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



1657 Comments
When sewing sheer, light weight or knit fabrics to sew using tissue paper between the bottom piece of fabric and the feed dogs so your fabric doesn’t wind up getting eaten by the feed dogs, they can be quite vicious! Also if sewing heavier fabrics use plain printer paper instead of tissue, it easily breaks away…
My favorite sewing tip is to not be tired when starting to sew and to read all the directions before I start…it avoids mistakes later.
My favorite tip is to use some fun fabric and add bling.
My tip is when inserting elastic, I put a straw through the opening and gather the fabric. Then I insert the elastic in the straw and pull the straw out and then ta da! The elastic is in the seam and all you have to do is sew the ends down.
My favorite sewing tip or trick is using the zigzag scissor to cut concave/convex corners.