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
100 Comments
Mary
January 03, 2023
my biggest challenge is finding time to be able to sew
Carla
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding uninterrupted blocks so of time so I can really get into the project. Stopping and starting is frustrating.
Renee B
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is making time to sew and enough hours in the day to sew and create mini accessories to go with the doll outfit or scene I’m trying to make. I thought I would have more time to sew when my kids became adults, but not so much!
Helene
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is sewing without back and shoulder pain.
Nancy K
January 03, 2023
Biggest sewing challenges are knits, stretchy material and learning how to use my new serger. They intimidate me!
Joyce
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is getting started. I’ve been sewing since I was a teenager and at one time I made (and sold a few) cloth dolls. I collect dolls and I want to make clothes for them and my granddaughters again.
Kathy
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is finding the fabric for to make those dresses etc it hard to shop on internet for fabric that why I love pixie packs to add to my fabric stash and other challenge is finding the time to sew
Patricia
January 03, 2023
“My biggest sewing challenge is making tiny, even stitches because I have arthritis in my hands and fingers and my fingers are big and clumsy. I try to go slow but it doesn’t seem to help much.”
Rachel
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is the alteration to fit myself the way I want. So many little tweaks it feels a little overwhelming.
Michelle Wetzel
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is gussets. It doesn’t matter if doll clothes or people clothes, I can’t seem to get them to look nice.
Elsa Cumming
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is a combined issue….. finding time to sew in general and finding time to practice my sewing skills.
Carol L
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is getting started. I lack confidence that I that I will be pleased with he final result.
Kel
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is putting everything away after I have a whirlwind of projects! I’d love to sew regularly, but tend to get a single large chunk of time over a few weeks, and it’s not as fun to put everything back as to take it out :)
Linda N
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is keeping my sewing room neat and things put away after a project.
Sherri K
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is finding the time to sew. It’s hard to put everything else aside and sit down and sew. Waiting to retire when my days will be less busy and I have more time to sew!! Just have to wait 8 more months!
Holly
January 03, 2023
Buttonholes and zippers are my biggest challenges
Sheila
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is getting up the sewing mojo especially in the winter, I feel so lazy no motivation to get er done especially when friends give me alterations to do not fun stuff like sewing for dolls
Pat Brownfield
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge if finding the energy. I have a chronic illness that saps my energy. Directly related to sewing, my biggest challenge is mastering my new serger…it frightens me a bit.
Jackie Smith
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is to enjoy and complete a project that pleases myself..I’m so picky it has to please me first. I love the PIXIEFAIRE patterns.
Lezlie
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is making time for what I want to sew, not just for alterations & projects for others. Over the yrs, I have many many PF patterns & only made a fraction of them so far. I have a home studio/dedicated rooms for my work, so space isn’t a major issue. I suppose tiny buttonholes are a challenge- along with slippery knit spandex Cosplay fabrics & hemming organza in curvy angel wing shapes. You’d think after 56+ yrs I wouldn’t have many challenges….. Thank you for your yearly sweepstakes.
Jocelyn
January 03, 2023
Finding some coordinating fabrics that I like.
Mae Lynn Beck
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is making buttonholes on doll clothes. My buttonhole messes up when I get close to the edge or a seam.
Marjorie Brown
January 03, 2023
Sewing tiny areas my sewing foot hinders
Charlene
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is altering patterns for the different size dolls I sew for. I’m on a fixed income and buying patterns at $5.00 a pop and more isn’t in my budget.
Karen L
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is smocking for doll clothes
KatieQ
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is where tiny seams meet in corners. This is particularly true of the fronts of jackets or blouses. Areas where multiple seam meet such as underarm or crotch seams.
Sandy
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge finishing the total look. (Hat, shoes, necklace, purse, etc.)
Judy
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is finding time to sew all the projects that are swirling in my mind.
Kathy
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is being able to sit very long without pain in my hips/legs. My husband made me a tall table to put my sewing machine on so I could stand and sew to keep the pressure off my hips. The tall table helps a lot but I do get tired standing and sewing for very long. Sewing is what I like to do, so I stand and sew as much as I can!
Leah
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding and/or MAKING time to do what I love!!
Linda
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is to make button holes on these small outfits I make for my granddaughter’s.
L H
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is remembering to enjoy it as I’m sewing, instead of just wanting to check off another thing to do.
Anneoriginal
January 03, 2023
I have 2 big challenges to my sewing; Parkinson’s Disease and Space to work.
Sue L
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is space to lay out my project and sew.
My machine sets on a small desk in the corner of a small bedroom. My sewing tools are also on the desk and my space is only a few inches on the back 3-4 inches in front and about 6 inches on the left.
Heidi
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is time.
Krynne
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is trying to design the outfit I see in my head! I can happily follow a pattern already created, but when it comes to making my own from the top of my head it is very hard to figure out.
Bev
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is procrastination.
Laura
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge right now is that every project is hand sewn due to a lack of room for a machine.
Bev
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is very slippery stretchy fabrics.
Ann
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is working with specialty fabrics. They are hard to cut out and they slip and slide as you sew.
Ann
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is making closures look nice – especially on small doll clothes.
Melissa
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is space. When I sew, the machine has to sit on the dining room table.
Joy
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is knit fabric and ruffles or gathers. Knits are sometimes stubborn without a walking foot. I prefer my standard sewing foot for ease of measuring seam allowances. As for ruffles and gathers, I just don’t enjoy making them. They are adorable though.
Linda
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is being able to make all the outfits that are in my mind.
Pat
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is, right now, is getting my sewing mojo back. It’s slowly shining again.
Susan Biles
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is zippers.
Maurine
January 03, 2023
my biggest challenge is finding time to do all the sewing that I would love to do. I start off with great intentions but get distracted with day to day life and realize at the end of the day that another day has gone by without me getting to do what I love.
Shirley Camidge
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is stretch fabrics.
Linda E
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is sewing on super stretchy material-I many times find myself taking out the stitches I put in and it is very frustrating!
Feriba
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is keeping my sewing area from turning in to crazy town
Marilu
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is sewing with those slippery fabrics
joan
January 03, 2023
my biggest sewing challenge is zippers because I’m afraid of them.
Larie Chandler
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is hand stitching with my arthritic fingers.
Amy T.
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding time to sew the items I would like to (or intend to) sew. I have a lot of unused patterns and pieces of material.
Kay
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is zippers!
:Darlys
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is my mind works faster than my hands. I get so many ideas in my head and I just can’t create and sew fast enough! 🤪
Claudia
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is to choose what I’m going to make, then what material to use for the pattern
Rose Ann
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is doing topstitching, especially on small garments. and small pieces. I cannot keep the stitching straight or evenly spaced to look appropriate for the garment.
Maureen
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is smocking on small doll clothes!
Tamara
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenges seem rooted in the pandemic. My daughter has made herself comfortable in my sewing room and I seem to have lost my creative inspiration.
Sue
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is invisible zippers, just the thought of them sends me running!
Joy
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is sewing on snaps. I have snapaphobia.
Monika
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is having more fabric and ideas than time!!
Betty
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is wanting to sew way more than humanly possible.
Beatrice Martin
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is organizing fabrics…
Gara
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is learning to use all of the tools that my machine offers in order to create. I am self-taught, and tend to only use what I have had success with, rather than learn new skills. I would love to play with new fabrics and sewing feet!
Helena
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is working with ultra fine slippery fabrics like chiffon or organza. I have problems with finishing their edges.
Clarissa
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge now is aging. I have plenty of time to sew, but slowly failing eyesight and joints that don’t work as well prevent me from spending as long as I’d like sitting in one spot and sewing.
Mary
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is like so many others, Time! But I have trouble putting in zippers. Some times I opt for velcro rather than a zipper.
Linda Fogt
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is sewing the little tiny hidden stitches for all the doll clothes and other hand sewing I do, with arthritis setting in .
Becky
January 03, 2023
Working with tulle and fine fabrics is a challenge.
Joan
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge involves tiny seams versus my sewing machine.
Mary Ann
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is choosing the right fabric for a pattern and finding time to sew
Lynne Thompson
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is staying focussed on the project I am working on. I am usualy busy in my head thinking about what I will make next.
Laura O
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is knit fabrics.
mary
January 03, 2023
OH boy, would I love to win this card to take a class! My biggest sewing challenge is working with the ball gown fabrics!
Marlene
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is organization. I waste a lot of time looking for something I know I have!
Cynthia
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is making tiny buttonholes.
geri
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenges are finding room to sew, and using a sad iron.
Sylvia Burton
January 03, 2023
hand sewing
Tanya
January 03, 2023
Linings! Linings with sleeves. I have the hardest time getting the lining to lay flat and look neat AND getting the garment not to look frumpy! There must be a trick or two to do it!!!!
Rita C
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is to sew for different size dolls than the 18 inch doll!!
With an Etsy shop, I get that request a lot!!
It makes me terribly uncomfortable!!!
Connie Grandon
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding enough time to finish the projects I have started
Cathy M
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is my serger. There are so many variables, I don’t have enough memory to retain them all.
Stella Brown Wear
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is making a doll outfit that someone wants to buy. I spend lots of time and think it is great, but it does not sell. I provide items for a store my granddaughters run.
BrendaK
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding the time for both house work and sewing. My preference is definitely sewing so I ignore a lot of chores around my house.
Sherry
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is buttonholes. They only come out correctly about half the time.
Lisa
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is sewing small diameter items such as sleeves or cuffs as the arm of my machine is too large in some cases.
Dori Bockbrader
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is using my surger—I’m a little intimidated so it’s just sitting here.
Melissa
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding time to sew.
Cynthia C
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is spending a lot of time on a project only to find it is not flattering to wear. It’s more of a frustration than a challenge.
Heather
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is organizing my space!
Norma Middendorf
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenges are buttonholes and keeping my sewing area uncluttered.
Rebecca
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding the time to do all the sewing I want. I’m still working full-time so it limits my sewing time. Also, due to where I live, finding the right fabrics & trims (scale and fiber content) is a bit of a challenge.
Mary
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is finding time to sew the fun things, like doll clothes.
Mary
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is finding time to sew the fun things, like doll clothes.
Sandy
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finishing a project. As I get older, it takes me longer…but it does get done.
Diane Goff
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is troubleshooting. As long as things are going well, I progress, but if a seam jams into the feed-dogs or the curve doesn’t lay flat and smooth as it should, I tend to lose interest and procrastinate.
Heidi Brown
January 03, 2023
My biggest challenge is making sewing my first priority!
Patti Z
January 03, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is determining what material to use for any given project I want to make that would make it an item people love. The fabrics I think would look good on any particular sewing project is usually not what everyone else would have chosen.
Mary
January 03, 2023
my biggest challenge is finding time to be able to sew