Quick and Easy Homemade Holiday Gifts Tutorials

Quick and easy homemade holiday gifts are a fantastic way to spice up holiday shopping, share your talents with friends and family, keep busy on rainy late fall weekends and often, to give amazing gifts at a fraction of the cost.

Take a look at these quick and easy homemade holiday gift ideas!  Each comes with a detailed tutorial with step by step directions, and every tutorial is completely free!

Homemade Journals

First up, for those of you who are crafty but not the sewing type, check out these composition books that have been fancified up into sweet homemade journals.  I use one for taking notes at church on Sundays (no, there’s never a test after a sermon, but I listen better if I’m jotting down notes) and another with graph paper rather than notebook paper for sketching out quilt block ideas.

Reusable Grocery Bags with Shoulder Straps

Has your city outlawed the use of plastic grocery bags while charging to use paper bags?  These reusable grocery bags are a great alternative, and highly appreciated when given as gifts.  Even my dad and brother love them, as long as they are made with sports team fabric rather than florals.  The best thing about these bags that sets them apart from others patterns/tutorials out there – shoulder straps!  You can stuff these full of all the canned goods (mmmm, homemade chili!) and they aren’t too heavy to carry because of the shoulder straps!

Throw Pillow with Homemade Pillowcases

Brighten up these long winter nights with fun and vibrant pillowcases for couch throw pillows.  Pillowcases can be made from a pieced top (like an itty bitty quilt) or from a single fabric.  Mix and match colors and prints.  Or quickly switch out holiday decorations by making pillowcases with holiday fabrics.

Potholders

While all of these gift ideas are quick and easy, these potholders are the quickest and easiest.  These are great as hostess gifts too- just add a couple of spatulas or other cooking utensils and a pretty ribbon and you’re ready to go.  I use mine all the time!

Camera Strap

Have a family member that is impossible to shop for?  Or an amateur photographer friend?  This camera strap tutorial includes directions to piece the strap from smaller scraps of fabric or to make from a single fabric, it also includes a pouch for the lens cap and is adjustable so you don’t need to guess about the preferred length.

Quilts with Flannel Backs

And, for those of you who want to give a homemade gift without doing the making yourself, check out flannel backed baby quilts and throw quilts to keep your loved ones warm and cozy all winter.

Which homemade holiday gifts are on your to-make list this year?