Hi everyone,
Today is DAY 4!
For our 4th Day Of Christmas giveaway, we're back at it with a $25 Pixie Faire gift card giveaway! There are so many ways to spend $25 and so many new patterns coming out in 2020, you'll be thrilled with this chance to pick up a few, on us!
Giveaway Update: Congratulations to Angelica V. She won the $25 gift card and has been contacted by email!
To enter the giveaway, scroll down to the bottom of the post to read the details...
DAY 1 Bonus For Sewing With Cinnamon! Just 9 Days left to take advantage of the promotional offer of $96.00 for an annual Sewing With Cinnamon membership. That's almost half-off the current rate of $14.99/month! This offer will be good for twelve days only - December 25th - January 5th, so don't miss out!
If you're not interested in the annual subscription, you can also join at the monthly rate of $14.99 and cancel at any time. You will receive all of the bonuses and content for the current month, and subsequent months while you are a member.
Learn more about all the amazing benefits of the Sewing With Cinnamon membership community here: Sewing With Cinnamon and stay tuned as we announce all the surprises that will be offered to new and existing subscribers during the 12 days of Christmas celebration!
Day 2 Bonus - But wait, there's more!
To sweeten the deal even more, we've added a new bonus for all Sewing With Cinnamon members - the Liberty Jane Ginza Girl pattern and the full sew-along video is now a permanently free SWC bonus! Make this darling coat dress and capelet for your 18-inch American Girl doll with complete confidence!
Day 3 Bonus - Exciting news and a free pattern!
Begining in 2020 you'll notice that the monthly coupon code for a free pattern is expanding to include a few more select brands! Yay! We're excited to announce the first one, 123 Mulberry Street! As an added bonus, we are now going to include the 123 Mulberry Street Gotchies pattern for 18-inch dolls as a permanently free bonus for Sewing With Cinnamon members!
Day 4 Bonus: Receive early bird access to free patterns throughout the year, before they go up for sale on Pixie Faire!
In December (the current SWC month), we featured the Thimbles and Acorns Silk Road Dress pattern as the focus of our monthly topic. The pattern is available exclusively to SWC members for free, before it is released to the general public in 2020. This is an additional bonus, on top of the monthly coupon code for one free pattern! We've seen such a great response to this, we plan to do this several times in 2020 as well! Join today and get access to this bonus while it's still available for members to download!
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Simply comment on this blog post finishing the following sentence…
“My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is (insert your struggle)…"
Comments must be left (on this blog post) by midnight (pacific) on Saturday, 12/28/2019.
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 update the post with the chosen winner as well on the following day.
Additionally, by commenting, you agree to allow us to use your comments for future promotional activities. In other words – we might quote you when we are putting together new testimonial pages. If you’re not okay with that – don’t leave a comment
We will choose a winner 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.
We hope you enjoy our 12 Days Of Christmas Celebration. We are incredibly grateful for your ongoing support and wish you a happy holiday season, and a terrific new year!
Merry Christmas!
Cinnamon & Jason
& the whole Liberty Jane & Pixie Faire Team
My biggest challenge is always thinking I can a project done in less time than I actually can.
“My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is sewing sleeves on . I get to thatpart of the pattern and it takes away all the fun .
“My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is (insert your struggle)…" Finding the right fabric and notions; i.e. small print fabric, small plaids in the colors I want, thin “leather,” the right colors of the fabric I want that drapes or stretches correctly . . . trims/laces that are the right colors, widths and design . . .
My biggest sewing challenge is staying organized so I can find my stuff when I start a new project.My sewing room has 3 doors in it so there is always traffic and someone is using my sewing area to drop their stuff and move mine .I am very thankful to have a sewing room even though it isn’t ideal.
My biggest sewing challenge is making the time to sew all the projects that I have in mind! 😝
My biggest challenge is deciding which Pixie Faire pattern to make,I have so many it is hard to choose!
My biggest sewing challenge is finding the time to create without rushing.
My Biggest sewing challenge is putting a zipper in. I always have to make sure I baste before sewing Thank you Cinnamon for the awesome giveaways.
My biggest sewing challenge is finding time to sew!
My biggest sewing and knitting challenge is making the time to do it. I do love sewing and knitting. Whenever I get to actually work on something, I wish I did it more often. It is always exciting to finish something you have made.
My biggest sewing challenge is like many other…time. I want to design and make so many things that it can be a bit daunting sometimes.
My biggest sewing challenge is like many other…time. I want to design and make so many things that it can be a bit daunting sometimes.
My biggest sewing, knitting or crocheting challenge is that I don’t know how to crochet and wish I did… I have no time to learn something new and I know how to knit and pearl but not how to drop and add stitches, so I can make scarves or blankets.
My biggest sewing challenge is the finishing touches! I get so excited when the garment takes shape, but I lose my enthusiasm when it comes to snaps, velcro, tacking down facings, etc.
My biggest knitting challenge is when I make a mistake and have to tear out several rows of work. It’s happened a few times on the human size blanket I’m currently making and is so frustrating.
My biggest challenge in sewing is just starting! I love sewing so much I tend to save it as a ‘reward’ for getting other chores done! As soon as I finish doing blank, blank and blank, I’ll let myself sew! Lately I’ve been putting sewing first. Heaven!
My biggest challenge is learning to thread the new serger I just got. I’ve never used one and I’m intimidated with how to thread it. It came already threaded, but I’m going to have to change thread at some point and I’m afraid I won’t get it right!
My biggest challenge is deciding what to make next— whether it be doll clothes, writing a story, crochet or knit projects, etc. I work a lot, so I tend to do everything by hand— and doll clothes are the perfect portable size once everything is cut out.
My biggest sewing challenges are finding the time to start, and not being intimidated by a new skill (zippers, snaps, serger, etc).
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is understanding the shorthand directions for pattern stitches. I wash there was a dictionary of terms with photos to show what the stitch should look like. I am a visual learner and the struggle is real! ;)
My biggest sewing challenge is zippers, getting a nice clean look to them.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is just getting started. I love to ‘pet’ my yarn and fabric and trim and imagine what wonderful things I could make though!
My sewing challenge’s are set in sleeves and collars. Sometimes I have to rip and redo no matter how carefull I am at lining everything up.
My biggest sewing challenge is arthritis in my upper back which keeps me from sewing for more than 45 minutes a session.
My biggest knitting and crocheting challenge is to translate the instructions
and not to make mistakes so that everything can still be made perfectly
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is consistency. When I sew two sleeves, they’re always just a touch “off”. Same with crocheting – everything can be the same (hook, yarn), but they’re NEVER identical!!
I don’t crochet, but knit prolifically. My biggest challenge is finishing what I start. I have more UFOs (unfinished objects) laying around and stored here and there, than I can count.
My biggest sewing challenge is sewing knit material without stretching it.
My biggest sewing challenge is getting everything organized. I see pics of these awesome sewing rooms , fabric stacked neatly, baskets lined up on the shelves, and I think I could accomplish so much more if I didn’t always have to deal with the clutter or search for a needed item I know is there somewhere.
My biggest challenge is finding the time.
My biggest challenge is sewing knit material on my sewing machine. The small pieces for doll clothes are hard to sew on my machine.
My biggest sewing struggle is finding the time & my ‘sew-jo’ both at the same time!!
My biggest challenge with knitting and crochet is learning the patterns.
My biggest sewing and crochet challenge is finding the time and energy to work on an American girl dress for Rebecca or to crochet a shirt for my Willa.
Biggest challenges. Time also I have a challenge when blocking small knitted doll clothes.
I think my biggest challenge is to finish all the cross stitch projects, knitting projects and sewing projects on my to do/wish lists.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge has been to get back to sewing since my son passed away in 2017.
My biggest. Sewing challenge is deciding what pattern and fabric to use love them all.
My biggest sewing, challenge is finding time to sew and being disciplined enough to do it when I have the time!
My biggest sewing challenge is (like many others I’m sure) finding the time to do it. I can usually only grab small moments here and there but when you’re problem solving rather than just following instructions, you can’t maintain a continuous train of thought to actually solve the problems when you’re working in small bursts
My biggest sewing, knitting, crocheting challenge is finding time to do any of them. Also, right now, I’m dealing with a hand injury that has limited my dexterity. It is slowly getting better. I just had surgery on December 23. I’m hoping to be able to do more by next spring. Thank you for all of the lovely patterns and ideas for the doll outfits. I love Pixie Faire!
My biggest sewing challenge is sewing at the dining room table and having to put my sewing machine and project away everyday.
My biggest challenge is working faster. I have been sewing for many years and see comments of how detailed dolls clothes and accessories are completed from start to finish within two hours and this is unfortunately not my experience.
My biggest sewing challenge is to find the time to sit down at my machine. I have so many projects I want to make.
My biggest challenge is when knitting as I’m left handed and I have to add another row before starting a pattern so it works out on the right side.
My biggest sewing challenge is threading the needle, as I’ve turned 41 I just can’t see anymore. The joys of getting older lol!
My biggest knitting challenge is I’m just a beginner- know how to knit and purl and learning “in the round” but don’t feel like I have the skills to make the pretty doll sweater patterns. Would love for SWC to do a knit along – hack of a sew along :)
I had a stroke in December 2019 and I have stopped sewing for now until I recover. So my biggest challenge right now is my hand tremors in my right hand. I can’t wait to get back to sewing projects for my nieces.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is actually finishing the project. I start out very excited and then come up against a difficult instruction that I can’t figure out and stop working on the project altogether.
My biggest sewing challenge is my sewing machine and its quirks…
My biggest sewing, knitting or crocheting challenge is trying to keep my sewing room clean and organized. While working on a project I tend to get sidetracked and find myself working on several projects at once. That has a tendency to get messy!
My biggest challenge is to find the time to create all the designs in my head!
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is quite honestly getting started! I tend to procrastinate a lot!
My biggest challenge is finding the time to sew since I watch my 2 grandchildren 12 hrs per day 5 days a week and weekends I’m too tired to do much lol.
My biggest challenge is finding the time to sew. It seems like I have so much time in between sewing sessions that I constantly feel like I’m starting over reading the pattern and getting in the groove.
My biggest knitting struggle is that I learned from a left handed knitter, so I do things a bit backward. My biggest crochet struggle is actually chaining without making a series of knots! And my biggest sewing struggle is probably inserting a zipper or cutting out the pattern.
I hope some day I’m able to sew as well as my Mom does (she made most of our clothes growing up, for my sister and I and our dolls 🙂) and to be able to crochet like she does as well (she’s made several prayer shawls for people and I’d love to make her one because my Mom does so much for so many yet rarely gets anything back from anyone).
“My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is this: When I am using my sewing machine, sometimes the bobbin tension is too loose or too tight. It is never easy for me to get the right bobbin tension and I waste too much time trying my best to adjust it.
My biggest challenge is keeping my sewing room clean. It seems when I sew I accumulate a variety of notions on my sewing room table. Then I accidentally start knocking stuff off into the floor.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is tension (in body and yarn). I tend to be a little type A so I try too hard and the harder I try the worse it gets. I have to remind myself to breathe, relax and unravel the knotted mess I just made. To think I do this for relaxation!
My biggest knitting and crocheting challenge is coming up with an appropriate thread/yarn/needle/hook combination to achieve the correct gauge.
Patti Michels
December 28, 2019
My biggest sewing challenge is keeping my work space cleared. I have a dedicated space but find other thing make their way into that space causing clutter. My goal/challenge for the upcoming year is to spend the final 5 minutes of each sewing session putting things away, especially the things that belong elsewhere.