Welcome to the Day 3 of the 12 Days of Christmas Celebration! Today we are giving away 3 Party Dresses to 1 lucky winner! The 3 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 Linda S! You've won the set of party dresses and have been contacted through email.
These beautifully handcrafted dresses featured are:
- A black velvet Spring Fling Dress by Edith Sheluga of Di's Dolly Designs with adorable Crocheted Christmas Stocking from Melinda's Closet Finds
- A blue 5th Avenue Promenade Dress, shoes and hair accessory by Jennifer Serr of Bonjour Teaspoon
- A sparkly white Aspen Party Dress from Cinnamon Miles of Liberty Jane
More pictures of these darling dresses...
Many of you have been sewing for years and many are just learning to sew - but all of us face challenges! The best part is we can all learn from each other!
To enter simply respond to this post and complete this sentence:
“My favorite sewing tip or trick is (insert your amazing tip here) … “
Comments must be left (on this blog post) by midnight (pacific), 12/27/2017.
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 winners will be chosen randomly from the comments received and contacted through the email provided in the comment.
We will choose the winners and modify 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.
Merry Christmas,
Cinnamon & The Liberty Jane / Pixie Faire Team
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When making doll clothes from different fabrics, I am always having to change needles to suit the various types of fabrics. Since the needle is not needing to be replaced with a new one yet, I made a little cloth book from cotton fabric. I cut several rectangles of fabric and stacked them on top of each other and sewed them together by sewing a line down the middle. Now I had a Needle Book to store my needles! With a pen I would mark each page with the type of needle I used. Example: Universal size 90, universal size 80, Stretch size 90 etc. Whatever needle I was using, I always made sure that the page of my book was displayed for me to see. That way if I left my sewing and came back to it another day, I always knew what type of needle and size was currently in my machine and if I had to switch to a different needle or not. Also, my Ott light has a magnifying glass that is very good for seeing the print on needles indicating the size, if there is a needle that just happened to be found laying around on the table.
A huge step is to press your seams. The end result is crisper with pressed seams.
My favorite sewing tip is to pin a piece of ribbon to the inside corner and pull the ribbon to turn an article inside out and to press as you go.
My favorite sewing tip is that my iron is my best tool. I press each seam as it is sewn.
My favorite trick I learned recently is to make sure the foot of your machine is up when threading the top through, there’s a hidden tension plate (at least on my brother machine) that tightens when the foot is down. So running the thread through with the foot up allows the thread to fall into the gap where the hidden plate is and keep the right tension. Cleared up so many issues for me! Along with using good strong thread.