Welcome to Day 9 of our 12 Days Of Christmas celebration!
Today we are giving away … An a brand new 18" American Girl Logan doll, this fabulous Galactic Pilot outfit, and 9 pdf sewing patterns designed for 18-inch boy dolls to one lucky winner! This giveaway includes a stunning hand-crafted Galactic Pilot outfit made by Linda of Koski Kreations as the prototype for Galactic Pilot Sewing Pattern! The outfit includes the orange flight suit, black boots, white flak vest, chest pack with air tube, belt, harness, tiny tools and ammunition, and the fantastic pilot helmet - this is truly a one of a kind collectible outfit - it's seriously amazing! The American Girl 18 inch Logan doll will come new in the box dressed in his original outfit.
Giveaway Update: Congratulations to Autumn! You've won the 18" boy collection and have been contacted through email.
More pictures of the Galactic Pilot Outfit:
American Girl® Logan Everett™ doll - Description from the AG website: Meet Logan, Tenney’s bandmate and drummer! The 18" Logan boy doll has gray eyes that open and close, and short brown hair. Logan’s unique hand positioning helps him hold instruments! He arrives in a plaid button-down shirt, a T-shirt, jeans, underwear, and shoes.
Along with these items, the giveaway includes the following PDF sewing patterns:
Take your dolls on a space adventure with this little Galactic Pilot suit. The doll clothes sewing pattern features a one-piece flight suit with nine pockets, a flak vest, a chest box, a harness, a belt, a leg band with ammunition, and a helmet. Step by step full color instructions guide you through each step of the sewing and crafting process!
Qtπ Painter Pants: Your 18 inch boy doll will be ready for woodworking, gardening, painting or just looking cool in this funky pant design! They feature relaxed leg, front seams or plain front, working front and back pockets, Front utility hoop, side utility loop, small utility pocket, two choices for back pockets and an elastic waist.
Your 18 inch boy doll will look fabulous in this rough and tumble hoodie featuring easy to sew raglan sleeves, a kangaroo pocket, ribbed waistband and cuffs, and a zipper front. This PDF sewing pattern includes easy to follow instructions that will take the fear out of sewing zippers.
Your 18 inch boy doll will be ready for the football season in this cute uniform which includes patterns and photo illustrated instructions to make a relaxed fit jersey, shoulder pads, and football pants. Make the uniform in your school, team, country, or favorite colors. Add a number, team name, and/or motif to the jersey. Add ribbon trim on the shirt sleeves and along the sides of the pants. Have fun and be creative!
The Liberty Jane® classic Baseball T-shirt now has a looser fit, making it perfect for an 18 inch boy doll such as AG Logan Everett™! The raglan style sleeve is perfect for a beginner because it is a straight seam, not curved or sewn in a circle. Neck binding is an easy technique used to finish the neckline. Learn this technique by following the full color step by step photos and instructions.
Boy, Oh Boy! Here is the cape and mask, short brief and long boxer underwear every super kid has been waiting for. Put a guy in a brief and suddenly he’s flying off the couch like a superhero. Make his dreams come true with this easy to sew pattern. Three sewing options make it easy for every skill level and will make you a star in his book.
Let your adventures of Captain Underwear begin!!
Your doll will be ready for school, work or play in these iconic Australian style Chelsea Ankle Boots. Use matching coloured vinyl, elastic and grosgrain ribbon to create these boots or use contrasting colours for a more fashionable look. The Chelsea Ankle Boots are a versatile addition to your doll’s wardrobe and will compliment any style choice, be it with dresses or pants.
These adorable pajamas were designed specifically for boys with a lower in-seam in the leg and buttons closing to the right. Being totally reversible, this relatively easy PDF pattern offers four alternative PJ’s for all seasons. Mix and match fabrics, jackets and pants – the possibilities and color combinations are infinite. This pattern is designed to fit 18” soft-bodied dolls.
With the Pioneer Boy PDF pattern, you can make a shirt, trousers and cap for your 18" boy doll. The boy's work shirt has a one-piece collar with stand, button front placket, dropped shoulders, and full sleeves gathered to fitted cuffs. The boot-cut trousers have a high waist, working front pockets, faux front fly, and top-stitching detail. The Y-back suspenders have faux-suede tabs that button onto the trousers. The bonus newsboy cap has a paneled crown topped with a fabric-covered button.
Looking for more sewing patterns for 18 inch boy dolls? Be sure to check out our entire collection of boy doll clothes patterns!
To enter today's giveaway, simply leave a comment in the box below finishing this sentence:
"My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is [insert here] "
Comments must be left (on this blog post) by 12 midnight (Pacific), 1/2/2018.
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 choose a winner and announce it 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.
Happy New Year,
Cinnamon & The Liberty Jane / Pixie Faire Team
My biggest sewing challenge is finding time to sew everything I want to sew. :-)
“My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is finding time to do everything I want to do.
Time! And getting all my fabric on grain!
My biggest sewing challenge is putting zippers in doll clothes! It is a two cup of coffee challenge!
My biggest sewing challenge is getting started and having enough time to do it!
“My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is not having my very experienced mother near to fix my knitting and crochet errors, so it means I end up starting again instead of fixing them!
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is finding space to store my supplies and projects in my small apartment.
“My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is making more doll clothes than last year!
My biggest sewing,knitting or crochet challenge is finishing all the projects that I have bought fabric and yarn for. I have finally retired so hopefully now I can find the time
One of my biggest sewing challenges and crochet challenges is keeping my stitches nice and even and straight.
My biggest problem is finding knit & crochet doll patterns using worsted weight yarn..
My biggest challenge is space – right now I have to get everything out to sew then put it all back up to sleep since everything is in one room. Planning for that to change in 2018.
“My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is finding spare time to enjoy sewing, quilting, and spending time in my Quilt Castle.”
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is stopping at a reasonable time and going to bed/sleep.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is having the time to do it all. I will have to be 150 yrs old to complete all the patterns I want to make! What’s a girl to do?
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is finding a place to work on my projects where the family pets won’t get into my stuff! Kitties love yarn, the dog loves fleece and well at least the hermit crab is good!
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is finishing projects. I have so many half finished projects or fabric/yarn bought for specific projects that I just haven’t gotten to yet.
My biggest sewing challenge (since I don’t knit or crochet) is finding the time to JUST DO IT!
My biggest sewing challenge is finishing a project before I get excited about starting the next one.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is getting my injured hand to co-operate. It was injured years ago, and did not heal well. It still gives me problems, but I still knit, crochet, and sew, when my hand allows.
My biggest sewing challenge is sewing knit fabrics! Thank goodness for zigzag stitch!
My biggest sewing/knitting/crocheting challenge is finding the time! Lately sleep has been winning over any of my hobbies since I’ve started working again. I’m trying to sew at least one item per week and knitting or crocheting any few minutes I have to spare since it’s easier to take with me.
My biggest knitting challenge is knitting. I learned to sew from my aunt at a very early age and to crochet from my grandmother. I just cannot seem to wrap my mind around knitting. I will just keep trying until I can master that skill.
I think that double posted…. sorry didn’t mean to.
I love the Pixie Faire patterns! So many selections and at a reasonable price.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is finding enough time & energy to sew & craft after a busy day; the cost of lessons & quality components; learning to use efficient techniques that give professional results; applying seam bindings, smooth hems & necklines. Holding the knitting needles awkwardly.
My biggest sewing challenge is time. With knitting or crochet arthritis has curtailed these so it’s gotta be sewing all the way.
My biggest challenge in sewing shoes that I make to fit my doll. They always end up being to hard to get on my doll.
My biggest sewing challenge is working with knits.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is finding enough space to work on a project!
My biggest sewing challenge is definitely zippers and buttonholes. I can practice and practice buttonholes and they come out good. But when I try to see them on my garnet they always goober up on me. Zippers are the devil ! I wish I knew how to crochet and knit. Maybe some day
My biggest sewing challenge is inserting a zipper in anything and finding a jacket pattern for Wellies.
My biggest challenge is finding the time to sew the doll clothes for the 18 inch doll that I rescued from the Goodwill store I’m planning to make a wardrobe for her and donate her to our next church auction. She is a beautiful German made doll and I am collecting the Pixie Faire patterns to use in making her clothes
My biggest sewing challenge is SOMETIMES JUST GETTING UP IN THE MORNINGS and knowing what to sew. AT 70 some times its a chore not so much body wise but mentally. Its hard when you are alone especially when its so cold. Sewing helps me keep my mind off sad things and on the important things..family and friends and spiritual needs and goals.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is time. I have lots of ideas, but limited experience, so projects take longer than the time I can allot to them.
My biggest sewing challenge is drafting patterns for my original ideas.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is deciding which pattern and materials to use.
MY biggest sewing challenge is handling the tiny pieces in my sewing machine (I wind up sewing by hand many times), my biggest crochet challenge is reading the patterns and keeping my place, and my biggest knit challenge is the yarn gauge to keep stitches in doll size scale.
my biggest sewing challenge is zippers!
Finishing projects for myself…..
My biggest sewing, knitting or crocheting challenge is taking time. I love to be creative as I find these activities relaxing. I’m looking at retiring in three months and anxiously awaiting the opportunity for o be creative every day in my craft room.
Finding time to do any crafts is my challenge.
My biggest challenge is…everything! I am still learning. I just got my first sewing machine for Christmas and can’t wait to try all your patterns!!!
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is finding the time to do the various needle projects I love.
My biggest sewing challenge is not getting ahead of myself. I tend to get excited about a new idea before I have the last project wrapped up.
My biggest sewing challenge is really finding the time. I love sewing in morning/afternoon the most. With my husband home, I feel I have to spend time with him. Then my grandaughter gets home from school and I spend time with her. Hopefully someday I will have “me time” to sew all these wonderful patterns!!
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is finding enough time & energy to sew & craft after a busy day; the cost of lessons & quality components; learning to use efficient techniques that give professional results; applying seam bindings, smooth hems & necklines. Holding the knitting needles awkwardly.
I do not know how to knit or crochet but love to learn how to.
My biggest sewing challenge is finding the energy to sew. I have RAand fatigue is one of the biggest symptoms, but sewing inspires me to keep going. When I finish a project, it makes me so happy to see what I have created. I sew mostly for my grandkids.. having this condition isn’t going to keep me from doing what I love!
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is overcoming my fear of failure. I start projects and don’t finish because “What if…”. Not good enough, can’t master technique etc…. I always hear the discouraging word. I just can’t accept that it really doesn’t matter…..just rip it out and start again.
My biggest sewing challenge is making enough clothes for my grandson’s boy doll as the girls have for their American dolls.
My biggest sewing project is a quilt but I like sewing many kinds of things including costumes. I have made a colonial dress for my daughter.
My biggest sewing challenge is planning more than I have time to accomplish. I gather up materials and plot out what I plan to make … and then find myself having to put most of it away for another time. My goal for this year is to manage my time and accomplish at least one sewing project a month!
My biggest challenge is choosing between the many things I want to make, there is never enough time for all of the visions in my head.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is trying again when a pattern doesn’t work out perfectly on first try
My biggest sewing challenge is keeping my projects within my sewing area, and not letting my supplies spread throughout the house!
my challenge is to make more time to sew which I love doing. dolls and doll clothes are my one thing I don’t have enough time to sew on as much as I would love to.
My greatest sewing challenge is finding time to sew and keeping my sewing space organized.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge at the present time is teaching myself to knit in spite of the arthritis in my hands. I do love knitting!
My biggest sewing challenge is getting distracted while gathering everything to start a project. I find something I started and begin looking at it. The next thing I know, my sewing time is gone.
My biggest challenge is not stopping when I get to something that has to be redone!
My biggest sewing challenge is seeing the project through to the end.
My biggest sewing challenge is sewing a zipper. I can sew nearly anything else, but zippers are my cryptonite!
My biggest sewing challenge is finishing one project before I go on to the next. I like to modify the patterns to get a different look but get impatient before I finish. I wish I had a staff of people who would finish it so I could go on my next “creation”. P.S. Thanks for all the boy doll patterns. Who doesn’t want a Logan doll to go with their AG doll?!!!
My biggest sewing challenge is sewing on the snaps at the end of a project and for crochet it’s weaving in the ends.
My biggest challenge has been to make sure the pattern I’m using will fit the doll in question. Too many times the garment has turned out too small.
My biggest selling challenge is having an organized space. I also have a hard time picking out a perfect print for a specific pattern.
My biggest sewing challenge is to get motivated. I love the clothes from the 1800’s, I want to make my own doll patterns and dress my dolls. Starting with my 30 inch doll Betty from the 50’s. I would love to dress Logan in the fashions from th 1800’s.
My biggest sewing challenge is trying to mix material patterns for a hip design.
My biggest challenge is learning to crochet. I love how crocheted items look, but have not had the time to really get good at crocheting. I think I need another day between Saturday and Sunday.
My biggest knitting challenge is to knit with any speed at all. I am such a slow knitter, that it takes me forever to complete even the smallest project, I usually give up after trying for so long that the project is no longer needed.
My biggest sewing challenge is finding time!
My biggest challenge is having enough time. I want to make all the projects!
My biggest challenge is doing the fiddly bits like sewing in ends or attaching buttons.
My biggest sewing challenge is buttons. Loo
My biggest sewing challenge is having an organized sewing area, that I can sit down and sew anytime without moving things to sew!
My biggest challenge is finishing one project before starting the next! Compulsive multi-tasker…
“My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is that i dont have a clue what im doing lol
My biggest sewing challenge is to just get started! I tend to put off until I have a big chunk of time when I should just focus on getting the project started.
My biggest challenge is staying focused on my current project, because I always have an idea for the next project in my head!
My biggest sewing challenge is finding enough time each day to sew, without ignoring cooking, cleaning and caring for my family. If I could only figure out how to add two more hours into a day……….
My biggest challenge is to use up the yarn I have now and to stay out of Yarn stores until I use up some of what I have. My storage space is at a premium now!
My biggest sewing challenge is to complete it before moving on to another sewing project. I have so many that I have moved away from before completing than moved on to something new. Knitting never moved past the knit stitch and crochet not far past double crochet, & half double. Thanks again for the fun contests!!! :)
My biggest crochet challenge is trying to figure out the pattern without getting it messed up.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is finding time between work, school and my family to work on the projects
My biggest sewing challenge is that I sew at the dining room table and need to clear it away for supper…time to go to stand up meals!
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is making time for any sewing project I what to get started.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is to make if fit on my dolls properly because I have different size of dolls in my collection, for example 18" doll, BJD, Blythe doll, monster high doll.
My biggest sewing challenge is getting the right needle for the fabric I am sewing. There is nothing worse than sewing a fabric and watching it skip stitches or damage fine fabrics.
My biggest sewing,knitting or crochet challenge to complete 5 embroidery/quilts to leave behind for my 5 grandchildren’s first child. Each child also gets an American girl doll with a full wardrobe.
My biggest sewing challenge is finding time to create the cutest outfits for all the dolls
“My biggest sewing challenge is simply finding time to do it. Sewing relaxes me and I love the creative challanges but with my two kids involved in Gymnastics, dance, taekwondo and painting, it’s hard to find the free time.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is….that I have minimal crochet skills and absolutely no idea of how to knit. But I’m hoping to get better at all of that this year!
My biggest sewing challenge is finishing what I have started. I have about a dozen quilt tops that are completed but need to be quilted. In addition to those I have about 8 more quilts that are over three quarters finished, but I just can’t force myself to finish them.
My biggeswt sewing challenge is finding time to do all I want to do.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is two kids two and under and never enough time ?
My biggest crochet challenge is that I loose count! I’ve tried many times to learn. I keep to sewing!
Topstitching. I can’t ever get it straight.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is finding the time. I thought I would have more time after retirement, but it isn’t happening.
Britty
January 02, 2018
My biggest crochet challenge is a pineapple stitch lace skirt I’ve been working on for several years now. I’m getting close to done!