Craft Kits and Gifts for Adults: Scope, Skill Level and Materials
A craft gift works when its skill level and scope match the maker. Here is how to choose kits and supplies that get used rather than shelved.
Author: Ruth Ellison
Ruth Ellison spent fourteen years teaching sewing and quilting at a community workshop in Ohio and later running the machine demonstration room of a fabric and notions store. She watched new makers buy machines with more stitches than they would ever use and then struggle with the basics. She writes Craft Machine HQ for makers who want to sew well, not buy the most features.
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