Discover the ultimate Christmas gift guide for Sewists

Hi Everyone! Welcome to my RUclips Channel: Sewing in Switzerland!
This is my top tip gift guide for buying Christmas gifts for sewists / seamstresses / sewers !
If you don’t know what to buy the loved one in your life who sews, I’ve put together some great gift ideas that fit all budgets.
Starting with the always wonderful Sew Hayley Jane box which ranges from £25 to £70, making it super fantastic for all budgets. You can find the boxes here: sewhayleyjane.com
Moving into books because who doesn’t love getting book for Christmas?!
Readers digest complete guide to sewing book - approx £60 www.amazon.com... actually on Amazon for 7 USD! If you Google the title too, a lot of secondhand options come up.
If they are a seasoned sewist I recommend the fitting book by Gina Renee Dunham - it’s one of my absolute favourites www.amazon.com...
A pair of really really good fabric scissors. Although you do have to know if the recipient is left or right handed. Good article on the independent with a range of different scissors. If you wanted to go really fancy - Ernest wright is around the £100-150 mark. Japanese sewing scissors are also marked to be of the best quality.
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For those bigger budgets, check out Ernest Wright here: www.ernestwrig...
Fabric - tricky one to gift as you have to know the person really well so if in doubt, get a gift card. If you are buying fabric my rule of thumb is always 3.5 metres minimum to ensure the can get a full project from it but 5 metres is always best to be on the safe side, if budget allows.
Smaller budge ideas: sewing consumables
Pattern making paper - we can’t get enough of it!
Pins
Heat transfer / chalk pens
Gütterman threads
Trimmings - elastic, buttons, zips of all sizes
I hope this gift guide is helpful to you!
Wishing you all the best,
Sam
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[@lbeacon1]

Fabric would be a great gift and I really like pattern weights, some of them are so pretty!

[@SewFabricObsessed]

Love all of your suggestions! I would love to receive those beautiful pattern weights that are shaped like thread spools wrapped in liberty fabric. ❤

[@Cat-dw3wi]

Yup, anything you mentioned. Especially scissors and trim and subscription box. I also like books w lots of pictures about fashion and fashion designers, fun garment labels like Kylie and the machine. I also embroider my clothes sometimes so transfer paper or stencils or a book of line drawings that can be used as the base for decorative embroidery on pockets etc makes me happy. A subscription to tauku or peppermint might be good too. I already get threads magazine which I would highly recommend.

[@kimt2au]

Another fantastic video, Sam. Yes, you clearly have thought about and researched the video and it shows. Congratulations and thank you. PS where were team potato in this video?

[@ToRung]

Best wishes🎉😘

[@SewinginSwitzerland]

😘😘❤️

[@kimt2au]

Hi again Sam, re books: The Readers Digest book is good and I have Gina Renee Dunham's fitting book which I like. However, can I also suggest that if you ever get the chance to pick up a (2nd hand?) copy of "Dressmaking, the complete step-by-step guide" by Alison Smith that you jump at the opportunity. I have been sewing for a lot of years and am a trained pattern maker and as such I have read and own dozens of books. I was floored by the quality and breadth of this book, so much so (or sew) that I bought it as a gift for my daughter. To say it's comprehensive is an understatement and each point is accompanied by a large, clear colour photo indicating the point being made. It covers everything - I won't bore you with a list but suffice to say that I have not seen this much coverage including such good photos in any other book (including the Readers Digest.) I think the icing on the cake is that the book actually includes half scale patterns which you can either enlarge by hand, photocopy at 200% or download as a PDF. The patterns go to size 24 (117cm/46", 97cm/38", 122cm/48") and the book includes a photo guide of each step to assemble each garment, including instructions on enlarging the patterns should your size not be included in their range. Included are 3 skirts, 3 dresses with 9 variations, 2 trousers, 2 tops with 3 variatios and 2 jackets; that's 19 patterns in total! Finally there is a section on mending and repair and another on customisting and embellishment. Phew, I think you can see why I say it's a book like no other, it is amazing. Anyway, if you get a chance to get your hands on a copy, Sam, jump at the chance.
Kim (again) 😊