Welcome to Day 2 of our 12 Days Of Christmas celebration! Today we are giving away 2 dresses to one lucky winner! The 2 dresses included in this giveaway are designed to fit 18-inch dolls such as American Girl®. They are ready-made and will be shipped to you after the giveaway has ended. If you are interested in the sewing patterns for these dresses, please click the links below to learn more.
Giveaway Update: Congratulations to Teresa Bergan! You've won the beautiful dresses featured in today's giveaway, and have been contacted by email.
Bonus Fun For For Everyone! Today we are highlighting our 18-inch Doll Modern Dresses Pattern Collection at Pixie Faire. Simply add two patterns from this collection to your shopping cart, and enter discount code: DAY2BOGO in the discount box at checkout to get one of the patterns for FREE! This coupon code will be good for one day only and one use per customer, so don't miss out!
The beautifully handcrafted dresses featured are:
- A sweet floral Peyton's Pretty Dress by Laura Griffith of Love From Lola
- A chic yellow and grey Knot What I Expected Dress by Amy Walker of Seams To Streams
To enter the giveaway for the two handcrafted dresses, simply respond to this post and complete this sentence:
“My favorite sewing tip or trick is..."
Comments must be left (on this blog post) by midnight (Pacific), 12/26/2018.
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.
The winner will be chosen randomly from the comments received and contacted through the email provided in the comment.
We will choose a winner and update this post tomorrow to let everyone know who won.
Okay, good luck, and if we’ve forgotten anything we will modify and/or update this post as needed.
Happy New Year!
Cinnamon & The Liberty Jane / Pixie Faire Team
1211 Comments
My favorite sewing tip or trick is to always follow the directions.
My favorite sewing tip is to use a mini iron when making doll clothes and press, press, press! Also, use a 1/4" foot on your machine to get the seams the perfect width.
My favorite sewing tip is take your time. Iron and clip as you go. Relax and feel the creativity of your project.
My favorite tip is to hand baste and then hand sew – especially zippers and tiny small gathers on delicate fabric. By the time I do these on the machine, there is nothing left of the fabric! Practice some hand sewing stitiches – there is a couture tutorial on Pixie Faire or just google it. You will be glad you did. Long hems and lots of ruffles are great on the machine but a lot of the bodice work can be hand sewn then top stitched on the machine. I find the items fit the doll better as I try on as I go for a more tailored effect.
My favorite sewing tip is, if I’m repurposing old clothing for doll clothes is, if at all possible, use a slim hem on the repurposed item for the hem on the clothing. It saves hemming such a slim hem and I can get the doll clothing done faster.