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
My favorite sewing tip or trick is the one you showed to use coffee filters to sew facings around the neckline.
My favorite trick is to serge fabric edges before sewing the pieces together. It makes it so much easier, and the end result is very professional.
My favorite sewing tip is to read all the handy tips that have been shared on this page. I have discovered many ways to improve my sewing experience. Thank you all for the tips.
A favorite sewing tip is how to create perfectly matched tiny collars.
1. Copy or transfer the collar pattern onto card stock and carefully cut it out.
2. Draw around the pattern piece on the wrong side of a block of fabric, lining it up with the grain of the fabric as indicated on the pattern.
3. Mark front and back in the seam allowance.
4. Flip the pattern to mark the other collar.
5. Do not cut until AFTER sewing.
6. Place another block of fabric underneath this block, right sides together, lining up grain lines
7. Sew along seam line using a small (2mm) stitch length.
8. Adjust needle position and sew a second row of stitches 1/8” outside the first.
9. Press to set the stitches.
10. Cut out the collar very close to second stitching line, leaving a bit of fabric at the neckline.
11. Carefully turn the collar and press again.
12. Cut along the neckline.
Voilá! Perfectly matched collars.
My favorite trick is to always double check that I’m sewing the right pieces together with the correct sides together, the sleeve in the correct position, etc. I had to do it when I started sewing and find that it pays to do it now with my shall we say—decreasing memory! lol Saves a whole lot of seam ripping and some bad words!