If you've ever been in a year-long Secret Pal-type swap, you've probably come up dry at times when you ran out of ideas for your quilting friend. I've put together some suggestions for quilty and non-quilty gifts to help you get over your mental 'quilt' block.

Tools of the Trade:

Applique Pins
Applique Film (like Steam-a-Seam 2)
Betweens quilting needles
Binding Clips (those silver hair clips used to hold your sewn binding in place in order to handstitch it to the back)
Coban (for wrapping around your index finger to use as a needle grabber - but buy it at the drugstore for a fraction of the quilt shop price!)
Cutting Mat (small - unless you really, really like your Secret Pal)
Embroidery Floss (for blanket stitch applique)
Glue-Baste It by Roxanne's (great for applique work)
Magnet Wand (for picking up those runaway pins before someone's foot does!)
Marking Pencils
Measuring Tape
Micron Pigma Pen
Needle Threader
Pin Cushion (handmade or otherwise)
Plastic Quilting Stencils
Rotary Blades
Rotary Cutter
Ruby Beholder (pair this up with a package of watercolor charms)
Rulers (assorted sizes, take your pick)
Safety Pins for basting
Seam Ripper (or is that just asking for an opportunity to use it?)
Sharps (for hand-piecing or applique)
Template Plastic
That Purple Thang
Thread Snips
1/4" Masking Tape
1/4" Ruler (for adding seam allowance or trimming while paperpiecing)

Sweets (chocolates or jelly beans in a mug or quilty tin)
Bath Products
CD or Tape (to listen to while using the aforementioned bath products)
Magnets
Perfume
Scented Lotion