Gifts to Sew for Girls

Coming up with inspiration for gifts for little ones can be a head scratcher! It's always handy to have a bank of ideas for gifts you can quickly sew up for loved ones. We've curated a little selection of free DIY ideas for sewing up gifts for girls from around the blogosphere and on CraftWorld!

Sew Up A Little Play Tent

DIY Play Tents are a great idea for little girls, you could sew this up with some lovely floral fabric (we're imagining a pretty liberty style fabric!), or for tom boys make it cowboy and Indian style - there are some great cowboy prints available online! We found this great tutorial here on The Feminist Housewife

My Deer Friend

The perfect gift for little ones and big kids alike, sew up this charming deer softie tonight and create custom dresses for your new friends! Click the image to find the templates for this cute creation.

Girl's Skater Dress

This girl's skater design is the perfect pop-over dress for everyday or party time! Click the image the download the templates for this adorable garment!

Girls Dress and Blouse Tutorial

These pretty dresses and blouses are from the Martha Stewart website - step by step instructions for creating these lovely gifts for a little girl.

Felt Piggy Bank

This is a great little gift to sew up for little ones, perfect for saving their tooth fairy money or a few coins! This would make a lovely stocking filler too. We found the tutorial and template over on the blog Dream a Little Bigger.

DIY Fabric Shoes!

What little girl (or parent) would fail to be impressed by a pair of beautiful hand sewn ballet shoes - this is not a free tutorial but a download from Shoeology on Etsy! We think they are stunning and would make a wonderful gift to sew up for a little girl! There are free patterns for sewing up ballet shoes available - worth searching if you do not have a budget for this fab pattern.

Penguin Puppet

How cute is this penguin puppet? This penguin pal is the perfect puppet to put a smile on kids' faces! Click to download the template from CraftWorld!

Coin Purse Tutorial

These fun little padded coin purses would be perfect for a stocking filler gift - find the free tutorial to make them here- you can adapt the shape to make them into little gadget protectors too, for iPods, phones etc, just change the dimensions and zip size.

Fabric Phone / iPod Charging Station

Lots of young girls now have gadgets that need charging, this gift would work well to accompany a lucky child was had a phone or iPod! Find the details of how to make this charging station here.

If you are after more ideas take a look through our Pinterest board which we'll be adding to with all the great ideas for gifts to sew for girls, we find!

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