Hi Everyone! We’re super excited to announce the 13th annual Pixie Faire 12 Days of Christmas celebration! This year we're doing things a little differently. The event will run on the traditional days – December 25th through January 5th, with daily updates and one amazing grand prize! All of it will happen here in this single blog post.
For 2024, the emphasis is 12 Days of Sewing With Cinnamon & Friends! We're going to share what's new & exclusive for SWC members, what's to come in 2024, and 12 days of a "taste and see" for everyone!
Are you ready?
What's New in 2024? Pixie Cuts: I'm super excited to announce that we will be rolling out Pixie Cuts as new exclusive benefit for Sewing With Cinnamon members. The Pixie Cuts collection of items is starting to roll out and includes (or will include):
Fabric "by the yard"
Fabric "precuts"
Fabric closeouts (not to be re-stocked)
Fabric remnants (end of bolt extras)
Elastic "by the yard"
Trims "by the yard"
and more...
These are stand alone, a-la-cart items (different than curated Pixie Packs). The items in this collection will be viewable by everyone but available exclusively for SWC members to purchase! We'll be adding to this collection over the 12 days, so be sure to check back frequently!
Not a member yet? Learn more about all the amazing benefits of the Sewing With Cinnamon membership community here: Sewing With Cinnamon
Oh Yeah, Just a reminder that Sewing With Cinnamon members can get free shipping* on qualifying orders! Be sure to read the details on the SWC sign-up page to learn more.
12 Days of Christmas Grand Prize Giveaway!
We love fabric and we know you love fabric too! We've collected a huge assortment of fabrics featured in Pixie Packs, trims, notions, and more to create the ultimate sewing bundle prize valued at over $300!
To enter the giveaway, scroll down to the bottom of this post and follow the instructions in the contest widget. On each day from December 25th through January 5th we are going to add additional ways to enter the grand prize giveaway. So, be sure to set your alarm, bookmark our blog, and remember to check back each day. The giveaway will begin today and end at midnight pacific time on January 5th. Don’t miss out!
What's in Store for 2024: Did you know that Sewing With Cinnamon launched in April 2017 and since that date we've published 78 courses, including over 300 individual videos Wow! You might think we've covered everything there is to cover, but you're wrong! We've polled members and come up with a set of new ideas for the coming year.
We're super excited about what we have planned for 2024! Here's the calendar of upcoming course themes:
January - Sewing A Themed Wardrobe: Gymnastics (Kicking off on Tuesday, January 9th)
Something for Lila® In this course we have a few new patterns and a few fun & crafty projects. Sew-along with Cinnamon as she shows you how to make the Malibu Libby Hollywood Tracksuit! Join Shari for a sew-along for her new tumbling mat pattern and a few other projects (making a set of uneven bars and a balance beam!)
February - Sewing A Tudor Gown (With Shari Fuller)
In this course, Shari will be reflecting on the Tudor time period and showcasing one of her patterns with a sew-along as well as detailed technique tutorials.
March - Sewing With Hardware
You asked, we're getting it ready! This course will focus on adding hardware to your fashion in miniature projects! Tiny buckles, rivets, eyelets, and more. Join us!
April - Sew Along With A Grimm Fairy Tale
Shari has something special planned for this topic - stay tuned for more details!
May - Sewing On The Go
In May Cinnamon will be traveling to Africa with Sew Powerful. We thought it would be fun to showcase some projects that you can "sew-on-the-go" as well as creative ways to travel with your sewing supplies.
June - Coordinating Fabric Prints
We've got a large Tilda® Fabrics collection on pre-order with a ship date of May 2024. The prints are absolutely perfect for tiny clothes and there are 32 different ones that coordinate! This course will highlight ways to work with prints and how to coordinate them in different ways.
July - Historical 1770s Williamsburg
Shari will be presenting another historical fashion series, this time focusing on 1770s Williamsburg.
August - Back To School Through The Eras
This course will highlight 4 different eras and showcase a back to school collection with sew-alongs and technique tutorials.
September - Sewing on the Bias, Madeleine Vionnet
Highlighting the use of bias cut fabric in clothing designs, with a look at the icon Madeleine Vionnet!
October - Sewing In The Style of Iconic Barbie outfits (For AG)
With all the hype over Barbie, we thought it would be fun to showcase 4 different iconic Barbie fashions and replicate the looks for 18" dolls. Stay tuned for new patterns and sew-alongs!
November - Creative Upcycling - A Doll House
The ultimate upcycling project, turning a piece of furniture into a darling doll house with storage too! Shari has some ideas to share - this will be fun!
December - The Nativity Story
Focusing on the classic Nativity Story, join us as we create the Nativity Scene and highlight the story along the way!
Interested in joining the community? Learn more about all the amazing benefits of the Sewing With Cinnamon membership community here: Sewing With Cinnamon
SWC members get access to downloadable videos as well as streaming them. The 2024 courses will be exclusive content for members only!
A Sewing With Cinnamon Preview For Everyone!
I mentioned that we began posting SWC courses in April 2017, that's almost 7 years ago - I'm shocked at how time flies! We've begun to roll out the earliest courses on the Sewing With Cinnamon Youtube Channel and we're excited to have you check them out!
Over the next 12 days we'll be posting 12 full courses for everyone to enjoy!
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 Pixie Faire Ultimate Sewing Supplies Bundle. 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.
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 & Team Pixie Faire
PS. We're working hard to make Sewing With Cinnamon & Friends your go-to resource for doll clothes sewing tutorials and instruction! Leave a comment below and let us know what types of courses or video tutorials you'd like to see us incorporate into our upcoming classes!
or fill in the blank "My biggest sewing challenge is______"
100 Comments
Tina
December 26, 2023
My biggest challenge is focusing on one project at a time. I tend to have several projects at the same time.
Alt
December 26, 2023
Finding time to sew
Ann
December 26, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is machine sewing closures on doll clothes.
Ann
December 26, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is machine sewing closures on doll clothes.
Ruth Ann
December 26, 2023
My biggest challenge is juggling the different crafts I love to do and finding the time to implement all the ideas I have.
Rebecca Maddox
December 26, 2023
My biggest challenge is time and keeping my sewing room organized enough to use.
France courteau
December 26, 2023
I really like seing the sewing for doll. I have to find time to do so. May be today🎄🎉🤙
Helen Meece
December 26, 2023
I would like to see more coats and jackets.
Lynne
December 26, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding the time to do all the projects I want to do ! and PixieFaire is the “best” enabler too !!
Ruth
December 26, 2023
My biggest challenge is sewing performance fabrics.
Kate
December 26, 2023
Without a doubt my biggest challenge is finding the time to do the sewing I would like to do.
Sandra
December 26, 2023
Getting enough time.
Susan Fritz
December 26, 2023
My biggest challenge is finding sources for the right materials, especially for accessories like hiking boots.
Connie
December 26, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is deciding what to make next.
Rebecca
December 26, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is simply allowing myself to sit down & sew instead of doing some other thing I think is a priority.
Barbara
December 26, 2023
My new challenge is learning to make shoes, especially Gor my 14 inch dolls. Shoes for 18 inch dolls are easy to find but not 14 inch ones. So necessity is the mother of invention…..it’s necessary for me to learn to make my own!!
Cheryl Clarke
December 26, 2023
My biggest challenge is finishing off I can’t seem to get my collars or zippers to look as nice as they should
C.pearson
December 26, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is setting aside the time to sew!
Patti
December 26, 2023
One of my biggest challenge is once I make a mistake on a project, finding the initiative to fix the problem then complete it. I get so discouraged when I make a mistake and have to figure out how to fix it. That project always gets put aside for the “rainy day” when I might want to figure it out and fix the issue.
Jacquie
December 26, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is time.
Violetta
December 26, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is visualizing which piece of fabric I have will work with which pattern.
Amy
December 26, 2023
I would like to see more accessories and furnishings.
Linda
December 26, 2023
Biggest Challenge is Time. I struggle to find the time to do everything on my lists. My hope is after the holidays are over to make a new dedicated sewing spot where I can leave a project in progress and come back to it as I am able. Having to put everything away really makes things harder for me to get back to.
Meg
December 26, 2023
Right now, my biggest challenge is finding any time to sew.
Diane L
December 26, 2023
My biggest challenge is motivation. My girls no longer play or even dress their dolls.
Karen
December 26, 2023
Taking time to sew what I want to sew. Most of my sewing is for my work.
Janet
December 26, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is sewing in sleeves.
Cindy Schuett
December 26, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is “patience.” I like to sew things quickly due to past factory sewing. Then I find that I have to rip seams out because I sewed too fast.
Dolores
December 26, 2023
My biggest challenge when making American Girl doll clothes is to have the neck pieces to line up correctly…matching.
Bec
December 26, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is storing my fabrics!
MJ
December 26, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is sewing very tiny things, especially for smaller dolls like Barbie.
Lisa
December 26, 2023
My biggest challenge is not to hurry through a project just to get it finished.
Deborah P.
December 26, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is getting button holes all the same size on a garment
Monique Deloney
December 26, 2023
My biggest challenge is making tiny buttonholes.
Elaine R
December 26, 2023
I would like to see a class on using 2 zippers instead of one on the carryall’s.
Rebecca
December 26, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is not rushing through personal sewing projects.
Rebecca
December 26, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is not rushing through personal sewing projects.
Betty
December 26, 2023
My biggest challenge is deciding which projects to make. I want to do so many, I start more than I can finish.
Karen W
December 26, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is Storing my supplies and sewing with specialty fabrics.
Barbara Rose
December 26, 2023
Buttonholes. I avoid them because I never get them right.
Derin
December 26, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding a safe place to sew due to water damage from an apartment fire
elaine
December 26, 2023
Finding time to finish all my projects before I begin something new & challenging because of my continual migrains.
Melissa story
December 26, 2023
My biggest issue is arm holes.
Margaret
December 26, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is choosing fabric that coordinates with other fabrics for my project.
Norma Middendorf
December 26, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is being overwhelmed by all the fabric and patterns I have and not being able to choose one to sew.
Mary
December 26, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is choosing the next project to work on.
Pamela
December 26, 2023
My biggest problem is trying not to criticize those who do not press as they sew. So many garments would look so much better if the sewist would just press the seams as they go. I don’t comment unless I can find a kind way to mention that a good press as you go would do a world of good for presentation and make the pieces fit together better. That said, I am not the world’s best seamstress. My biggest challenge is not finishing a project if it does not look just right. It goes into the trash if the error is not a quick fix!
Pam Valente
December 26, 2023
I love any historical type costumes and love the instructional courses for these.
Linda
December 26, 2023
My biggest challenge is to use up the collection of fabrics and trims I have stockpiled. I just love creating.
Carol
December 26, 2023
My biggest challenge is finding fabric in tiny prints that will work for doll clothes. I see that you have fabric, so will be shopping.
Gail
December 26, 2023
My biggest challenge is deciding what I want to start sewing first. There are always so many outfits I want to make, but it’s difficult to pick one to begin with.
Lynette O
December 26, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding time to actually sew for myself because I am a private sewing instructor.
Faith
December 26, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding prints & notions small enough for dolls
Melissa
December 26, 2023
I struggle with sewing zippers
Alice Ghent
December 26, 2023
My biggest challenge are metal eyelets! For some reason, the metal eyelet doesn’t always curl correctly. I’ve given up on my Dritz pliers and I have a new Crocadil set to try. Here’s to having better luck this year!
Kristen
December 26, 2023
My biggest challenge is understanding the pattern directions. I’m a novice and my daughter really wants to make difficult things, so it becomes challenging! I always triple the time suggested to make the outfits!
Clair
December 26, 2023
My biggest challenge is finding the doll haeadbands to make the visor patttern.
Katharina
December 26, 2023
I would like to see heirloom
doll clothes tutorials
Clair
December 26, 2023
My biggest challenge is finding the right yarn for the knitting patterns.
Clair
December 26, 2023
My biggest challenge is remembering all the hacks good tips presented here.
Lisa
December 26, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge right now is sewing chiffon without my machine eating it!
Lisa
December 26, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge right now is sewing chiffon without my machine eating it!
Sarah
December 26, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding the wherewithal to take out mistakes and start over. I hate doing steps over a second time. 😅
Kirstin
December 26, 2023
My biggest challenge is working with delicate fabric and not getting it stuck in my machine.
Rebecca
December 26, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is keeping my fabric stash at a reasonable size. There are too many times I will get fabric I like without a specific project in mind, and it ends up sitting around while planned projects keep happening.
Linda
December 26, 2023
My biggest challenge is trying to make those tiny buttonholes!
Jeanne
December 26, 2023
I just love the sewing a themed wardrobe. Please keep doing them
Donna
December 26, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge (besides finding the time) is probably knits. I’m at the point I won’t buy knit fabric. I don’t own – or even know how to use – a server, and even with the proper foot on my trusty Brothers machine, the projects never came out right.
Debbie
December 26, 2023
Finding the right size zippers in the right color
Gina B Reiley
December 26, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is me. I get into my own head and doubt myself.
Karen Carroll
December 26, 2023
My biggest challenge is time! But I must make the time to dress my naked girls! I love sewing for dolls!
Deb
December 26, 2023
I would like to see a tutorial on sewing historical clothing for dolls.
Josie Lowery
December 26, 2023
My biggest challenge is sewing buttonholes…especially tiny ones! Would also love to see videos on managing sewing very tight spaces like sleeves and cuffs.
Marcia
December 26, 2023
I’d like courses on sewing doll
Clothes
Marlene
December 26, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is working with faux leather on the moto jacket.
Silvia
December 26, 2023
All though this is an amazing competition, and whist one understands why only open to certain countries, I still love your designs.
Carol Guyette
December 26, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding the right fabric for the patterns.
Gail Beam
December 26, 2023
My biggest challenge is sewing with stretchy knits and velvet
michelle
December 26, 2023
My biggest challenge is doll footwear…i end up just buying but i really need to make both a doll foot last (im thinking plaster of paris mold)and a cobbler stand.
Linda
December 26, 2023
I sew for stuffed animals of all sizes. I am constantly challenged on resizing American Girl patterns to fit Animals. Taking the right measurements and drafting the patterns. I can do it eventually but, it takes me a long time. Other patterns just don’t measure up to Pixie Faire Patterns with all of the details.
Patricia
December 26, 2023
My biggest challenge is sewing the tiny sleeves
Kathy
December 26, 2023
I would have to say my greatest challenge is finding the time for all the new projects and ideas that I find. Creativity is a blessing and a curse. I love what I am doing in the moment, but there is always something new and exciting I want to try .
Patricia Lancour
December 26, 2023
My biggest challenge is tiny button holes!! Any suggestions would be appreciated!
Magdalena
December 26, 2023
My biggest challenge is finding time to use all the wonderful materials I have collected and turn them into the ideas I have for all the cute patterns.
Deborah D
December 26, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is Fasteners. I tend to use hook and loop tape on everything.
Melissa
December 26, 2023
My biggest challenge is knits.
Renay Parker
December 26, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is selecting the best fabric for my project.My choices never give the wow factor I am looking for.
Bettina Karlsson
December 26, 2023
I would like more Barbie sized patterns
Andrea Haggard
December 26, 2023
I’m excited to learn about anything that has detail. I think watching someone else do it, will make it seem that much easier.
Linda H.
December 26, 2023
Sew Along’s like Avila Aviator jacket. It’s the small details like finishing knitted sleeve band to look professional. How to put a lining and zipper in with knit ribbing waistband.
Marie Haxby
December 26, 2023
My biggest challenge is making time to allow myself to sew and organization.
Julie Ferguson
December 26, 2023
I struggle with sewing the collars and zippers
Katherine
December 26, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge, is making so many doll clothes. Finding the right outfits to give to each young person for their unique style.
Stephanie
December 26, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is not buying more fabric when it’s on sale or clearance lol. I can’t resist a great deal.
Darleen
December 26, 2023
My biggest challenge is sewing all the fabric I collect. I figure if I live 200 years, I just might have enough time to get through it all.
JD
December 26, 2023
I really struggle when sewing with stretchy knits: the correct needle, thread tension, and the correct setting for the pressure foot. SO frustrating
Cassie D
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge changes with every project lol.
If I’m working with knits, it’s keeping things from getting wonky and parts from getting stretched out while sewing.
I made some hooded towels this Christmas season and my first challenge was to sew the fabric of the towel, not just the loft, and wiring with sometimes 5 layers of toweling made it difficult to fit under my pressure foot. Then my pressure foot stopped working afterward, so that created a huge challenge when trying to sew the Christmas pillowcases to wrap the hooded towels in.
When I made grommet velvet curtains, I forgot to keep the nap the same direction… so one panel looks like a completely different color than the other…. that’s a problem to fix after my machine gets fixed…
Jasmine
December 25, 2023
I’d like to see furniture and prop or accessory tutorials.
Karen Gross
December 25, 2023
My biggest challenge is getting started on a project and I have trouble with knits.
Tina
December 26, 2023
My biggest challenge is focusing on one project at a time. I tend to have several projects at the same time.