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
One of my favorite sewing tips is to easily thread a hand sewing needle with heavy or metallic thread. Wrap a section of clear tape at the end of the thread and trim it to a point. The needle threads easily and the clear tape can be cut off. The same technique works well for threading a serger tail back through the serged seam. Also hand sewing will be easier if thread is taken from the bobbin. It’s straighter than the thread on the spool. The original curl was removed when thread was wrapped on the bobbin.
My favorite sewing tip is when making doll clothes and using velcro as closure in the back cut each side to 1/4” wide, apply thin layer of a fabric glue stick to the back side of the strip and finger press the velcro strip in place. This holds the velcro in place as you sew down each side!! Pins just do not work!!!
My favorite sewing tip or trick is using a fork to make easy, even pleats. I love the look of pleating, and the fork-trick is such a time-saver.
My favorite sewing trick or help is to keep all of my patterns nice and organized in binders—I have all of my patterns labeled and cut—I usually have at least 2 of each pattern piece in case I am preparing to cut multiple patterns. I keep all of my digital patterns on my iPad, so it’s handy to see and follow. It sure makes my sewing go a lot smoother!
My favorite sewing tip is to put a small hair scrunchy that I buy at the dollar store around my bobbins to keep the thread in place. I keep matching thread spools and bobbins in small plastic bags so I always have the spool of thread’s matching bobbin.