If you are having problems trying to decide what to make, or how to go about
making it, here are some fun suggestions for a few gift giving situations:
Graduation gifts
Graduation is a special time for an up and coming adult – whether it be high
school or college. Graduates tend to receive cold hard cash, and while they
enjoy the money, it is always nice to have a few thoughtful and helpful gifts
to make their transition into the new world an easy one.
If the person is graduating from high school and is college bound, figure
out what college he or she plans on attending. Once you figure that out, you
can find the college mascot and school colors.
Once you have the school colors, you can choose from a myriad of gift ideas.
You could make a college-themed decorative pillow or quilt for the dorm room or
off campus apartment. Just pick up a generic pillow or quilt template at your
local sewing shop along with as much fabric and embroidery floss you will need.
For the pillow, you can make each side a different college color, and then
design an iron-on by downloading the mascot and printing it on special iron-on
material. Embroider around the iron-on and the seams of the pillow – you can
even get carried away and make tassels on each corner – it all depends on your
creative vision.
For the quilt, get several different fabric pieces to work with – all in
different shades and fabrics of the college colors – such as corduroy, silk,
cotton, chenille and so on. Alternate the colors and fabrics, or do a random
design. You may even be able to find the mascot printed on some fabric at a
local sewing shop – pick it up and add it to your design.
You can do this college-themed gift idea in several other options – make
mugs with the logo and color and the person’s name on the back of it, sew some
college-themed felt flags for the person’s car that they can whip out during
sporting events or find a great hooded sweatshirt and place the logo on the
front and their last name on the back.