Welcome to DAY 11 of our 12 Days if Christmas celebration!
For our 11th Day Of Christmas giveaway, we are doing a GIVEAWAY of one $100 Fashion Fabrics Club eGift Card to one lucky winner. The gift card can be used towards any item available on the Fashion Fabrics Club website! Woot, Woot!
More about Fashion Fabrics Club: Since 1956 Fashion Fabrics Club has been connecting with Fabric Enthusiasts through our common love of fabric. Shop a great variety of fabric bolts and fabric by the yard at wholesale prices from our online fabric store. Our fabric selection includes cotton, silk, linen, wool, blends, synthetics, prints, knits, wovens, bridal & special occasion fabric, home decorating fabrics, and so much more! Always a money back guarantee!
How To Enter The Gift Card Giveaway:
It's amazing when you discover a tip or trick that helps to solve your sewing challenges, isn't it? We try to share the things we've discovered with you through free tutorials, pattern hacks, and in the Sewing With Cinnamon & Friends community! Maybe you've learned some from us, but maybe you have something that you'd love to share too!
Simply comment on this blog post finishing the following question...
“My favorite sewing tip or trick is (insert your amazing tip here) … “
Comments must be left (on this blog post) by midnight (pacific) on Monday, 1/4/2021.
One entry per person.
No purchase necessary, void where prohibited. Must be 18 or older to enter. 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 Liberty Jane Clothing and Pixie Faire.
This is part of the 12 Days of Christams annual promotion, each day from December 25th through January 5th we are going to reveal a special One Day Giveaway for One Lucky Winner! These will be short-term prizes, designed for just 1 day each. So, be sure to set your alarm, bookmark our blog, and remember to check back each day. The giveaway will begin and end at midnight pacific time each day. Don’t miss out!
The winner will be chosen randomly from the comments received and contacted through the email provided in the comment. We will post a list of all the winners in the wrap up blog post on January 6th.
Additionally, by commenting, you agree to allow us to use your comments for future promotional activities. In other words – we might quote you when we are putting together new testimonial pages. If you’re not okay with that – don’t leave a comment 
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
893 Comments
Most of my tips have already been mentioned above – great minds!! So here is my favorite sewing tip for gathering. It involves the way you pull the threads. As usual, you make two rows of basting stitches close together along the top of the item to be gathered, leaving long tails of top and bobbin thread at both ends. Then grab the two bobbin threads on one end of the item, leaving the top threads alone, and wrap them around a PENCIL. This forces you to pull both threads exactly the same amount at the same time, you just turn the pencil with one hand and move the gathers along the top of the item with your other hand. You get such nice gathering!
My favorite sewing tip that has helped me a lot is to change my sewing needle frequently. They are not that expensive and what a different it makes when you have a sharp needle. Also to iron as I go when doing the project-not only the flat fabric but the seams as well.
I iron after every step, for professional results. And I deliberately keep my ironing board across the room, to make myself get up and move often. This offsets the negative effects of sitting for long periods of time.
My favorite sewing tip or trick is how to sew a sleeve lining to a sleeve.
One of my favorite tricks is to keep a roll of painters tape in my sewing room. It makes a great temporary seam guide and is useful for labeling pattern pieces.