If you are starting to think about gifts for your college students this holiday season, we’ve got some great ideas for you including a basket full of snow day activities and crepe paper surprise gift balls that you can fill with gift cards and small gifts. Below, we show you how to put together a practical sewing kit gift to send that they will appreciate.
Sewing kit gift
A couple of years ago, I showed you how to make a pin cushion jar for your sewing area. With a daughter away at college, I realized this was the best gift I could send her. I filled it with simple things that she can use to mend cushions, clothing, or anything else that could tear or need repairing.
The best part is that you can customize it to your child’s skill level. If they don’t know how to sew very well, you can add mending patches, fray check, and fabric glue. If they can handle slightly more complicated tasks, such as adding elastic or mending hems, you can also include items they will need.
Sewing kit list
Here are some ideas for your sewing kit:
- Sewing needles
- Thread – customized to colors they generally wear
- Fabric adhesive
- Fray check
- Iron in hemming
- Scissors
- Safety pins
- Denim patches
- Tape measure
- Buttons – see my tip below for this
- Seam ripper
- Grommet kit
Sewing kit ideas
In order to send this jar to my daughter, I needed to replace the smaller jar with a larger one to fit everything I wanted to put into it.
Here’s a tip that will really help your kid. Add a small jar that they can put all of the spare buttons that are often attached to clothing. This way, they won’t lose those buttons and have everything on hand to replace those that fall off.
Your college kid won’t need to send things home to be mended or replace broken items with this easy-to-use sewing kit.
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