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The perfect gift for a Crafter?
My MIL is a HUGE crafter and I swear she has everything under the sun for crafting. I wanted to get her a crafting-type gift for Christmas, but didn't know where to begin.
She does a lot of quilting and does a lot of paper crafts. She has a cricut and all of the rotary cutters/mats you can think of.
So where do I begin?
Re: The perfect gift for a Crafter?
Gift card to my favorite craft store or a cute t-shirt or sweatshirt with something about my hobby on the front. They have them on cafepress and twochicksdesigns.
CRAFTY ME
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Kind of hard to make suggestions when you say she has every crafting tool out there
Maybe you could buy her a couple of yards of pretty fabric to go with the gift card?
Maybe some kind of organizer? If she sews, Nancy's Notions has some neat gadgets...
I agree. Maybe some paper stacks...but then again that's a little hard if you don't know if she has the ones you plan on buying. My face paper crafting tool at the moment is the Epiphany Crafts Shape Studio. I don't know many crafters that have them yet.
CRAFTY ME
my read shelf:
She is a quilter - does she have one of these?
http://www.simplicity.com/p-2902-simplicity-bias-tape-maker.aspx
and
http://www.simplicity.com/p-2903-simplicity-rotary-cutting-machine.aspx
Both are useful (especially together) for making your own bias tape/binding.
How about a manual fabric diecutter if her quilts involve a lot of strips/small pieces? There are several options - Accuquilt/Accucut and Sizzix are a few brands and they come in different sizes. If she does more applique though, the Cricut probably suits her needs fine. How about cartridges for the Cricut?