I’m so (or should I say “sew”) excited to announce the Little Gifts Sew Along! I’ve teamed up with 11 other bloggers to bring you 25 free sewing projects for little gifts. Each project is small enough to be a “stocking stuffer” if you’d like to get a head start on holiday crafting, or you can gift them for birthdays and other events throughout the year. And, because make alongs are more fun with prizes, we’ve teamed up with some of our favorite brands to bring you really great prizes.
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This is the main post for this sew along. Read on for more details including:
How the 2019 Little Gifts Sew Along Works,
How To Join the 2019 Little Gifts Sew Along,
2019 Little Gifts Sew Along Schedule,
2019 Little Gifts SAL End-of-SAL Giveaway Prizes, and
Enter the 2019 Little Gifts SAL End-of-SAL Giveaway.
How the 2019 Little Gifts Sew Along Works
Every other Tuesday starting on January 15, 2019, we’ll share a free sewing project for a little gift! These gifts are small enough to be “stocking stuffers” if you’d like to get a head start on holiday crafting, or you can gift them for birthdays and other events throughout the year. Each little gift will be made from 1-4 fat quarters of cotton fabric (or a yard or less of fabric, if you don’t have precut fabric on hand).
And, because sew alongs are more fun with prizes, we’ve reached out to some of our favorite companies to get some amazing end-of-SAL prizes. You can find out more about the prizes and enter for your chance to win in this blog post. Don’t forget to share a picture of each of your completed projects in this post (scroll to the end to enter) by 11:59 p.m. on January 7, 2020 to enter for your chance to win!
Like many quilters and other sewists, I already have a fat quarter stash. If you don’t yet, here are some places where you can get precut fat quarters online:
In spite of its name, the Fat Quarter Shop sells more than fat quarters, including lots of different sizes of precut fabric, as well as patterns, books, and notions. You find their fat quarter bundles here.
Fabric.com sells a wide range of fabric by the yard, precuts, and more. You can find their fat quarters here.
If you like to experiment with new fabrics that are not necessarily cotton, check out Darn Good Yarn’s Fabric of the Month Club, which includes 4 pieces of fabric (at least fat quarter sized) in each shipment. You can find my review of this subscription service here.
How To Join the 2019 Little Gifts Sew Along
You can join in by sewing the projects as you have time.
Share your progress and post pictures of your finished projects. Tag your projects and posts #sewlittlegifts and #stockingstuffersal on all social media.
If you’d like to chat with other sewists, join the Underground Crafters Facebook group.
By the end of the SAL, you’ll have up to 25 handmade gifts.
Use the button below on social media. Right click (on desktop) or tap and hold (on mobile) to save.
2019 Little Gifts Sew Along Schedule
Each participating Little Gifts Sew Along designer will create a free sewing pattern or tutorial for a little gift that can be made with with 1-4 fat quarters of cotton fabric (or a yard or less of fabric, if you don’t have precut fabric on hand). This post will be updated as each little gift project goes live.
January 1: Announcement and End-of-SAL Giveaway Information (you are here)
January 7, 2020: Deadline for entering the end-of-SAL giveaways (see below for more details and to enter).
2019 Little Gifts Sew Along End-of-SAL Giveaway Prizes
After sewing up all of these little gifts, you’d probably like something for yourself. And, make alongs are more fun with prizes, don’t you think? Some of my favorite companies agreed, and I was able to put together this end-of-SAL giveaway with fourteen amazing prizes! Read on for more details about the prizes and how to enter for your chance to win.
Baby Lock is providing one lucky winner with a Zest! The Zest is a portable sewing machine that’s just 13 pounds (just under 6 kilograms). It has 15 built-in stitches and you can use it for a variety of sewing projects on-the-go, or in a small space. Show your support by following Baby Lock on Facebook | Instagram.
Buttons Galore and More is providing one lucky winner with an assortment of buttons and embellishments. You can see some pictures of their buttons that I saw in January displayed at their booth at Creativation, the craft industry’s annual trade show. Show your support by following Buttons Galore and More on Facebook | Instagram.
Plaid is providing one lucky winner with an assortment of Fabric Creations Soft Fabric Ink, tools, and stencils valued at $50. You can see some of the Plaid goodies in my collection in the Instagram post below. Show your support by following Plaid on Facebook | Instagram.
Quilty Box, a subscription box for quilters and sewists, is providing one lucky winner with one Quilty Box. Every month, Quilty Box has a featured artist and includes a 30+ mini magazine with patterns and articles along with the other goodies inside. Show your support by following Quilty Box on Facebook | Instagram.
Continue reading to learn how to enter the giveaway for your chance to win!
Enter the 2019 Little Gifts Sew Along End-of-SAL Giveaway
This is the end-of-SAL giveaway for the 2019 Little Gifts Sew Along. The sew along and giveaway are hosted and organized by Underground Crafter.
Enter the giveaway using any of the options on the Rafflecopter widget below by 11:59 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday, January 7, 2020.
Fourteen winners will be chosen from the entries at random. Each will win one of the prizes listed above.
Winners will be contacted approximately one week after the entries close. Winners will have one week to claim their prizes. If winners do not respond within one week, prizes will be awarded to alternates.
By entering this giveaway, you are agreeing to share your contact information with Rafflecopter and/or Underground Crafter. You can read the Rafflecopter Privacy Policy here and the Underground Crafter Privacy Policy here to understand how this information is used.
The names of winners will be made available in list form by request from Underground Crafter.
This giveaway is open worldwide, except where prohibited by law.
Don’t forget to join the fun in the Underground Crafters Facebook group, too! You can share as many pictures as you like in the group, but only pictures submitted here will be entered in the giveaways.
This is such a fantastic idea! Everyone (myself included) is always rushing around last minute to make holiday gifts, so making them bit by bit throughout the year is such a good idea! 🙂 Lisa
I would like to join your sew along
I LOVE sewing. So excited about this.
I want to play too please
I love this idea!
What a fun event!!
This is such a fantastic idea! Everyone (myself included) is always rushing around last minute to make holiday gifts, so making them bit by bit throughout the year is such a good idea! 🙂 Lisa
This is such a fun idea!
I’m having so much fun making these projects and I have learned a lot. Thank you for doing this.
I’m so glad you are enjoying the sew along!