Whats your favourite crafty thing to make as gifts?

[madmum]

Hi Jen ,what about wine bottle jackets?They would be really easy to make and could be personalised to suit the recipient.I love hand sewing so i make loads of scented hearts ,birds ,fish etc and attach "vintage"buttons and ribbons for a more "finished" look.

[Dave]

BTW - is that what they call a 'pillar box' hat?

you have misspelt it

is that what they call a pillox's hat

[p.penn]

H ahah!

[Mo]

The doorstop idea reminds my of things I helped my children to make.
Door snakes / draught excluders. The easy method I made for myself from an old coat with holes in at the elbows. Just rolled it up and stitched it to make a cylinder. For presents we did something similar with an old dress, made a dragon using the contrasting collar as a crest or wings or something.
We also made peg bags. A rectangle of material as wide as the smallest coat-hanger you've got, and twice as long as the depth of the bag you want. Fold it right-side-in, and seam it to make a tube, but don't sew all the way, sew a quarter, then leave a half (for your hand to take the pegs out), then sew the last bit. Then roll the tube so that the seam is about a third of the way down, iron it to open out the seam, hem the hand-hole bit and sew the side seams. Make a small hole at top for coat hanger hook, and hem it.
Turn it in the right way. Thread the hanger in.
Arty-crafty types can do fancy embroidery or applique.
It hangs up by the door, then slides along the line as you hang out the clothes (if anyone does such a frugal old-fashioned thing now.)

Can make a bigger version for dirty laundry.

[Meg]

I make cushions for presents and doorstops too If you click on my blog link below I posted a photo of my latest door stops I made last week. Cushions are usually patchwork or crocheted. The tissue cases I make on my embroidery machine have proved popular too.