Welcome to DAY 9 of our 12 Days of Christmas celebration!
For our 9th Day Of Christmas giveaway, we are doing a GIVEAWAY of one $100 JOANN Gift Card to one lucky winner. The gift card can be used towards any item available on their website or retail location. Woot, Woot!
Maybe you'll use your gift card to buy a few supplies to use on your next pattern hack! Need some ideas? Well, we have a full collection of Pattern Hacks tutorials available in Sewing With Cinnamon! You'll find them sprinkled through many of the courses!
Here's a little more about pattern hacks, from the SWC course:
There are so many pattern hack video tutorials available in Sewing With Cinnamon and the new platform make it so easy to watch at any time from anywhere!
- Hoodie Denim Jacket
- Fur Lined Denim Jacket
- Fold Over Waistband Mini Skirt
- Pleated Hight Waisted Jeans
- Silk Road Dress - LJ Hack and the Snowman Appliqué Hack
- Staw Tote Pattern Hack
- Simple Sleeves Pattern hacks
- Banded Beret
- Classic Peacoat (no pleats in back)
- Koala Hoodie (Crafty Lil Turkey)
- Holiday Dress - Creating A Ruched Bodice
- Blossom-Starlight Gala Mash-up
- So-Cal Beach Vibes
- and so many more...
Have you explored the new site and full set of mobile apps yet?
Sewing With Cinnamon has just gotten a huge upgrade! We so excited to announce that you can find our app on all streaming services! You heard me right! Roku, AppleTV, Fire TV, IOS apps, Android Apps, and Google Play!
If you haven't joined yet - go take a look! It's free for the first 7 days!
Explore the content! Try it out! Download an app and see how Easy it is to use!
Existing SWC members already have access, just check our email to find the emailed invite to the new platform :)
ENTER TO WIN A $100 JOANN Gift Card!
To enter this week's contest, simply click the link below and then enter through the giveaway widget at the bottom of the blog post, there are many things you can do to earn multiple entry points!
Contest Details: You enter through the entry form that is embedded on this page and appears just below this paragraph, if you don't see it, be sure to visit the page from your desktop or an alternate browser such as Google Chrome. It may not appear on all mobile devices. The complete rules and entry details appear on the entry form. This is not a comment contest - in other words, leaving a comment on the bottom of this page is not an official entry method. The only required entry method is to leave a comment under this post and then confirm that you did it in the contest widget. One person will receive the gift card. You can enter once, or gain multiple entries by completing the other entry methods and increase your chances of winning. Please review all Terms and Conditions on the giveaway page before entering. 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 Pixie Faire and Sewing With Cinnamon.
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Commenting below and confirming your entry in the widget above gives you one entry method, the other methods are listed in the widget above, be sure to enter in as many ways as you can to receive the maximum amount of entries to win the prize!
Entry method #1, comment on this blog post finishing the following sentence…
“My best sewing tip is ________.” Tell us why :)
Comments must be left (on this blog post) by midnight (pacific) on Sunday, 1/2/2022.
The widget will be updated the following day with the first name of the winner. The winner will be contacted at the email provided when entering.
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 
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!
Happy New Year!
Cinnamon & Pixie Faire Team
576 Comments
My best sewing tip is to understand your machine. The best way to do that is to make a sample book or length of fabric a few inches wide and go through all the stitches on the machine. (If you have more than a straight stitch). Sew a few inches of each stitch, using different weights and types of fabric, different threads, interfaced or not interfaced. Play with your machine! Pretty soon you will know what you can ask of it. Then you will have a reference card of what each stitch does and which ones you like. You will find some stitches that you will doubt you will ever use! But it will help you to understand your machine!
My best sewing tip is read the instructions.
My best sewing tip, if you have to sew narrow seams or hems, use a product call Roll Ban, there’s a video on YouTube show exactly how it works. It makes sew a narrow hem on the silkiest fabric a breeze.
My favorite sewing tip is to read through all of the instructions and make sure I understand them before beginning to sew. If I don’t understand something or something isn’t clear, I can research it and clarify it before sewing and not get frustrated in the middle of the project.
My favourite tip is to iron all your pattern pieces to featherweight interfacing before using. So much easier to handle and great for multiple cuts!