Hey, if you're going to spend the money and buy a gift these days, why not buy gifts that keep giving, like sewing machines? My grandmother used her sewing machine for, like, 50 years. Seriously, I think it was 50 years.
Have you noticed that clothing is getting much more expensive?
I was going to buy a pair of socks the other day but the cheapest pair was four bucks -- and that was half price! Yipes! Needless to say, I went to the dollar store and got a sewing kit instead. It took a little while, but I managed to darn all my socks. That saved me lots of money if you add it up.
Then it dawned on me: Some people actually enjoy sewing!
That is how this gift idea was born.