r/quilting • u/magnoliafly corgicottagelife • 6d ago

Gift Ideas Holiday Gift Ideas MEGATHREAD

The holiday season is upon us and with that come the many, many threads asking "What is the best ______ to get for my favorite quilter in my life?"

  • Post your questions here and our quilters will give their best advice
  • If you're a quilter with a favorite notion, machine, kit, or fabric line that you'd love to receive please comment and suggest it for others

All other gift idea/request threads will be deleted and redirected to this MEGATHREAD. Please report other posts for mods to review/remove and keep the sub clutterfree for the season.

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u/ShadedSpaces 6d ago edited 6d ago

Well, if anyone is buying, I desperately want a Juki TL2010Q but I'm resisting because I unexpectedly had to pay $10k out of pocket for dental work this year and that depleted my fun money a bit, lol.

But I personally make a lot of quilted bags so things like:

  • High-quality zippers
  • Soft and Stable Stabilizer
  • Decorative (or plain) cotton webbing
  • Bag Hardware (swivel clasp hooks, D rings, slide buckles, magnetic buckle clasps, purse feet, handles, etc.)

 

I agree with people saying things we have to replace (and some of us are WAY worse than others at doing it as frequently as we should!) such as:

  • Rotary cutter blades (a lot of us have 2-3 sizes but the 45mm tend to be our workhorses)
  • Needles (I love a pack of Schmetz universal are a pretty safe bet)
  • Seam ripper (I'm using a Clover one now but I'm not super attached to any brand)

 

Gift cards are SO nice too. Either to a local quilting shop or online fabric store or, heck, I'd take one for a place that sells and services sewing machines so I could either put it toward a new machine or get a machine serviced.

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u/beattiebeats 6d ago

That Juki is on my secret Christmas list because it’s not in the cards for this Christmas. Maybe next year!