How many of you participate in Holiday Craft Bazaars?  Or do you have little craft / gift exchanges at work, within your family, at Church or in your neighborhood or clubs that you belong to?

With the economy / money so tight it might be difficult to run out and purchase those items for each of the gift exchanges.  I would recommend that you begin now and MAKE some gifts for the exchanges.  Patterns2Go has a huge variety of gift items that can be made (gifts for children, teens, men and women - take your pick).

Also check out PatternsThatFitYou, in the FREE patterns section, for additional ideas for gifts.

If you have a number of children (grandchildren, nieces and nephews, etc) that you need to have gifts for, you may want to check out the NurseryRoomProjects book (for babies and toddlers), SewingWithLeather book (for teens and adults), and even the LearnHowToSew book has many gift projects that can be made.

There are many sites, in addition to the ones listed above, that have a section of FREE tutorials and projects that you can look through and find dozens of gift ideas that you can make for this years' gift exchanges.

By MAKING the gifts you are spending a little time, but saving a lot of money, and you'll have a lot of people thrilled to have a special gift that YOU took the time to make for them.