Homemade Christmas Gift Ideas with Easy Quilt Patterns

It is about time to start thinking about Christmas. This year more than others folks are going to be looking for ways to get the most out of their dollars. Check out these three homemade Christmas gift ideas that you can use with your easy quilt patterns for beautiful gifts.

1. Potholder

A potholder is a great Christmas gift when using an easy quilt pattern block as the top. I like to make use a 6.5 inch to 7.5 inch block for this project. You would just quilt and bind the potholder like a regular quilt with a few exceptions. Make sure to use 100% cotton for your quilting thread. If you use invisible thread, it will melt when handling hot pans. You will also want to use insulated batting.

2. Place mats

I made a set of four place mats and four coasters for my parents last year and they loved them! You can use the simplest of easy quilt patterns for this one – a checkerboard. What is great about this idea is that you will get plenty of practice binding quilts.

3. Tote Bag

Make it a market tote and give it folks who want to break themselves of using plastic bags at the grocery store. A quilt block can be used as decoration. If you make the bag out of novelty fabric such as Sponge Bob or Barbie, you can gift it to your favorite pre-teen as a library bag.

4. Covers for Recliner Headrests

I found out about this idea by mistake. I made my mom a mini quilt version of the larger quilt I had given her as a gift. She used it as a cover for her recliner’s headrest. It looks great. So much so that my dad rested one for the next year. You will need to make a quilt approximately 16 by 19 inches. If the intended recipient has a pair of recliners, be sure to make two.

5. Table Topper
Does anyone you know have those accent tables? Make them a table topper. Great gift. Just make sure that it matches the décor of the room.

There you have it – 5 great homemade Christmas gift ideas where you can use your easy quilt patterns. Get started on whipping these up today.

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