Welcome to DAY 10 of our 12 Days of Christmas celebration!
For our 10th Day Of Christmas giveaway, we are doing a GIVEAWAY of one $100 Pixie Faire Gift Card to one lucky winner. The gift card can be used towards any item available on the Pixie Faire website. Woot, Woot!
Maybe you'll use your gift card to buy a new pattern to use to practice a new sewing skill! Need some ideas? The Sewing Techniques collection of courses available in Sewing With Cinnamon span from basic beginner level tutorials and projects to more advanced skills designed to challenge you!
Wondering what types of technique tutorials are included?
Hand Sewing Mastery includes basic skills with a demonstration for sewing snaps under buttons which can be used with so many pattern found at Pixie Faire!
Here's a peek at that video:
Lace Applique demonstrated on the Starlight Gala pattern and the Aviator Jacket pattern
Basic Hand Embroidery with demonstrations to add something special to a pair of jeans!
Smocking for dolls done by hand using the Katya pattern.
Hemming Techniques with an emphasis on using decorative stitches demonstrated on the Jeans, Lace Overlay Top, Spring Dirndl, and Open Pelisse & Regency Dress patterns.
Creating pleats with demonstrations using the Plated Skirt and Cosplay Day Dress patterns.
Creating pintucks with demonstrations using the Boomerit Falls Dress pattern.
and so much more...
There are so many technique based video tutorials available in Sewing With Cinnamon and the streaming platform make it so easy to watch at any time from anywhere! Look for us on Roku and watch anytime on your TV!
ENTER TO WIN A $100 Pixie Faire Gift Card!
Toenter this week's contest, simply click the link below and then enter through the giveaway widget at the bottom of the blog post, there are many things you can do to earn multiple entry points!
Contest Details: You enter through the entry form that is embedded on this page and appears just below this paragraph, if you don't see it, be sure to visit the page from your desktop or an alternate browser such as Google Chrome. It may not appear on all mobile devices. The complete rules and entry details appear on the entry form. This is not a comment contest - in other words, leaving a comment on the bottom of this page is not an official entry method. The only required entry method is to leave a comment under this post and then confirm that you did it in the contest widget. One person will receive the gift card. You can enter once, or gain multiple entries by completing the other entry methods and increase your chances of winning. Please review all Terms and Conditions on the giveaway page before entering. While we wish we could run this contest everywhere, for legal reasons it is only open to eligible residents of the U.S. and Canada, not including Rhode Island. This contest is exclusively endorsed by Pixie Faire and Sewing With Cinnamon.
Commenting below and confirming your entry in the widget above gives you one entry method, the other methods are listed in the widget above, be sure to enter in as many ways as you can to receive the maximum amount of entries to win the prize!
Entry method #1, comment on this blog post finishing the following sentence…
“My biggest sewing challenge is ________.” Tell us why :)
Comments must be left (on this blog post) by midnight (pacific) on Tuesday, 1/3/2023.
The widget will be updated the following day with the first name of the winner. The winner will be contacted at the email provided when entering.
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Okay, good luck, and if we’ve forgotten anything we will modify and/or update this post as needed.
We hope you enjoy our 12 Days Of Christmas Celebration. We are incredibly grateful for your ongoing support and wish you a happy holiday season, and a terrific new year!
Happy New Year!
Cinnamon & Pixie Faire Team
96 Comments
K. C. Jackson
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is keeping my sewing area tidy. I finally get the room straightened up but it only lasts until my next project. I cannot seem to make myself take the time to put things back where they go. When I do that, it seems like I just have to get the item back out because I still need it.
Debby B
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenges is deciding what I want to make next.
Rhonda
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is not knowing what I’m doing.
Carol
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding time to sew everything I want to make.
Debbie Trapp
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge currently is time.
Bonnie
January 03, 2023
…sticking to and finishing a frustrating and difficult pattern.
Gail Grafford Canty
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is hand work because I have Rheumatoid Arthritis in my hands
Sonja
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is actually doing the finish work on a garment. I always leave the buttons, snaps, velcro, etc. until I have numerous garments to finish.
Kim
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is sewing on zippers. Even using hacks to make it easier, I still sew them crooked.
Kathy
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge right now is scaling doll patterns down for small ball jointed dolls. The whole ball jointed doll world is not easy to understand sizes between dolls……. but I am making body size charts for the ones I have and trying to get a set of patterns for each of them – - trying!!
Ellen Ludington
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is selecting the correct fabrics and colors for my projects.
Lynn Acheson
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is hemming and sewing sheer fabrics. I usually end up having to tack them, as even doing a narrow hem on my overlocker doesn’t work as the stitching falls off.
Ruth
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is cleaning up before I have to start my next project.
Elaine R
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is figuring what to do next and finishing it.
Lauren
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is closures. I hate sewing in zippers, and Velcro gets caught in hair so easily. Thanks for the button on snap tutorial. That solves most of my problems.
S
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is making button holes. My sewing machine and I always have a difference of opinion when it comes to making them.
Susi
January 03, 2023
“My biggest sewing challenge is finding tiny embroidery designs for embellishments.
Patricia
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is sewing around small curves, such as a little collar.
Joan Larson
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is dealing with a recent diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis in my dominant hand-hand sewing is painful!
Christine
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding the time to complete all the projects that I want to do. Have so many and I want to do them all at once.
Sophie T
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is top stitching. It’s never straight enough, especially on small pieces like doll jeans and jackets.
Jane
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding fabric to scale for 18inch dolls.
Anita Derringer
January 03, 2023
“My biggest sewing challenge is finding time to make everything I want to make!”
Lynn F
January 03, 2023
It’s the fabric! Denim is tough with multiple layers. Sheer fabrics are a particular challenge.
Mary
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is deciding which project to do next.
Mary Ann Barrett
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding the right fabric print that will make my dolls look their best.
Sheilah
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding time to try all the ideas I have in my head! Haha
Lorraine M
January 03, 2023
My challenge is finding the time to sew!
Janet Fenton
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is hand sewing
Mary L
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is finishing seams. I just recently returned to sewing so my skills are a bit rusty. I find giving these tiny seams a finished look difficult.
Lisa Abney
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is working with slippery fancy fabrics … and choosing the right ones for the project!
Meg
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding the time to sew. So many other priorities.
Lois
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is making buttonholes that look good!
Pamela
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is pattern alterations. I sew for Barbie dolls, but I often use patterns designed for other doll sizes that don’t match Barbies (ex: 18" American Girl dolls or Takara Jenny fashion dolls) because I can’t find Barbie patterns for the types of clothing I want to make (historical or traditional ethnic clothing). I find alterations challenging because the dolls I listed have different body proportions as well as different heights, so my alterations require adjusting the pattern width and contours as well as length.
Pamela
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is pattern alterations. I sew for Barbie dolls, but I often use patterns designed for other doll sizes that don’t match Barbies (ex: 18" American Girl dolls or Takara Jenny fashion dolls) because I can’t find Barbie patterns for the types of clothing I want to make (historical or traditional ethnic clothing). I find alterations challenging because the dolls I listed have different body proportions as well as different heights, so my alterations require adjusting the pattern width and contours as well as length.
Kim
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is learning to sew different fabrics
Flora
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is getting out of my comfort zone and trying new patterns and techniques.
Sally
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is finding someone who wants the doll clothes I make!
Deb
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is hand sewing. I don’t like to do it so I try to use my machine for most everything. My hand sewing looks messy and my thread knots and loops.
Dorothy
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge’s are inserting zippers and be sewing on sequined fabric.
Regan
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is sewing buttonholes on my machine.
Joy
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is sewing slippery fabrics
Faith
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding the time to sew. Life pulls me in lots of different directions.
Zoe T.
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is not getting discouraged when something seems too hard.
Frances Buchan
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is deciding on the colour and design of my fabric choices. I agonize over whether or not this and this looks okay even though my preference is that they look great!!!
michelle
January 03, 2023
my biggest sewing challenge is comfort as i get older …..i cant physically do the all day sewing marathons i could do when i was younger.the second challenge is organisation.
Sharon
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is time! Finding the time to sew!
Charmin Kelly
January 03, 2023
I struggle with hand sewing closures.
Donna James
January 03, 2023
FINDING ALONE TIME.
Kay Gee
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finishing what I start.
Ginger
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is sometimes finishing a project before starting a project.
Nancy R
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is how to be sure the finished product will fit the doll it’s made for. All my Darlings’ have different 18 inch dolls from different years. I can’t afford to buy them all for sizing nor have got lucky enough to find them at thrift stores….sigh.
Audrey Stewart
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is putting in zippers.
Linda Potts
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is getting in the mood to sew
T
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is what to do with leftover fabric. I hate to discard the leftovers and it is so hard to decide what to keep, what to toss, and how to store or use again what I do keep. Really makes my sewing room a mess!
Sharon L.
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding the time and not organized and can’t seem to find what I want. After I do find what I have spent an hour or more gathering up everything, I am too tired to continue until I rest.
Corinne Janes
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is sewing zippers in doll clothing… Sewing them on such a small item is awkward for me. Pinning etc. is challenging when sewing with zippers.
Anne Marie
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is getting clothing to fit exactly the way I want them to fit! It is hard with real tiny dolls – patience is the answer.
Allison C
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge(s) are: 1) sewing closures—Velcro, snaps, etc are all so tiny and fiddley that I get frustrated, 2) good lighting, and 3) patience.
Judy
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is figuring out how to use sewing feet that I dont use often
Donna
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is sewing with chiffons, silks, etc.
Donna
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is sewing with chiffons, silks, etc.
Louise
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding the time. I only get about one hr to sew a night after kids are in bed. And most of the time I am already too tired.
Kimberly Chidsey
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenges are buttonholes and zippers.
Debbie
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is sewing with chiffon and knit fabrics.
Marlene
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding appropriate fabrics for my projects. Some are just no longer available.
Deborah D
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is sewing button holes. I have trouble with the spacing.
Jennifer
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is completing a project, I will find a challenging part within a pattern and then have no idea how to do it. I will put it down and not come back to it. I am the queen of unfinished projects! To get my mind off of the “issue” I will start another project!! Lol. Then of course life gets into the way and the project is forgotten about and sits.
Terri
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding the time.
Bonnie
January 03, 2023
my biggest sewing challenge is sewing with silks & delicate fabrics
Brenda
January 03, 2023
My challenge is to match up fabric with patterns. Someone gifted me a huge collection of fabrics and I am slowly working them down. But I am having a good time doing it.
Cindy
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is sewing with light weight knits. They tend to curl even after I press the fabric and they can become difficult to handle.
Sue S
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finishing my projects. I’m the best procrastinator!
ES
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is staying focused….. I have over a dozen half completed projects, and dozens more fabric pieces that I acquired for a specific project that was never started. :/
Judy
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is being able to sew knit materials. My sewing machine doesn’t cooperate at all.
Barbara S.
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is getting the cat to let me have a few minutes to myself to sew without her coming to complain that Grandma left her all alone… Spoiled, yeah!!
brenda
January 03, 2023
my biggest challenge is fitting the gathered item to look right to me.
Anja
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is putting in zippers.
Linda S
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is hand sewing. Arthritis in my hands limits limits how much I can do.
Cecilia
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is deciding on what fabrics go together when stating a project. I am not colors wise inclined to pair them together and make it look good and I don’t use zippers a lot so I struggle with them.
Marrigje Barnard
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding time to make my projects, and soon enough before I thought of a new project I want to make.
Donna
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is modifying patterns to fit me.
Gail
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is finding the time to sew.
Els
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is grading sizes when sewing for myself
Fran Bott
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is dealing with the chronic pain I have. I have to stop so many times to relax and it takes forever to finish aproject.
Charlene
January 03, 2023
putting in zippers
Elizabeth
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is Time….
Kathy
January 03, 2023
I think my biggest sewing challenge is iron on interfacing. Sometimes perfect, sometimes bubbled, sometimes not sticking at all. Mastering it would be awesome
Cyndi
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is zippers.They just never seem to turn out right. Usually one side is wider than other.
Katrina Ahia
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding the time to sew.
Sara Denluck
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is hand sewing, due to arthritis in my hands.
Barb
January 03, 2023
My biggest problem is deciding on the best organizational approach. I keep going back and forth trying to determine the ultimate system.
Barb
January 03, 2023
My biggest problem is deciding on the best organizational approach. I keep going back and forth trying to determine the ultimate system.
Barb
January 03, 2023
My biggest problem is deciding on the best organizational approach. I keep going back and forth trying to determine the ultimate system.
Linda
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is working with small seams and getting them neat and tidy looking
Denise Amrich
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is gathering and setting in sleeves. I kinda don’t like doing either one of those. Sleeves are the worst, LOL.
K. C. Jackson
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is keeping my sewing area tidy. I finally get the room straightened up but it only lasts until my next project. I cannot seem to make myself take the time to put things back where they go. When I do that, it seems like I just have to get the item back out because I still need it.