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
My favorite sewing tip is to use a magnetic bowl, I got mine at an auto part store, to store my pins. Then if I drop a pin I just run the bowl over the area and it is picked up easily. I recently dropped a box of pins into the carpet. The magnetic bowl helped make the pickup easy.
My favorite sewing tip or trick is using Wonder Tape for keeping trim and even seams in place to sew without pins. Just sewed an 18" ballet leotard using swimsuit lining material and that terribly slippery fabric stayed in place perfectly while sewing those tiny seams! (I like the tip about the Elmer’s Glue, though – gonna have to try that one!)
Read instructions over before starting your project. Sometimes more than once.
My favorite sewing tip or trick is to read thru the instructions completely before starting.
My favourite sewing tip for elastic is to mark the length needed with pencil then insert wherever it needs to go and trim it after. When there is a length to hang onto it is easier to manoeuver