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
Kyle Linder
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge would be making something that manages to come out looking like what I had in mind. Being a bit of a perfectionist, I tend to struggle being content with anything I make unless it’s up to my expectations.
Bonnie Frazier
December 25, 2023
My biggest challenge is deciding what fabric and trims to use on each pattern.
Julia
December 25, 2023
My biggest challenge is finding time to get started.
JoAnn Breese
December 25, 2023
sewing a straight kine
Mary Jo
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is picking fabric out of my stash and choosing the pattern
Sandra J Cox
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is still starting too many projects and not finishing them!
Lynn M
December 25, 2023
My biggest challenge is keeping patterns and supplies organized and finding what I want to use when I want it.
Ruth
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is confidence in my choices regarding creativity.
Lea Ann Reynolds
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding the time and getting started!
Julie Woodbury
December 25, 2023
My biggest challenge is finding what I want in order to get any given project done. I have collected fabric, trims, incidentals, for decades now. I’ve got oodles of materials – it’s just locating them when I want to use them that is a problem!
Rachel
December 25, 2023
Getting my serger out of the box
Kathleen
December 25, 2023
My biggest challenge when sewing is keeping myself organized in my sewing room.
JANE HYLEMAN
December 25, 2023
My biggest challenge right now is getting my sewing room in an orderly state so that I can sew and find what I need to be able to sew.
Stacey
December 25, 2023
My biggest challenge is not enough time to sew, all the projects I want to make.
Kathy
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is my poor lighting.
Lydia P
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is keeping motivation up for installing closures (velcro, zippers, etc.)!
Vicki
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding the time where I can sew without being distracted.
Ilona
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is threading the needle with mu 76-year-old eyes.
Candace
December 25, 2023
My biggest challenge is the new sewing machines!!! They (both the serger and regular machine) have a larger footprint from the pressure foot to sewing area. It is much more difficult to sew smaller things now. In fact I really question why the manufactures think the only thing we home sewers sew is quilts! Also, the small trims, laces, eyelets, and buttons are not as small, varied and cute as they were a few years ago, nor as easily found. The Pixie Paks are a great find, but the buttons are all cookie cutter look alikes.
Lisa T
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is not having enough time in the day…and having my sewing space in my small living space…but sewing is my happy place so bring on the challenge!
Carola
December 25, 2023
My biggest challenge …I stepped out of sewing during homeschooling and adoption season of my life; now that I’m ready to jump back in, I’m really rusty. Things that were instinct and muscle memory are taking thought.
Beverly
December 25, 2023
My biggest challenge is deciding what beautiful thing I can make and finishing it!
Brenda
December 25, 2023
My biggest challenge is finishing my current project before starting the next one!
Patricia Bridges
December 25, 2023
I would have to say my biggest challenge has come since becoming disabled. My sewing room and supplies are upstairs and I am unable to climb the stairs. Trying to make my husband understand what I want him to bring down for me can be complicated I only ask for supplies for things that I really feel I want to make.
Jo Cecil
December 25, 2023
My biggest challenge if making time to sew
Heather
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is staying organized so I can find what I want, when I want it.
Patricia Johnson
December 25, 2023
my biggest sewing challenge is finding the time i need to do all my sewing
Lisa
December 25, 2023
My biggest challenge is staying focused, especially when things go south or aren’t working out as planned. I then start a new project and repeat the same cycle. :-(
Sheila
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding the time to sew.
Carol M
December 25, 2023
My eyes are old and tired, and for sewing I MUST have a LOT of light…led overhead shop light, magnifying led lamp, etc. etc…the more the better. Natural outdoor sunlight is the best sewing supply I could want, but can’t bring it indoors, so mostly depend on those artificial appliances!
Ronda
December 25, 2023
I have trouble putting eyelets in and I use a cropoodile. There are sometimes rough edges on the inside.
I also want to try all of my patterns and I have too many.
Donna B
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is that we were going to move and all my sewing things were packed to de-personalize the house. It’s all packed still in storage.
Barbars
December 25, 2023
My biggest problem is finding the time to sew for 10 dolls!……six 18 inch dolls and four 14 inch dolls, all different time periods!!
Heather
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is hand embroidering tiny details.
Deb
December 25, 2023
I’ve found that I need to “ make” time to sew a priority as “ finding” the time is never going to happen for me . I get my motivation from the Inspirational images on Pixie Faire and the pattern reviews . it’s amazing the outfits are so different looking even though they are sewn with the same pattern.
Sarah B
December 25, 2023
Our biggest sewing challenge- We still having trouble sewing with silky fabric.
T
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is to just get started. I just retired and when I worked full time I always found time to sew. It was my stress reliever. Now I have so many things I want to do, sewing gets put on the back burner. I’m loving freedom and life.
Sharon
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is button holes .Ive even tried the parchment paper technique . I had difficulty turning that to make horizontal button holes. Some day I’m determined to master this on tiny doll clothes.
Sherry
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is figuring out how to organize my sewing projects in my small space.
T
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is to just get started. I just retired and when I worked full time I always found time to sew. It was my stress reliever. Now I have so many things I want to do, sewing gets put on the back burner. I’m loving freedom and life.
Margaret
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is gathers. Just can’t seem to get them right
Elizabeth Murphy
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is machine embroidery
Tamara
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is prioritizing my sewing time and sharing the space with others
Rena
December 25, 2023
My biggest challenge is choosing my next project and then getting started on it. I get overwhelmed by the number of possibilities and by the many fabrics from which to choose.
Cynthia
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is turning tiny tube straps.
Norma Middendorf
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is buttonholes.
Nelda
December 25, 2023
My biggest challenge is binding a quilt and losing manual dexterity.
Karen Hawkins
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is staying motivated. I love sewing but I get distracted easily (ADHD). I think age has a.lot to do with it as well. Scoliosis!
Mae Lynn Beck
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is still buttonholes. Making a buttonhole in doll clothes especially near a seam is just so hard. I cannot get them uniform. I’ve used Shari’s freezer paper technique and still have difficulty. Just have to keep practicing I guess.
Nancy
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is turning corners.
Julie
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is getting started.
Anna
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding the time. Four children under 10 keep me pretty busy. Lol.
Patti
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is deciding which project to do next
joan
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is sewing with chiffon.
Donna
December 25, 2023
My biggest challenge is finding enough hours in the day to get in some sewing – but I do try!
Bonnie
December 25, 2023
My biggest challenge is finding enough time to do all the projects that are floating around in my head.
Jan
December 25, 2023
My biggest challenge is sewing knits and silky fabrics. I’m getting better after watching the SWC videos, but the results are still not as good as I’d like.
Lorretta
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is that I’m getting older and my hands are what they used to be. Sewing small is a challenge every time I do it but I love it so!!!
Amy
December 25, 2023
My biggest challenge is just getting started with a new project.
Karen
December 25, 2023
My biggest challenge is zippers!
Jessica Payne
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finishing what I start. And carrying through my ideas
Deb
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding patterns to fit 8" and 5.5" dolls
Cindy D
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding fabric that excites me to sew my traditional patterns and to try new things.
Helene Dahl
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge presently is not having a sewing room!
Chris A
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is learning to sew! Got a sewing machine for Christmas so now I just have to take some sewing lessons, which I have scheduled. So excited.
Crystal
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding fabrics and notions at reasonable prices, and also, fabrics with small enough prints that are suitable for doll clothing. I live on a small fixed income so price + quality is extremely important to me.
carla
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is deciding which pattern I want to make. I always get lost in the looking at the patterns to pick one and run out of time to actually sew one.
Sue
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge when sewing doll clothes is manipulating the fabric under the pressure foot. I’ve tried coffee filters, tweezers and a sewing awl so my machines doesn’t eat the fabric. I suppose I need more practice so I don’t jam the tweezers under the foot because I don’t move them out of the way fast enough.
Betty
December 25, 2023
My biggest challenge in sewing is that of the vcost of materials.
Patricia Anderson
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing Challenge is having enough time to sew the things I want to make, but I am working on my wish list slowly!
Mrs. Plum
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finishing what I begin.
ARLENE
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge never finish anything syndrome
Florence
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is sewing silky fabrics.
Melissa
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding time and energy
Cheri
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is buttonholes.
Laura
December 25, 2023
Living in a small house, I have to finish a project quickly or the cat sleeps on my fabric!
Mary
December 25, 2023
Creating items for my husband
Carol
December 25, 2023
My biggest challenge has been finding time to be in my “sewing cave”.
J. Phariss
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is deciding on what to do next! Girl clothes, boy clothes, bedding, shoes…so much to do so little time.
Linda M.
December 25, 2023
My biggest challenge is never enough time for all the sewing I want to do! Thank You!
Bev
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is relearning to use my left side after an accident during neck surgery. My love of sewing keeps me going.
Elaine L
December 25, 2023
My biggest challenge is either motivation or finding time.
Donna
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is to get necklines and zippers to look just right.
terry kuntz
December 25, 2023
Where did the year go? Biggest sewing challenge? guess I was very ambitious and some people will be getting their goodies in January. Just an extended holiday gifting period I guess. Should be fun. Merry Christmas and Happy New Years Folks.
Pat
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finishing projects before getting distracted by a new beautiful or fun looking pattern.
Sandra
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is getting every step correct and appearing professional.
Christa Nichols
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding the time to sew.
Kathleen A
December 25, 2023
My favorite contest every year!! My biggest challenge is the time it takes me to create the perfect ensemble. I work way too slow!
Anne
December 25, 2023
My biggest challenge is to modify patterns for different reasons.
Linda Heig
December 25, 2023
I so very much enjoy your patterns and web site. I have sewn since I was a small child. But I believe you are never too old to learn new techniques. And I am 69.
Kathy
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is trying to keep my cat from laying so close to my sewing machine that I’m not sewing his tail into what ever I’m making at the time.
LAURIE
December 25, 2023
My biggest challenge is deciding what to make first! I’ve got so many doll clothes cut out and ready to sew! What do I make first?
J. Phariss
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is waiting for the next perfect pattern from Pixie Faire.
Dolores
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is sewing with knits.
Janice
December 25, 2023
My biggest Sewing challenge is staying focused.
Sharon B.
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is knowing how to sew layers of tulle, such as in Dollhouse Designs “To The Ball” gown that looks like a Cinderella dress. I would LOVE to see a sew-a-long with this pattern!!
nadine
December 25, 2023
Finding enough time to sew
Patricia
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is to find time to sew. I love to sew but have trouble having enough time to sew.
Donna Leddy
December 25, 2023
My biggest challenge in sewing is the freight costs to get fabric from overseas.
Judy P
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is still how to store fabric scraps. There are lots of ways to use them, but finding what I want when I need them is just overwhelming at times. Luckily, we have a thrift shop that will recycle fabric scraps.
Kyle Linder
December 25, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge would be making something that manages to come out looking like what I had in mind. Being a bit of a perfectionist, I tend to struggle being content with anything I make unless it’s up to my expectations.