Some things in life never change. Moms love handmade gifts from their children. Seriously, you know your mom was happy when she displayed your artwork on the fridge door or gave your card the place of honor in the center of the mantel. Over the years, she has thrilled at the handmade efforts of her little ones and today is no different.

If you are a person who likes to create using your sewing talents, the items you will find here should set you up for creating some wonderful easy home sewn gifts for mom.

Sachets - You need two pieces of 4 inch by 4 inch square material for a basic sachet. Lay the two pieces together with right sides facing and sew all the edges together leaving a small 2 inch opening in one side. Trim your corners and seams, turn and fill with potpourri. Stitch the opening closed either by hand or machine.

You can really dress these little sachets up by adding any number of embellishments such as lace or beads. Another way to make a creative impact is to cut out different shapes and give a boxed set to mom.

Bookmarks - In order to create these you will need two pieces of 4 inch by two inch material, 12 inches of flat lace trim and a small piece of iron-on fusible interfacing.

• Cut your material and one piece of interfacing
• Apply interfacing to fabric on the wrong side
• Lay your lace around the other piece of fabric facing to the inside. Place your interfaced fabric on top of this right side down and pin in place
• Sew the two together all the way around leaving a one inch opening for turning.
• Trim your seams and turn
• Press flat with fabric turned under at opening
• Top stitch close to the edge all the way around

For those of you who do not like to sew or don't know how to sew, I am including this video of how to make sachet potpourri bags. Thought you might like to do a little creating too.

For all you sewers out there, this one can save you a bit of time.

You can find patterns for just about anything these days from accessories and purse ensembles to table linens and chair covers. The thing to do to help you decide what to make mom is think about recent shopping trips with her or conversations. Did she look at an item and then kept returning to it but didn't purchase it? This is a big clue. All you need to do is find a pattern fro the same item.

These are considered medium because they do require you to purchase a specific pattern and require a bit of extra time to assemble.

Memory quilts take a bit more time to assemble and are usually on a much larger scale than the previous items. However, they make a great gift for mom. The thing you need is to find items from you and your siblings (if you have any) childhood. You can scan pictures onto iron-on transfers to add to the quilt. Be sure to get all the grandchildren and great-grandchildren involved by having them make their own special squares that will be included in the finished design.

that mom loves you no matter what kind of gift you get her but one created and handmade will be treasured for years to come. The home sewn gift for mom whether large or small is always welcome.

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