Make your own DIY HANDMADE HOLIDAY GIFT TUTORIALS for friends and family

DIY Handmade Holiday Gifts Tutorial

Making Handmade Holiday Gifts makes me excited for Holidays! Creating Holiday gifts with the Cricut Maker just gives a professional look and cut!

Soup Bowl Cozy – fabric sewing

Curved edges on the quilted cozy soup bowls softens their look. They are so handy to make a set and stack on top of each other.

For the free Curved Soup Bowl Cozies subscribe below! Nest together and stitch on the blue line!

Materials needed: 2 - 10 inch fabric squares AND 2 - 10 inch pieces of batting. {Use all cotton materials for a microwave safe version. Increase insulation by adding a layer of Pellon Insul-fleece available in the Stitches Quilting online store! )

Or.... have the Cricut Maker in Cricut cut out exact dimensions for you from this FREE Cricut Community file! hmmmmm... so many possibilities.

Especially fun for making a bunch of these soup bowl cosies as a DIY handmade holiday gift for neighbors, friends or family!

If you don't cut out your soup fabric bowls on the Cricut Maker then use this handy guide from a 10 inch squares of fabric!

Stitch an "X" on each 10 inch fabric square with a piece of batting behind it.
After stitching your "X" fold your fabric square in half. Using a ruler, mark two dots 1 inch from the fold and 2 inches from the top of the batting side. Draw a line meeting the two dots.
Repeat this step on all four sides of your fabric squares. This will be a stitching line to taper your bowl. Remember one inch from the fold and two inches from the top.
Stitch on the diagonal lines you drew on the batting side.
Trim the excess fabric.
Curve your square corners with a bowl to mark your stitching line. Use a bowl to trace the edges of your quilted 10 inch squares or download your pattern here!
Nest your tapered bowls together with right sides together.
Stitch on your blue curved lines with right sides together on the straight edge of the curve.
Leave a two inch opening on the "straightest" edge of the curve.
Trim the excess fabric from the blue stitching line.
Turn inside out through the opening.
Top stitch the opening closed then all the way around the top of the Hot Pad Soup Bowl Cozy
Enjoy your Rounded Soup Bowl Cozy Hot Pad with some hot soup or gift this awesome Handmade Soup Bowl Cozy!

CLICK HERE FOR THE COMPLETE Soup Bowl Hot Pad Cozy Tutorial!

Ruffled Buffalo Plaid Hot Pad Hand Mitt - Cricut Simplicity Sewing Pattern

Love the trendy ruffled edge for the wrist on this Handmade DIY Buffalo Plaid Hot Pad Gift.

Check out the Simplicity Hot Pad Pattern available in Cricut Design Space.

Buffalo Plaid Fabric can be purchased from Stitches Quilting online fabric store CLICK HERE.

EASY Square Hotpads Layered - fabric sewing

Materials Needed: Easy to make square hot pad made from 6 - 10 inch square pieces of fabric and 2 - 10 inch square pieces of batting.

Can you see the order of the fabrics laid out? Start with a white or muslin square that will not be seen. Stack your batting 10 inch layer and add a Pellon Insul-fleece Layer for heat resistance if you would like. Layer with a red square of buffalo plaid fabric and then layer 4 Folded in half 10 inch squares overlapping staggered on top with the raw edges facing outwards.

2. Let's review the top layer. Fold four 10 inch squares into a rectangle.

3. Match the two red buffalo folded 10 inch fabric squares side to side with folded edges matching each other in the center and raw edges to the outside.

4. Overlap, weave and stagger the two black and white folded 10 inch fabric squares through the red buffalo squares in a pattern like closing a cardboard box.

5. Stack all your layers in order and stitch around all four sides of the Hot Pad.

6. Peek through your four weaved top layers to turn inside out! Voila and no need to close!

Let Us Sew Wooden Snowflake - Cricut Iron On & Wood Cutting

Check out your local dollar store for raw wooden items to paint. This wooden snowflake is easy to cut out with your Cricut Maker and the knife blade. Quickly access this Cricut black iron-on cut file for free in the Cricut Community Design Space! I love using iron-on with my wood projects! It looks seamless and beyond professional! Wouldn't a "sewy or quilty" friend love this snowflake?

I love using the Cricut Easy Press 2 when ironing on the wood as I can select the perfect temperature and time! Click here to access the online Cricut Interactive Guide to determine the perfect temperature and time to apply your iron on.

Farmhouse Christmas Canning Jar - vinyl

The "Farmhouse Christmas" vinyl cut file is free with Cricut Design Space Access Account. The white vinyl is striking against this homemade canned jar of salsa. Talk about the perfect holiday gift to crack open and smell garden grown tomatoes! The canning jar buffalo plaid fabric accents the charm perfectly. You can cut out all your fabric circles on a Cricut Maker with the Rotary Cutting Blade.

Compare the two photos above! The white vinyl just pops the charm on this DIY Handmade Holiday Gift. I cut the white vinyl and used clear transfer tape to apply the vinyl on the glass jar.

Tree Ball Jar Sipping Cup - vinyl

Apply green Christmas Tree vinyl on a clear ball jar with a striped straw for some extra holiday fun!

Fabric Gift Baskets - fabric sewing

Did you know Cricut Design Space has preloaded Simplicity sewing patterns? The complete instructions for the pattern are loaded for you to access digitally or print off for convenience. These fabric baskets are made by cutting out rectangular squares of fabric and medium weight stabilizer on the Cricut Maker with your rotary blade.

After stitching these together, it felt awesome to add the black metal grommets with a little bit of hammering. The beauty of these fabric baskets is that you use the metal grommets to fold the baskets outwards to make a larger box or inwards for a smaller box. Happy boxing baskets!

Farmhouse Holiday Tee Towels - iron on

I love the variety of tee towels you can find nowadays! It is as slick as can be to cut out with gold an iron on pine cone element for a holiday accent. The pinecone is available for free in the Cricut Design Space Access Account.

The pick up truck silhouette is available in Cricut Community to access here! I drove them in a row and applied them on the tee towel with the Cricut Easy Press 2 using the perfect time and temperature settings.

Printed Iron On sheets are fun to use for DIY Handmade Holiday Gifts! I love the variety of printed iron on materials available at my local craft store on online purchase.

Using the Cricut Easy Press Interactive Quick Reference Guide online, I ironed on the Gold Pine Cone at 340 degrees for 30 seconds in the cricut Easy Press Mat. It felt like precision with a polished finished gift!

Holly Jolly Classic Mugs - vinyl

There is nothing as classy as some Holly Jolly goodness on these dollar store mugs. The simple black and white is very trendy

Cut out the vinyl on your Cricut and apply with ease to your mugs using transfer tape!

Farmhouse Sew Wooden Signage - iron on knife blade wood

The Cricut Design Space Community file is available here! I LOVE the combination of materials here with the wood and metal. The buffalo plaid printed iron on rocks this sign!

Cutting out the wooden sewing machine using your Knife Blade with the Cricut Maker is phenomenal! I used the same digital file to cut out the iron on!

Embroidery Hoop Decor - iron on project

Embroidery Hoop Decor is all the rage now! Red plaid Buffalo fabric makes this project sing with your favorite images to cut out! But imagine the possibilities of all sizes for wall decor to Christmas tree ornaments!

Holiday Quilted Throw Pillow - Sewing Fabric

A quilted holiday pillow is lots of fun with the Christmas fabrics from Stitches Quilting! Simple is classy and clean with 16 - 5 inch squares sewn together. The red quilted stitching a half inch from the seams makes all the difference with this snuggly pillow. Want to make handmade pom poms that fit perfectly for your project? Be sure to sign up for the Stitches Quilting newsletter to get our next published post with all the details.

Learn how to make this Quilted Tribal Holiday Throw HERE!

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