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
Gathering: I zigzag over a piece of string. Also, I mark at 1/4 , 1/2, 3/4 of the gathered length and make each section evenly gathered . Pin and sew then remove the string
My favorite sewing tip is to measure before cutting. When I sew for dolls, I measure the pattern against the doll’s measurements to try and assure the garment will fit. If I assume the pattern will fit a doll just because she is a certain height, I’m bound to be disappointed sometimes. I measure the dolls the same way I would measure a human being. That would include the bust, waist, hips, arm cap, back and front upper chest, measure around the arm above the elbow, measure the wrist, measure the inseams, measure from neck to waist. It’s a process that I’ve been doing for years to try and avoid issues when sewing. Thanks for this opportunity.
My favorite sewing tip or trick is “all of them”! I have found by trial and error that it is easier to read the instructions a few times before starting a pattern as well as ways to gather, embelish and use/save fabric!
My favorite tip or advice is to relax and enjoy sewing, it’s therapeutic, calming and you’ll not tire of it if you just have fun and sew. I worked in customer service for over 25 years, the saddest thing I used to hear was when people had to “ downsize”, their sewing was the first thing to go, NO way, sewing will keep you going, how else will you use your stash!
My favorite sewing trick is to organize each pattern in a 9″×12″ envelope. I open up the original envelope (if purchased from Joann’s) or print an extra copy of the title page (if an online pattern) and glue it onto the outside of the envelope. All pattern pieces fit inside. If it is a doll dress, my cut-out fabric pieces and notions fit inside the envelope, too!
Finally, if I am re-stuffing the small envelope of an original pattern (purchased from Joann’s) and the pieces won’t fit…I fold the pieces in a pile to the size I need them, and I iron the pieces. They slip right into the envelope then!