A question for all of you sewing and embroidery enthusiasts…?

I want to buy my mom a gift, under , and I don't know what to buy. She loves her embroidery machine and she sews. She does a lot of projects along those lines. I'd like to find her something that is fun or unusual that she can incorporate into her sewing or embroidery projects. (She already has a bedazzler and another thing for adding gems/studs to her projects.)
Any ideas?

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7 Responses to “A question for all of you sewing and embroidery enthusiasts…?”
  1. Kacky says:
    June 17, 2010 at 2:30 pm

    How about a fun book, complete with software? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-images/0896892778/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_all/104-1670127-9286346
    You could also pick one project from the book and give her the supplies for it, to round out your $50.00 – or give her a book and a gift card to her favorite embroidery supply shop.

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  2. FörtyTwö says:
    June 17, 2010 at 2:30 pm

    A pair of Weiss shears is nice.
    One of those cutting wheels is also handy.

  3. gracel313 says:
    June 17, 2010 at 2:30 pm

    Go to to your mom’s favourite sewing store and explain your problem. They will probably have lots of ideas to show you. Something like a selection of threads for the embroidery machine, they might have a holiday set or something. A craft store might be a good place to get ideas too. You could always get a gift certificate from one of those places.

  4. kay says:
    June 17, 2010 at 2:30 pm

    Gift certificate for her favorite store… almost always welcome — or a gift certificate for some of the "new" threads that are available, like the shrinking thread that gives you a poufy surface texture when sewn on lightweight fabrics and washed (Viking dealers carry it — it’s Japanese and comes in a very small box), or some ofthe new embroidery threads: e.g.:
    http://www.thesewphisticatedstitcher.com/thread2.html
    http://www.redrockthreads.com/

    Or consider a book — if she doesn’t have Carol Ahles’ Fine Machine Sewing book, that’s an excellent one to push you towards more precision in sewing (and some great techniques)

    Or a subscription to a magazine like Burda or Piecework or Belle Armoire or FiberArts or Creative Machine Embroidery or Australian Stitches or…. or… or…

  5. janice says:
    June 17, 2010 at 2:30 pm

    A gift card to her favorite craft/fabric store. My family knows, that’s the perfect gift for me. I can make it last a long time, when I wait for the sales.

  6. lisa_inthehoop says:
    June 17, 2010 at 2:30 pm

    There are a lot of need gems and studs you could find for her bedazzler.

    Or what about a book that has projects and a cd with the designs she will need?

  7. lizzie says:
    June 17, 2010 at 2:30 pm

    Hi, I was just recently to ebay to the embroidery software area. You could get your mom a new software design for her embroidery machine. They have some fabulous deal there!

    Hope this helps!
    Lizzie


 
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