Sunday, October 16, 2011

Handmade Christmas Gift Ideas - No Sew Boa

Tonight's tute for a no-sew boa came to my attention in a roundabout way. My daily CraftGossip e-newsletter mentioned the TrainToCrazy blog which featured this post by Jessica who has her own blog, MeSewCrazy. This is all part of my ongoing series (9/21-12/24) of easy handmade Christmas projects.

This beautiful boa is meant for a little girl's dress-up fun, but frankly, I don't see why we can't make them for any female on our holiday gift list. The only thing we'd need to change might be the length, and therefore, the amount of yard goods required.

Jessica gives excellent instructions for making this feminine wrap, and you can get them at this link. The photo above is from her guest post on TrainToCrazy.

What I love is that there is absolutely no sewing required. I also love that even a clumsy cutter, like me, can't manage to mess this up in any way. I will have such fun picking out fabrics for some of the ladies on my list. And, yes, even for the little gals as well.

This is also an excellent way to recycle lots of those fabric scraps. Combining scraps of similar colorways would work very well.
For other projects in my series, just look along the right sidebar for the label "Christmas Gift Projects." I hope to post only tips that do not require knitting, crocheting, machine sewing, tatting, embroidery, or any other skilled technique.

This is probably one of the prettiest gifts I've featured in this series. It is so easy it can be completed, I'm sure, in an evening. This makes it a fast project for unexpected giving.

Don't forget to enter my giveaway (deadline Oct 31) for $25 in handcrafted merchandise from my Etsy store.

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