I know, it’s only the beginning of October and I’m promoting making gifts already when we have 85 more days until Christmas but, trust me, you’ll be glad you started early and avoided that last minute making frenzy!
To help get you motivated, my team of talented testers, along with myself and our generous sponsors have 2 weeks worth of gift-making ideas and incredible giveaway prizes.
This is now my fourth year hosting the annual Gifting Handmade - Maker’s Showcase event. Many of the participating makers will be familiar to you, as they have generously tested patterns for me over the past several years. The event takes place on my blog, where I host weekly giveaways and share detailed recap posts. Additionally, each day during the event, on my Instagram account @sharonhollanddesigns I post the Maker Days where each team member is showcased with their gift-idea project .
To read about the previous years Gifting Handmade events, begin on the following blog posts and continue reading the next posts to view the weekly recaps - there’s a treasure trove of gifing ideas on those blog posts!
For inspiration all year round, I encourage you to follow both the Gifting Handmade Makers and the Sponsors as they all provide sewing tips, patterns, and shared love for this industry. Learn more about each of these individuals and companies by visiting their Instagram accounts:
MAKERS
Amanda Bagin of Quilts By Critter
Mallory Smith of Fieldstone Fabric
Marija Vucic of Mara Quilt Designs
Tamara Darragh of Remi Vail Studio
Joyce Ulm of Eva Mae’s Custom Quilts
Sharon Holland of Sharon Holland Designs (me)
Melissa David of Quilting Above the Clouds
Sandy Saengsuk of Thai Charm llc
Michelle Corless of Compass and Wildflower
Tracey Taber-Perry of TTAbes80
Mary Gove of The Curly Quilter
SPONSORS
Day 1 Giveaway
To jumpstart your gift making, I’ve teamed up with Art Gallery Fabrics and Aurifil Threads to give one lucky winner a Quilter’s Gift dream bundle! Keep reading to the bottom of this post for information on how to enter into this giveaway drawing.
To keep the gift-giving theme going throughout the event I host weekly giveaways right here on the blog and you’ll get a chance to be a lucky winner of amazing sponsored prizes! To start off Day 1 of Gifting Handmade we’ll have our first giveaway opportunity to win a bundle of goodies any quilter would love.
Art Gallery Fabrics
Part of the first giveaway is a 16-pc fat quarter bundle of my very popular Bookish collection for Art Gallery Fabrics. I chose Bookish because it’s been a favorite for maker’s making gifts for the book lovers on their giving list. You’ll see on Day 8 when I post my Gifting Handmade makes that I have mixed Bookish prints with my latest Midsummer collection. I love how my fabric collections can be mixed and matched to extend your Sharon Holland stash.
Aurifil Thread
For the perfect Quilter’s bundle you need fabric and thread and what prettier way to add colorful threads to your sewing than with an Aurifil Thread Set. This spring I launched my Midsummer Stitching thread set to coordinate with the new AGF Midsummer collection and it’s been a dream to sewing with the 40 weight spools and accent 12 weight spools—whether machine or hand sewing.
I want to give a big thank you to our generous sponsors! Giveaways will be held here on my blog so to enter, you need to come to my website and follow the entry directions for this first day giveaway and for each week’s recap post, there’ll be a new giveaway for that week. Note: If you are signed up for the newsletters, just replying to the email does not enter you into the drawing—you must actually come to the website (via the link in the newsletter) and leave a comment on the giveaway post.
QUILTER’S GIFT BUNDLE GIVEAWAY
GIVEAWAY NOW CLOSED
Congratulations to Erin Heinz!
*Note: This giveaway is open to US addresses only, sorry no international shipping. If you're a "no reply" or anonymous commenter, please remember to include your email address in your comment--you can't win if I can't contact you!
1. Simply leave a comment here under this post! (Counts as entry number (1) one.)
2. Leave a comment and let me know what sort of projects you like to sew for gifts. (This comment counts as entry number (2) two).
3. Be following me (Sharon) on Instagram @sharonhollanddesigns and/or be signed up for my blog post newsletters and be following Art Gallery Fabrics on Instagram and follow Aurifil Thread on Instagram (counts as entry number (3) three) —Just comment you’re following the accounts to make your third entry.
That’s up to THREE possible entries and up to three chances to win! Enter now through Monday, October 6, 2025. I’ll be drawing one lucky winner from the comments pool from this post. The winning comment will be picked at random around 4 pm Central. I’ll post the name of the winner on this post once they've been notified and have responded back to my email.
Join me on Instagram tomorrow, for Day 2, as we begin the daily postings of gifting ideas. Each day will be a new maker and a new project to inspire.