Homemade and Handmade Gifts

Handmade or homemade gifts carry a special kind of thoughtfulness that store-bought items often can’t match. They reflect time, effort, and care—turning simple materials into something meaningful and personal. Whether it’s a knitted scarf, a batch of cookies, or a hand-painted card, these gifts show genuine appreciation and creativity while reminding us that the best presents come from the heart.

Updated October 25, 2025
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Cute & cuddly crochet : learn to make huggable amigurumi animals
Bergstrom, Lauren
Paper Book
Crochet your own adorable, jumbo-size amigurumi animals with Cute & Cuddly Crochet, featuring 12 beginner-friendly, photo-illustrated step-by-step patterns. Author and artist Lauren Bergstrom is your guide to creating great big, huggable crochet creatures--perfect for...

746.434 Bergstrom 2023

Retro crochet style : 15 beginner-friendly patterns to create your vintage-inspired closet
Price, Savannah
Paper Book
Crochet Your Way Back in Time, Baby! Learn to create your own fabulous and one-of-a-kind wardrobe with Savannah Price's Retro Crochet Style. This book will show you, step by step, how to make the perfect sweater, skirt, pants or dress, all of which can be customized to fit...

746.434 Price 2023

Punch-needle craft : learn to punch needle with 30 contemporary step-by-step projects
Youngs, Clare
Paper Book
30 super-easy projects for beautiful and colourful homewares, accessories and gifts. Punch-needle embroidery is the perfect creative and mindful hobby, and involves punching threads into fabric to form a design. Ideal for beginners, it requires just a punch-needle pen and a...

746.44 Youngs 2024

Easy, beautiful handmade rag rugs : 12 step-by-step techniques with patterns and projects, including latch hook, braiding, and punch needle
David, Deana
Paper Book
Learn about the five different rug-making techniques - rug hooking, punch needle rugs, prodded rugs, braided rugs, and sewn rugs - and how to design and transfer your pattern, choose colors, fabrics, and materials, and even dye your supplies. A detailed and inspiring projects and patterns section is...

746.7 David 2023

Creative stained glass : 17 step-by-step projects for stunning glass art and gifts
Springael, Noor
Paper Book
A beginner friendly guide to making stained glass art using the most popular and accessible method, copper foil. The traditional art form of stained glass has become extremely popular again and this collection has everything you need to know to get started on this...

748.5 Springael 2023


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