Gift Idea / Free Pattern Download from Weekend Sewing

Of all the simpler projects in Weekend Sewing, the Quick Gardening Gloves are my favorite. The idea for this project actually came from Melanie, whose little garden gets a little more productive every year. When I was invited to appear on The Martha Stewart Show, I made Martha herself a pair of these gloves, using Liberty of London cotton jersey, available at B&J Fabrics here in New York and online.

Pair these gloves with a gardening tool, packet of seeds, and pretty little tag, and you have a very sweet and very simple little gift. I chose strawberries (natch) but the possibilities are endless. You can download the instructions here, along with some little gift tags ( I finally found a home for my little crickets!) to print.

Download the project and printable git tags here.

Oh, and speaking of beautful seed packets, take a look at this gallery. And have a look at these lovelies... maybe not the most seasonally appropriate, but gorgeous, yes?

squash seed packet, naturehills.combeets seed packet, naturehills.comsweet baby blues, naturehills.com

Comments

[Rebecca]

I still love those crickets so much! And I also have some of that silicone dip stuff, so I'm going to make these gloves and give the palms a little coating. Thanks for sharing all your wonderful ideas!

[elaine]

What an awesome gift idea! And I bet my kids would love their own custom gardening gloves.

[Karen]

These are genius. My sister has a 2000 sq ft organic garden complete with egg laying chickens in her back yard. No, I'm not kidding. I'm totally making this little pot o' treats. Thanks for the idea.

[April]

Hi, Heather! This is brilliant! THIS is what I should have made for myself in Vermont - I like that I can make them for any size, including maybe a matching pair for my daughter.

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Such a original idea. I hope i won't spread it too fast in order to take advantage of this as much as possible.

[Jaques]

I am from Rennes, France and here we have this tradition to offer to the new neighbours such gifts. I am happy to see that this tradition got across the sea. Here it''s a bit diffrent. You have to offer something from your garden+fruits+grapes (in autumn ).

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[Carrie]

I LOVE this! Such a great idea! I can't wait to try it. I featured this on my blog at http://whittskitsfabricscrafts.blogspot.com/2013/04/find-it-for-free-lets-hit-garden.html
Thanks,
Carrie