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 or trick is to make sure I have a fresh pot of tea and some delightful cookies waiting for me, KNOWING I’ll make a mistake in sewing. That way, I will have some comfort before I begin the task of ripping out the mistake. Thanks for asking.
My favorite sewing tip is … there are so many! My main one is I like to buy girls clothes on clearance at the end of the season to make next year’s doll clothes. It’s hard to find small scale prints in the fabric store, so current clothes are perfect for cutting up and creating doll fashions. Last year I bought a bunch of swimsuits for $1 each! and made all my Wellie swimsuits out of them. They were darling, and sold quickly.
My favourite tip for sewing for dolls is embridering my granddaughter’s intitials somewhere inside the dress.
Whilst playing and exchanging clothes she always comes home with what belongs to her dolls. No arguments or hurt feelings. When I make for other children I do the same.
My favorite sewing tip is that I soak my cloth in saltwater for a few hours, or overnight, then launder and iron it. I use coarse-pickling salt.
The salt keeps the colours from bleeding or fading, and the cloth is pre-shrunk, so your outfits will keep their shape after future washings. And iron, iron, iron!
A glue stick works well to hold small pieces together for future sewing.