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
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To have two sewing machines if you are switching between threads often. My Mom gave me her old one that is heavy duty but only does straight stitches…it was really handy for making the jean jacket!
My favorite sewing tip or trick is… if you have a favorite tissue paper pattern use clear plastic that is thick enough to not be flimsy. Lay the pattern on a flat surface and place plastic on top of pattern. Use a permanent ink pen to copy the pattern, including all the darts and markings onto the plastic. Cut each piece and save for future use.
Use a tracing wheel and sewers carbon paper to transfer darts and notches.
Label all your supplies when going to a class. Return labels make an easy way to label and keep track of your tools.
My favorite tip or trick is to cut several pieces of different fabrics from each pattern piece so when I start sewing, I will be able to go easily from one outfit to the next. It helps if the different fabrics are color co-orindated so I do not have to keep changing thread colors. I also press everything and every seam as I sew which is much easier than pressing the seams of small outfits later for the finished look.
I keep a pot holder in my sewing room. I can roll up a pot holder to use as a small tailors “ham”. I insert it in small places such as a cuff or sleeve band to press it nicely. I place it under a collar to press The collar . The pot holder is soft and insulated and well suited to sewing doll clothes.