Sewing Basket
 

We had our Christmas yesterday (Sunday) and just want to share with you the Christmas present I gave my Granddaughter (12) - a fully equipped sewing basket and I never saw anyone so excited about a gift as she was. So if anyone needs an idea for a girl you may consider that. I have had her do some simple quilt projects but now she can go to town.

I fondly remember my first sewing basket.

Wonderful. : ) What a present for you, also.....a grandchild who wants to quilt and appreciates the present.

The basket of goodies is a great idea! Does she have her own machine to sew with you-? :)

good job Gram!

Oh I know! I did this when I gave my niece a sewing machine. It was a great present and she was so happy. I also gave her some hand embroidery supplies.

Great idea. I still have mine. Got it for my 16th BD, 50+ years ago :eek:

I still have the sewing basket my Grandma gave me about 30+ years ago. I'll never part with it.

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What a great idea!!! I also still have my sewing basket from high school.

How fun! I got my first sewing basket when I was about that age. It sounds like she's going to have many happy sewing hours.

What a great gift idea! I still have mine. I won it at a 4-H competition in 1983!

That's a lovely gift! I discovered earlier this year that my mother had rekindled her passion for sewing but found it difficult to work with my grandfather's machines. He was able to repair them by securing parts but she couldn't do the same. I decided to get her a machine for Christmas and also provided a cornucopia of sewing tools and notions. Her excitement was hard to repress and now she's ready to sew and quilt without delay.

wonderful gift. When my son was about 9, i got him a tackle box full of sewing 'things'. He also talked me into buying a good machine for myself, and letting him have the old one. Smart kid!

What a lovely gift for a budding quilter. Good job, Grandma :)

I'm sure it was just as exciting for you to see her response...Merry Christmas.

No she doesn't have her own sewing machine but I want to give her one of mine but they just don't have room for one. Her Mom is kind of nervous about having one as there are two other kids that she is afraid would get at it. I have her come to my house to sew. They only live 5 miles away so that works for now. A bigger house is in the future for the family so for now it's sewing at Grandmas.

Good for you!

I'd add give a girl a tool box, too. Or an electronics kit.

I don't have a sewing basket nor do I want one. If it needs to be mended by hand, it isn't.

My Grand Daughter got a sewing machine from Santa when she was 12 years old.now when they have a day off school she comes and sews with me. She has won several ribbons in 4-H with her projects and even sent a couple bed size quilts to State Fair. She loves to sew . I hope she keeps liking it.

A couple years ago I gave my two DILs and my DD sewing kits. None of them are interesting in sewing items from scratch, but everyone needs a few repair items. Here is what they got:
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The sewing items were purchased from my LQS.
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Great idea. Have given sewing baskets for 2 of my granddaughters and they both love to come and sew with me.

I gave my DGD a sewing box and fabric for her b-day. DD gave her an old machine -- we have one very happy 10 year old. I just wish she was closer so she could sew with me. I'm giving her some beginning books for Christmas.

Is he still sewing?

I'm so lucky to be able to sew with one of my granddaughters -- this year she made pj pants for her family. Now she wants to sew a blouse. She is so busy with other activities that when she asks if she can come up to sew I will change my schedule to make sure that happens. A sgift sewing basket is a wonderful gift for your granddaughter.

A friend of ours moved to the Chicago area to go to college. So I put together a sewing kit with needles, pins, safety pins, scissors, threads, measuring tape, etc. Her mom didn't sew and hadn't even thought about it. She said she was one of the very few girls in the dorm that had one so others were forever borrowing it. After she graduated, she went into missionary work and she said she takes it with her everywhere.

I used my mother's items so I would have loved one of my own when I was 9 years old. When I had to take home-ec there was a kit you had to buy, my mom thought it was silly since she had bought 2 kits before (for my 2 older sisters and they took them off to college) but the quality of the items weren't that great and most girls were never going to use it again. She said she would have preferred items separately and get only what people need.

I'm doing one for my granddaughter now who is going away for college. But I'm filling one of the larger Namaste sewing cases, not a big sewing basket she has to find room for. It will hold all the basic sewing tools. These cases are very hard to find now!

What a wonderful gift!!!