracks me up. I will have to make one for my brother!
Elizabeth’s bag is just perfect.
The Bean Bag chair looks like a great gift for kids too…Great for a basement or game room!
I want to try those cookies and the sling bag. Thanks for all the ideas!
I love these ideas…especially that great bean bag chair!!
My boys would love the bean bag chair!
White chocolate lime…hmm…sounds yummy!
Ooooh, I just saw that bag on “Oh Fransson” and loved it there… And the bean bag looks perfect for my 4 yr old son – he needs some seating in his room and I’ve been thinking about making a bean bag or two… Such great ideas!
Oh, I love it all! I want the laptop cozy for myself!
My daughter is getting a laptop this Christmas so I can really use the laptop cover!! Thanks for sharing.
Oh I hope I win the book…….*fingers crossed!*
More great ideas…thanks!
Sling bag looks great – made need to try that one.
Do you have to be in college to enjoy that bean bag chair? Love all the ideas!
That bean bag chair is to die for!
The bean bag chair is great, and the purse is one of the nicest simple ones I’ve seen.
More great ideas! I am going to make those cookies at Christmas time for my sister.
I’ve already printed out the margaret bag! I can’t wait to try it out!
I love lara’s fabric choice and the bag rocks!!!
I would LOVE to win this book! YAYNESS!
I want that laptop cover. But I don’t have a laptop. Hmmm maybe I could knit one?…
I’m definitely going to make the Margaret bag! I love the Classically Trained tshirt too!
I love the beanbag chair and the shirt. Thanks.
Ooooo – Anna Maria Horner is the coolest!
Love the T-shirt, need the bean bag chair and got to eat the cookies. Where to start? Cookies!
Wow, love that beanbag chair! And would LOVE AMH’s book!
Thanks so much…going to make one of the sling bags this week.
Hooray! I’ve been looking all over for a bag pattern to make for my sister, and the Margaret Sling Bag is just perfect . . . with maybe some wall organizers as a bonus. Plus, Seams to Me is on my Christmas list, and I’d love to get it early! Thanks for providing such great stuff every day.
This is SO helpful! Both of my sisters are college girls, and I think they’re going to be getting sling bags this year. Thanks.
I love all these daily posts
I love the bag and laptop tutorials…maybe to use for myself as well
great ideas–love that the homemade gifts you profile could work for many recipients…
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I think the tshirt is hillarious. We have a couple of nieces/nephews in college right now (and a few highschoolers) that would love those. Need to make a list of supplies and get started.
Great tutes today! I love the bag one.
Great ideas! Love the the great fabrics too! Awesome blog!
Pick Me! Pick Me!!! I really want this book!!! I’ am really loving this month of craft ideas by the way.
I’ll have to try some of those for my non-college students too.
Love the laptop cozy! Very chic.
I love the idea of the book- not only can I always use some tips to sew better, but the patterns sound great too. One bonus with the laptop bag listed above- it would meet the new TSA rules of being able to leave your laptop in the case when going through security (you still have to take it out of your backpack, but at least it wouldn’t be getting QUITE as banged up through the process).
Bean bags! yeah, man!
These tutorials make me want to go back to college! And my younger brother’s still there–what great ideas!
more awesome ideas! Yeah!!!
Those cookies sound so yummy – I think they’ll be next on my baking list! Great projects as well.
Hey, my brother’s getting a laptop cozy, too! I’d love to win the book…
I’ve been trying to figure out what to make for my son’s girlfriend, now I know! Thanks for the ideas!
Mmmm white chocolate lime!
I love the been bag! This would be perfect for kids of any age! I think I’ll make one for my little boy… (I haven’t checked the tutorial yet–is there a good source for filling made from recycled materials?)
PS Thanks for the give-aways! I hope I win one, but I’m excited for whoever gets these extra little gifts this season! How wonderful…
Love that pattern at oh fransson! I have been enjoying your tutorials so far and look forward to participating in the Give-Away in December. Thanks for making such a great site!
that t-shirt is perfect for my brother.
Love the beanbag chair! I plan to make that someday, after I have a garage sale to make room for it in the playroom!
I love the bag. I’m starting one this week!
I love that bag — I’ll have to give it a try.
It’s all so cute!
Everything is SO cute!!! That bean bag chair is awesome! And I SOOOO want Anna Maria Horner’s new book! I have heard it’s fabulous!
Thanks!!
Shealynn
That Classically Trained shirt is perect for my brother – thanks for the great idea!
That Nintendo stencil is awesome!
Thanks so much for all the great ideas! I would love to win a copy of that book!
As a college student I definately see some items on here that my friends would love! Now I just need to find the time to make them and some empty album covers (some of my friends and I collect vinyl)!
I keep finding things to make for meeeee!! The bag is exactly what I need – I’ve been using a $1 shopping tote as my bag lately. It is looking a little rattty. I enjoyed her whole site actually – thanks for the link! The nintendo Stencil is tooo perfect for my hard-to buy for cousin! Yea!
Ah! I love it all! How lovely. And I adore that the cookies are vegan! A-creating I go!
The book looks beautiful! Whoever wins it will be one lucky person
love this book!!
Cute bag! I am excited to try making some purses and such for the chickies on my list – from the tutes I have seen so far they look pretty simple so I look forward to making up my own after giving a couple already designed ones a whack!
The bean bag chair is so fabulous!
Has anyone made that beanbag chair? How big is the finished product? I am under the impression that it’s a kid’s chair but maybe I am wrong?
I’ve heard all kinds of great things about Seams to Me. Thanks for the chance to win one!
Oh, that bean bag chair is awesome. I bet it’s a hoot to make, too.
Thank you so much for the info on that vegan baking site! I have been looking for a good vegan cookie recipe.
I like the looks of that bean bag! Much better than the fake fur ones of the 1970s.
Great ideas I love the oh fransson! bag and the bean bag. The give-away day is going to be great!.
The Margaret Sling Bag would be perfect for me! It’s on my to-do list for as soon as I expand my very basic sewing skill. Thankfully, the tutorial seems extremely clear, which will be really helpful for me.
The bag pattern is awesome, can’t wait to try it. I was looking for a way to package some homemade items, and I think that a bag would be used year round.
vegan lime cookies! my little vegan college student will LOVE these!
I’ve been waiting for that bag tutorial. Thank you.
Pretty laptop wrap going on my make for myself list!!
Awesome ideas, w/ 4 nieces and nephews in college these are some great ideas. Thanks also for the Vegan cookie recipe, I have a Vegan friend who just so happens to be my Secret Santa recipient, so a batch of those will be well received I’m sure.
What a great book!
Well, now my Christmas list of gifts to make has grown!
Thanks so much for posting about my album cover organizer! Love the Sew Mama blog!
LOVE the shoulder bag! That’s a definite must!
I’ve been thinking about buying a beanbag chair. Why didn’t I ever think about making one? I can do that!
So excited for the bag pattern! thanks elizabeth!
Great ideas, once again!
Thank you for the gift ideas. I always have trouble thinking of what to make the college students in my life. Lucky for my, my gals aren’t picky and love all things crafty. Crafty sewing books always make a great gift, too. (Hint, Hint, Wink, WInk)
Oh, today’s tutorials are great! I was just thinking that my little one would love a bean bag chair and here is the tutorial! That margaret sling bag would also fit the bill for a couple of my relatives for this Christmas. Thanks so much for these!
I love the album cover organizer.
I love that sling bag…I wonder how it would look with different complimentary fabrics?!?!!? Also I love Annd Maria…I am a faithful follower of her blog, and now yours too!
The nintendo shirt is awesome! Can’t wait to make one of those for my husband! He will actually enjoy something that I’ve made him!!!!!
Great ideas. I’m going to have to see if I can adapt the notebook cover to a 17″ computer that my son who’s in college can use. He’s in his senior year now and hoping for law school next year as long as he passes the tests he’ll take in December.
Thanks for such great ideas each day.
VickiT
How did you know I’d been wanting bean bags for the kiddos but not the price tag that comes with them in the catalogs? THANKS!
I can’t wait to make the handbag! Thank you so much!
the margaret sling bag is adorable, as are the other things on her website! i also love the shirts from circular accessories!
Such fun ideas. I think I will make that great sling bag for my sister for Christmas – she’ll love it!
I love that bag! And, I have been wanting Seams to Me!!!!! Thanks!
i love the nintendo shirt!
I think the album cover wall organizer is a neat idea!
Ms. Horner is the bomb! I really want to get that book.
And Celine’s cookies? Yes, she is also known as the “cookie queen”!
Those vegan cookies look DELICIOUS! Thanks for all the ideas and the great web links for my bursting bookmarks list! I LOVE IT!
-Angela
that t-shirt is perfect for my husband even though he’s not in college anymore!
Awesome once again – Hat’s off to the creators!
I really like the laptop cozy and the sling bag. These seem like great gifts. I love the guides, the ideas in them are great. I have this book on my wish list so I would love to win it. Thanks for all the great ideas and giveaways.
Great ideas!
bean bag chairs – awesome! My nieces would love those, even if they’re 6 and 4 and not college studens.
I love everything on this list and I am not a college student! : ) But I could pretend just this once!
THANKS for the chance to win Seams to Me!
I’d love to give this book a good home! I’ve also been enjoying all the wonderful gift ideas as well.
ooohh, I want to win!
I love the Margaret Sling Bag!
I am working on the beanbag chair for my nephews and that bag might become my sister’s gift. I love all the ideas this year. I need that book!
I love the shirt! Thanks for sharing!
‘Seams to Me’ looks like a wonderful book for my daughter (and myself)!!
Thanks for the great ideas!!!!!
Roxanne
The Nintendo shirt is great! I might have to make about 6 of those. I’d love to win the book.
What a great idea for the bean bag chair – the fabrics look so cool too! Looks like a trip to the fabric shop for some supplies, what better way to spend a rainy day than sewing
That tshirt is so cute!
The stencil is great!
Every day’s ideas have been wonderful. Oh that I could do them all!!!! Thanks for the chance to win the Seams to Me book.
These projects ALL rock. I love the Nintendo stencil, that’s what I grew up with, lol
My husband is a gamer I am so making him a Nintendo shirt, GREAT IDEA!!!
love the laptop cozy!!
my laptop has been looking a bit chilly…
Great ideas! I love the sling bag tutorial!
love the project ideas today, and the book looks absolutely sumptious!
The laptop cozy is so cute
Love the wall organizers!
that tee from circular accessories is so lovely!
The sling bag looks great, along with the wall organizer & beanbag chair. Thanks.
Cool! I’ve got a few college gals to make gifts for, thanks for the ideas.
BTW, I love anything from Elizabeth at oh, fransson! she’s so creative.
I’ll try to sew up the sling bag really soon.
Wow, I already had 3 of these 4 tutorials bookmarked for future use. Thanks for the fourth!
Cool Ideas!!
I have been looking for a bean bag pattern and I love the bag!
Geez…I wish I had been that hip in university. I’m going to make that bean bag chair for my girl.
Awesome ideas!
Love that beanbag chair…brings me back to my childhood in the ’80s
I love that bag. any reason (like a new pattern) to make another is good for me.
I want a bean bag chair!!
Love the Margaret Sling bag! Keep it coming!!
My sister would love that bag.
Ooooh – that sling bag is gorgeous!
Anna Maria is my idol !!!!
I love her creations and designs.
I aspire to be like her. When ever I’m having a bad day I check out her blog and get inspired to keep going.
Anna Maria is my wonder woman, she just seems to be able to do it all. Thank-you for this post.
Seams to Me is on my Christmas List….it is SO HARD TO WAIT FOR!!! I live in a small-ish town and none of the bookstores have the book for me to peruse. Darn.
I love these tutorials especially the margaraet bag! I would love to bake the vegan white choco cookies too.
Thank you heaps!
That classically trained shirt is going to go great with Mario Brothers coasters I just bought on etsy!
Is it bad that I want these things for myself– ALL of them? These are fantastic! Keep up the good work!
awesome tutorials!
Ooh, I love the sling bag!!! I like that bean bag too! So many things… so little time!
oh yes, this is one win that I would love!
I am so excited about these ideas because I have been having the hardest time trying to come up with a gift idea for my sister in college! Thanks!
Love the Wall Organizer! I think I’ll do this for my husband’s “play room”. Thanks!
what yummy looking cookies!
I love that stencil. I will totally be checking that out.
I love the sling bag and the Dick and Jane bean bag chair is so cute!! The cover on Seams to Me looks so beautiful.
These work equally as well for grad students
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these are all great ideas! as a professional college student, they are all within my budget too;)
Love the handbag. I think I’ll make one for ME for Christmas.
More great projects – these are all super as is Anna Marie Horner.
I have a couple of tried and true holiday cookie recipes but I also like to try one or two new recipes each year and these sound perfect!
I love this book, I would love it for Christmas. That is unless I get it here instead!
My son will love the nintendo shirt!
That beanbag chair is great!!
THANK YOU! for the vegan cookie recipe!
I love the laptop cover & bean bag chair…my son starts college next year so these ideas are great. Thanks!
great gifts for college students!
Great sling! Gotta check out those yummy looking cookies!
Ummm~ Cookies look great! And love the chair and sling bag!
Great as always!
Gonna go make a bag chair now!
Rane
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i adore the laptop cozy!
Oh fransson comes up with the BEST patterns! I’m making one of those for myself!
i’m making that laptop cozy!
Great ideas! I love the album cover wall organisers – nice and bright : )
love the bag- wonder how it would look in the corduroy I found in my stash this weekend?
WOW, my kids would LOVE a bean bag like that one posted!
Great ideas! Now to get started on making holiday gifts…
I adore the sling bag. And the cookies look good too.
I really need that cool nintendo shirt to go with my atari one…
Those ablum cover pockets are such a great idea! Now I know what I’ve been saving all these Depeche Mode covers for!!!
I love Anna Maria’s fabrics — so bright and colorful!
Love them all. I have recently become a huge fan of Anna Maria and following her blog. I follow hers, and now I follow yours. I love the tutorials…they inspire me. Thank you!
really cute bag!
I love the shoulder bag. It would make a great diaper bag in disguise. I’ll probably be making one for myself.
Great ideas to make. I do have to say the purses always steal my heart.
love the bean bag tutorial. Think I will make 3 -one for each child for christmas this year. Great movie theater fun, bag of popcorn and a bean bag with a good old movie—G rated of course.
Wow! Those wall organiser are pretty cool!
Seams to Me would be the best Christmas gift ever.
I just love that bag! Another one to add to the list of projects…
That beanbag chair is adorable!
Thanks for all the great ideas.
I love the bean bag chair. It is great. My kids would love it if I tried that. You guys are giving me too man project ideas, and I don’t have enough time to do them all!
Love the laptop case, and the Tote bag! Might have to give both of those a try, thanks for sharing them!
The album organizers are great! My dad has hundreds
free project fodder!
I love that bag. Now I just need to make it and my sister-in-law will be done!!!
That t-shirt stencil is perfect for my brother in law! Thanks!
I so love that bean bag! I’m definitely trying that – maybe not for Christmas, but shortly after!
Oooh…beanbag. Yes.
I love that you included college age in the list of gift recipients! I turned around and all my nieces had grown up! I will for sure be useing some of these ideas for them! I used many of your ideas last year and and am sure I will again this year, too!
I have been wanting this book but haven’t got it yet…so hopefully I’ll win it!!! Thanks for all the great holiday ideas thus far.
Love the pocketbook bag…it’s just what I need and also love the t-shirt. Thanks for posting all these great projects.
Thank you – those are great ideas. I am passing on this link to my sis!
Forget college kids…I want one of each!
I love the laptop case. Very cute!
That sling is definitely going in my “to be made” file for when i have a bit more time over Christmas!
I love Anna Marie and would love this book. I also really like the album organizers. Very cool!
This was already on my Christmas list!! Hope Santa comes early!!
oooh seams to me in time for christmas, love the bag tut!
Love the sling bag! I knew a few people who will love that!
I love the bean bag chair idea!
love the bean bag chair!
I have been following Anna Marie Horner’s blog for some time now, and she’s such an amazing artist, truly. This book, is going to end up in my collection…whether it’s a gift, prize or purchase for myself!
love the bag, gotta go back those cookies
love the bag, gotta go bake those cookies
I just found your blog and think it’s wonderful!! So many ideas and fabrics …I know I’ll be visiting often!
well i havent been a college kid for over 8 years but i am so totally doing the beanbag for my daughter! that is awesome.
loove the patterns today!! Loving this month here too! I would also love the AMH book!
Love the beanbag link, thanks!
Love all the ideas. Especially love the bag
love it! what great ideas!
i love the sling bag!!!!
for once, i don’t know any college students! but that margaret bag would be a lovely present for many people.
Ooooh, I love that bean bag! And fingers crossed for the copy of Seams to Me!
I love the bean bag chair.
I love the bag and the bean bag chair! And I am really wanting this book!
Those bean bag chairs are so cool! And I can’t wait to make that purse from oh fransson!
Love that sling bag!
Those cookies are to die for
Maybe I’m still a college kid at heart because I adore every one of today’s selections!!
I can’t skip even one post – though I have no college students in my life, I most certainly have need for wall storage and :gasp!: a new BAG! And whomever’s at my house at Thanksgiving will be major guinea pigs for all of the new recipes I want to try!
What a stunning book. I think I’ll make a couple of the wall organisers
Thanks for posting my Classically Trained Stencil
The album cover is new to me and I love it.
Love the Nintendo T’shirt!
I lovo the beanbas chair and the sling ….. but, what I’d really love? to win seams to me!!!!!!
Please Santa …. pick me!
love,
frida
What a fantastic group of tutes!!! I can’t wait to try the album wall hangings and I love, love, love the t-shirt stencil!!!
Cool t-shirt!
-Violet
That t-shirt cracks me up. Too funny!
I love all the ideas.
What a great way to display all those old album covers.
I’ve been saving album covers for something special and now I found it. Cool present for lots of people on my list. Thanks Brittni!
Thanks again.
I do have a request. Mariann, from Let’s Create: Do you think you could do a tutorial with lots of step-by-step pics for the “bridging” technique. I don’t know why, but I can’t seem to picture that in my mind’s eye. Your stencils are FABULOUS! Thanks.
I’ve been wanting a copy of this book since it came out. Now’s my chance. Thanks!!!
another set of fantastic gifts. want to make so many but don’t think I’ll have time. Next year could you do this series in June please?!
I would love to be in the running for a Seams to me…
Always enjoying the wonderful ideas
Oh those album organizers had me frozen for a minute! I was staring at them, thinking they were organizing your albums…I was like, “college kids have ALBUMS?”
Whew. It dawned on me now. Sorry!
Retro Nintendo, perfect idea! Printing out the sling bag pattern as well – so cute!
With so many college students on my gift giving list, I am thrilled with today’s offerings. First on the list is the stencil, and then I think the Martha bag! THanks for the great ideas!!!
I am loving this year’s handmade holidays! So wonderful. Thanks for all the work you’ve put into this.
Wonderful ideas today! I love the bean bag! What a great way to brighten up a room and create lounging space.
Oh I can’t wait to try those cookies!!
I am a huge fan of Anna Maria Horner and cannot wait to see that book in real life! Thanks for all the great ideas!
Recycled album covers will make GREAT wall storage for my soon-to-be sewing room! The hand-silk screened tshirts are very cute also. Thanks for the great ideas — I know what I’m baking this weekend
The beanbag chair looks amazing! Might sew a couple of these up for the kids’ santa sacks…and oh! would I just love to win a copy of AMH’s new book!!
I love the cool T. I am going to attempt to screen print on a T, hopefully before Christmas, otherwise it will end up being a birthday gift. I love all the ideas on your blog. Someday I hope to finish them all! LOL!
Oh! I was just at the book store reading that book! It would be great if I won.
The nintendo t-shirt is genius! I need one for my DH.
The album wall organizers are adorable!
I would love to win this book.
Love the bag and the bean bag as well, can’t wait to check out the tuts more in depth. Even though I’m not vegan those cookies sound amazing, what a combo!
I came across that bean bag tutorial awhile back and thought it would be perfect for my boys. Thanks for the reminder! Love the sling bag!
This site is the best for holiday sewing ideas!
I luv that beanbag chair! We could use a couple of those around here. But I’ll be more likely to tackle the wall organizers…great tuts today!
ok- that bean bag chair is awesome! loving that!
I HAVE to make those cookies! And the bag too – how gorgeous!
These ideas are fantastic! Thanks!
The sling bag is on my Todo list
I’ve been looking at this book for weeks. I hope I win! And I love the lap top cover. Somebody’s getting that for Christmas…
love the sling bag
thanks for the mention, Beth.
happy Wednesday to you!
Love these! That nintendo tee is so cute (and so true!).
I love the bean bag chair and the sling bag!!
can’t wait to try that bag – my sister will LOVE it!! and I get to go fabric shopping again!
Love the beanbag chair, and I’d love the book!
Jen
i love the nintendo stencil! Go old-school! lol.
Love the sling bag tutorial – thanks!
Love that bag.
The Margaret Bag is perfect – I made a bag for my sister recently but may follow-up with this one as a second possibility for another option!
I’d love to get this book for my sister…she’s been needing some extra inspiration to start sewing! Perfect!
Finding anything to make for “young” people is so hard and these are such great ideas. I love every single one of them. Thanks for the tutorials!
Oh, I would love that book.
…now although this is geared towards teens and other college bounders, the nintendo shirt is going to find its way under the tree for my husband- a self-proclaimed nintendo addict!
Great tutes…I have a sister in college and all of these are good options for her.
Love the sling bag.
A beanbag chair, how hip is that?!
I love the sling bag! I think about half of the people on my Christmas list would love one!
My kids would love that bean bag chair – and they are 2 and 4 – can’t wait to try it!
Love the bean bag chair. My kids would benefit from that! Thanks for all the ideas!!
So many fun ideas! I can’t wait to try some of these. I would so love to win that book. I really need some fundamentals in sewing!!
Ooh, I want to make that laptop cozy for all the people in my life in grad school
I love the bean bag chair, and I always wanted one when I was younger! I’ll have to try that pattern.
I am all over that bag. I can’t wait to get started on it…Hopefully it’s as “easy” as it looks!
The sling bag is ideal for my daughter.
how cool
That sling bag is to cute. Not to mention that bean bag chairs. Those would be great for my boys’ room.
The classicly trained T shirt is great it is just right for my brother.
My kids are getting bean bag chairs for Christmas, I’m just waiting for my fabric to arrive. They are a great idea.
Wow! Love the bag & the bean bag. My hubby has the “classically trained” shirt…very funny! Thanks again for another day of winners!
That book looks beautiful.
Sling bag it is! Great ideas, thanks!
oh, oh! I love the Nintendo stencil. We’re such a nostalgic generation, no? I love the look of that book, too….
Lovin’ the handbag!
The cookies sound great, my GD will enjoy them I hope!
What a great giveaway – I’m a new sewer and would love a chance to win this. I love the sling bag – I’ve already printed it out and added it to my stash of patterns to try. Thanks!
Love the wall art and the sling bag.. The Sling bag has been added to my list of gifts to make…
My cousin is a freshman at MSU and would love that bag!
Sign me up! I’m a sucker for trying to win free stuff.
the cover of the prize book is gorgeous! i could always use another craft book.
I can’t wait to get my hands on this book. If I win it or buy it, I just know it will be wonderful. She is so great…
I have been very restrained & have not put my name in the hat for another giveaway, considering I won one last week! But I really would LOVE this book! Surely my chances are very slim!
Love the bag! I might have to add that one to my ever growing christmas list!
The tshirt is a scream, and so true in today’s world!
That looks like a great book, thanks for the giveaway! I love that atari stencil, I’m printing it on freezer paper today and making a shirt for my brother.
I’ve printed out the bag pattern. I think I will make it for myself will be my post holiday crafting treat!
I am so excited about the bean bag chair!
That may have to be my next project for my kids!
I love that laptop cozy!
the album organizer is very trendy, love these ideas. You rock!!!
Oh my, I really love the sling bag, and the others are wonderful too!! Thanks so much!!!
Love the sling bag!
Pick me, Monty!
I really like the sling idea. I am really excited about seeing this book!
that bag might just be perfect for my niece!
I like the bean bag chair very much.
Beanbag chairs… Great idea!
I love that nintendo stencil! I think I need it for myself (after making some gifts).
The sling bag is gorgeous, I am making that for sure. Elizabeth sure is generous to share it, and Margaret is lucky to have such a talented sister. Thanks SMS, Elizabeth and Margaret. Lisa
I love the sling idea! Well I’m crazy about bags – any type any size any color…
love love love the margaret sling bag.
I love everything up there. And I’m 34… hmm….
thanks for so mamy ideas , the bean bag chair is
“Groovy” :_)
Would love to win this book. I’ve had my eye on it for a month!
Oohh–my brother will love that Nintendo shirt!
Beanbag is so cool !!! Love the record holders also
Wow, you have the BEST giveaways! The BEST! I would really love to win and sew out of this book!
great bean bag and bag patterns
The Nintendo t-shirt is perfect for my 35 year-old brother! thanks!
Boy oh Boy — the wall – album cover project gave me perfect idea. We need a handy place to store our important papers in our motorhome. Such as insurance, towing. Hard to understand for some folks but it is a genius idea and I love how pretty it can look.
I would love to win this…
The birdie T is awesome! Did you say white chocolate and lime? How interesting. I might give that a try!. Thank you so much for all of these posts. This is the best month ever!
Great gifts, great ideas!!!
The bag is perfect!!
That bird graphic tee is to die for!
Vegan white chocolate lime cookies – can someone say “de-licious”. I’ve been wanting to make a bean bag chair for my kids and create a little reading corner in their room. Maybe this will be done in time for Christmas.
i love the nintendo graphic. thanks for sharing it!
from beanbag tutorial to record pockets… oh this is just too much fun. did i metion this “seams to me” is on my wish list as well!
Ooh! Laptop cozy. I think my brother would love that.