40 Easy Handmade Gifts to Sew for Women
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Handmade gifts carry a unique charm, especially when crafted with love and thoughtfulness. Whether it’s a birthday, anniversary, or the holiday season, these gift ideas to sew for women are perfect for any occasion. From cozy blankets to storage ideas and spa-day beauty accessories, each item is designed to bring joy to your loved ones.
With detailed tutorials to guide you through the sewing process, you can easily create beautiful and personalized gifts that showcase your creativity. Delight the special women in your life with these thoughtful handmade treasures that she’ll cherish all year round!
Neck and Shoulder Heating Pad
Our DIY heated neck warmer made with rice is not only easy to sew, it is inexpensive to make, as well.
This homemade heat wrap is made with our free neck wrap sewing pattern. It is large enough to wrap around the neck and over the shoulders to reduce tension and soothe sore muscles.
Flower Book Band
This pretty flower book band is perfect for book lovers! Not only is it a great way to keep your place in a book, it is also helpful in keeping cookbooks open while baking.
This is just one of our many DIY bookmarks to sew.
Reusable Makeup Remover Pads
Reusable makeup remover pads are a great way to save money and to reduce waste in your beauty routine. For a pretty gift, stack the reusable pads in a pretty jar or container.
Lavender Eye Pillow
Aromatherapy eye pillows are a great gift to make that everyone loves! These DIY lavender eye pillows can be used cold (perfect for depuffing eyes or sinus pain) or warm (great for headaches).
Fabric Gift Card Envelopes
Add a personal touch to a gift card when you make a reusable fabric gift card holder in her favorite colors!
Double Sided Blanket
This plush blanket is a perfect gift! Wrapped with a satin ribbon, this blanket looks so expensive! Only you will know that it started with curtains!
I used two curtain panels and a pre-made blanket to create a custom throw. It’s easier to make than you think!
Organizing Trays
What busy woman wouldn’t love to get more organized? These stenciled canvas nesting valet trays come in three different sizes.
Or make our easy to sew felt valet trays which are the perfect solution for organizing keys, mail, office supplies, cosmetics or jewelry.
Nail File Case
This nail file carrying case is great for women (think your mom, grandma, aunt, friend) who like to have a nail file with them in their purse.
Nail files can really scratch up anything other than your nails, so putting them in a carrying case will protect everything else in a purse or makeup bag.
Pocket Tissue Holder
If your mom or grandmother always has a pack of tissues in their purse, then this fabric travel tissue holder is perfect for them!
Pot Holder Purse Caddy
This pot holder purse caddy is perfect for keeping a purse organized! Use it for spare change, pens and pencils or even as a sewing kit.
Seed Packet Gift Holders
Gardeners love receiving seeds as a gift, but it can seem boring to give a small envelope of seeds. Our fun seed packet gift holders are a great way to make a gift of seeds seem really special.
Use felt and our free patterns to easily make these seed packet holders in 10 minutes or less.
Felt Heart with Embroidered Flowers
Our easy felt heart with flowers craft is perfect to show your wife or girlfriend that you love her! Use our free pattern to make these handmade hearts.
These felt heart softies would look wonderful arranged in a small bowl or on a tiered tray. Add a ribbon loop to hang or attach a magnet in the back and display on the refrigerator.
Reusable Tea Bags
Perfect for any woman who loves tea! Sew this muslin tea bag and give with a jar of loose leaf tea for a cozy gift.
Gift Card Holder with Snaps
There’s nothing wrong with giving a gift card to let her buy what she wants! Add a personal touch when you sew a custom gift card holder with a snap closure.
Bath Pouf
Sew a bath pouf in her favorite color and pair it with a luxurious body wash, handmade bar of soap or homemade fizzy bath salts.
Cold Weather Accessories
Our fleece neck warmer, fleece ear warmer and fleece hat with pom pom are incredibly easy to sew and make great Christmas gifts!
Stacked Hearts Bookmark
She will be reminded of how much you love her when she uses this stacked heart bookmark. It’s a perfect way to use fabric scraps!
Mushroom Pin Cushion
This cute mushroom pin cushion can be made in 30 minutes or less and adds a touch of whimsy to a sewing room!
Scrunchie
Make scrunchies in a variety of colors and patterns to match her wardrobe and favorite colors. Use one of these three scrunchie patterns:
Purse Scarf
Add some flair to a purse or tote bag with a pretty purse scarf.
Makeup Bag
Making a lined zippered pouch is easy and it is so much fun to mix and match fabrics! Pick patterns that she will love.
This cosmetic bag is a great gift on its own or pair it with new cosmetics, such as a lipstick or a bottle of perfume.
Planner Pen Pocket
If the woman in your life keeps things organized with a planner or loves to journal, then she will appreciate this pen pocket to wrap around the book. No more searching for a pen when she needs it!
Tea Cup Pin Cushion
A cute pin cushion will be much loved by any woman who likes to sew. Use a pretty coffee mug or a lovely tea cup.
Eyeglass Case
Sew an eyeglass case to protect reading glasses, sunglasses or eye glasses. Perfect to use in a purse, backpack or travel!
Felt Heart Corner Bookmark
This colorful felt heart corner bookmark is great to show your love all year round.
Use our free pattern to make this felt heart bookmark in four easy steps.
Satin Flowers
These pretty satin flowers can be made to add embellishments to store-bought gifts, such as clothing, socks, tote bags, purses or even home decor.
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