Hi everyone,
On Friday (March 25th) we are celebrating Heidi Mittiga's 2nd anniversary with Pixie Faire by offering her new Turn Of The Century Skirt designed to fit 18 inch dolls such as American Girl®. It will be a free one-day-only special event.
More About Heidi Mittiga and Flossie Potter Designs, (in her own words): As with so many other women, my journey into sewing began with my grandmother. There was never a formal lesson; it was more like watching a musician at her craft and learning through observation. When my daughters got their American Girl dolls, I copied the outfits from the magazine. Later on I began to create my own styles and was amazed when other moms paid me to make clothes for their daughters' dolls! Now I'm a grandma, myself, and I'm interested in designing modern and historical fashions that are fun and fairly easy to sew for people of varying sewing abilities. And to honor my grandma, I put her photo on every cover.
More About The Pattern
The Turn Of The Century Skirt: This skirt is designed to fit 18 inch dolls such as American Girl® and is the sister pattern to the Turn of the Century Shirtwaists pattern. Floor length with elegant lines, the skirt has 5 sets of accordion pleats that form inverted "V" shapes, adding flowing fullness to the hemline. It was designed to fit American Girl (R), but with a small adjustment at the center back, it will also fit Journey Girl(R). The interesting design element is that the skirt is made in one piece, and only basic sewing skills are needed. If you can trace and press straight lines, you can make this skirt! The PDF sewing pattern contains 10 pages of step-by-step instructions with full-color photo illustrations, 6 pattern pieces, and 3 pages of printable summary instructions (to save on printer ink). Create a complete ensemble for strolling through the park with these other Flossie Potter patterns: Turn of the Century Shirtwaists pattern and the Simply Lace Parasol pattern.
Take a look at the pattern
We'd love to hear from you! Leave a comment below and thank Heidi!
If you make a cute outfit using this pattern be sure to share a picture using the #pixiefaire and on Instagram!
126 Comments
Thank you, everyone, for your kind comments! For those who had trouble downloading — click on the pattern picture, then click on the red box that says “Add to Cart.” A box will pop up with the option to buy the shirtwaists and parasol. If you want them, click Continue. If you don’t, then remove the number 1 in the boxes. Then click Continue. Now look up at the top right bar (where you can choose designers, dolls, etc) and you’ll see your cart. Click that, and then click Checkout. I hope you have success!
Thank you Heidi. The skirt looks very pretty, and very smart looking.
Well, I was hoping to get this pattern today, but it’s not working. I tried to get it thru Google but that didn’t work either. I’ll try again later.
I love this era, Thank you for your beautiful pattern. I have a few patterns now that I haven’t started yet, but I’m now ready. And…… now I won’t know which one to choose first! Thanks again. Warmly, Elizabeth
UPDATE – I just commented, stating that I couldn’t find the link. my. ext step was to google it – and it worked. I now have the pattern.
I googled:
pixie faire March 25 2016 free pattern