December 25, 2025

🎄 The 15th annual 12 Days of Christmas at Pixie Faire!

[Edited 1/6/26] Congratulations to Sharon H. She won the Pixie Faire gift card and has been notified by email!

Christmas is one of my favorite times of year — a season of creativity, generosity, and reflection. This year I wanted to continue to celebrate in a way that’s meaningful, fun, and deeply connected to what we love most: design, sewing, and growing together as makers.

So today, I’m excited to announce the 15th annual 12 Days of Christmas Celebration, inspired by the 15th anniversary of the Design Academy-12 Principles of Design.

Here’s how it works:

For the next 12 days, we’ll be sharing:

✂️ One Design Academy Principle per day
💡 A practical Design Tip you can use immediately
💬 A daily blog comment prompt for you to earn entries in our giveaway
🎁 A $100 Pixie Faire Gift Card giveaway — announced on January 6th

Each day we'll jump back to this blog post to highlight one of the twelve design principles and invite you to join the conversation by leaving a comment. Every comment is an entry to win the $100 gift card. The more you participate, the more entries you earn!

And there’s more....

These 12 principles are also the foundation of something very special coming in 2026…

✨ Sewing With Cinnamon & Friends 2026 Theme

Design Academy Reimagined: A Year-Long Sewing Masterclass

Twelve principles. Twelve months. One unforgettable year of growth.

In 2026, Cinnamon Miles is opening the vault and teaching the Design Academy like never before—fifteen years after she first published the landmark series that inspired thousands of sewists worldwide. This is a complete, modernized re-imagining, blending Liberty Jane’s iconic design principles with Sewing With Cinnamon’s techniques, challenges, and creative opportunities.

We're bringing the Design Academy into Sewing With Cinnamon in 2026 using the core principles to guide our 2026 topics and this year, there’s even more:
Historical fashion deep dives with guest instructor Shari Fuller. Designer spotlight showcases. Sew Powerful Purse crossover projects. And a brand-new challenge every month.

If you loved the original Design Academy, you haven’t seen anything yet!

Read all the detail of the 2026 overview HERE. Existing SWC members are already in! If you're not a member yet, we invite you to join us, it all starts on January 6, 2026.

The 12 Days of Christmas is your preview of what’s coming — and a great way to jump back into thinking like a designer and getting the most out of your Pixie Faire pattern collection.

Let’s celebrate creativity, learning, and sewing together this Christmas season.

Merry Christmas,
Cinnamon & Team Pixie Faire

🎁 12 Day's of Christmas Giveaway

👉 Winner announced 1/6/26!

🎁 Day 1

Today (12/25) we kick things off with Principle #1: Proportion, and your first entry for the $100 Pixie Faire Gift Card.

💡Design Tip - Proportion: Scale is invisible when it's right and noticeable when it's wrong!

👉 To enter: Leave a comment under this blog post. Comment Prompt:
What’s your best tip for determining scale in relation to the doll you're sewing for?

🎁 Day 2

Today (12/26) we kick things off with Principle #2: Focal Point, and your second entry for the $100 Pixie Faire Gift Card.

💡Design Tip - Focal Point: Choose ONE star of the show. Whether it’s a bold fabric, a special embellishment, a unique neckline, or a pop of contrast — one clear focal point will always outperform several competing ones.

👉 To enter: Leave a comment under this blog post. Comment Prompt: What’s your favorite way to create a focal point — color, embellishment, trim, or fabric choice?

🎁 Day 3

Today (12/27) we kick things off with Principle #3: Rhythm & Repetition, and your third entry for the $100 Pixie Faire Gift Card.

💡Design Tip - Rhythm & Repetition: Repeat a shape or color at least three times.
Two feels accidental. Three feels deliberate. Four or more creates strong visual rhythm.

👉 To enter: Leave a comment under this blog post. Comment Prompt: “What do you enjoy repeating most in your sewing — shapes, colors, stitching, or patterns?”

🎁 Day 4

Today (12/28) we kick things off with Principle #4: Harmony & Unity, and your fourth entry for the $100 Pixie Faire Gift Card.

💡Design Tip:

Choose one unifying idea and let it guide every decision.
That unifying idea might be:

A color story
A mood (playful, classic, modern)
A fabric type
Or a design theme

If every choice supports the same idea, harmony follows naturally.

👉 To enter: Leave a comment under this blog post. Comment Prompt: “When you start a project, what helps you keep everything feeling cohesive?” (color, mood, fabric types, themes, etc)

🎁 Day 5

Today (12/29) we kick things off with Principle #5: Color, and your fifth entry for the $100 Pixie Faire Gift Card.

💡Design Tip:

Successful Color Blocking: Highlight the pattern design lines with fabric by color blocking! Keep in mind the design principles mentioned earlier - rule of thirds, repetition, and harmony - Let one color dominate about 70%, repeat colors with added elements like buttons and trims, and pick a color palette that pleases the eye!

Bonus BOGO Promotion happening today too! https://www.pixiefaire.com/collections/trend-watch-color-block

👉 To enter: Leave a comment under this blog post. Comment Prompt: “What color combination do you find yourself reaching for again and again—and why?"

🎁 Day 6

Today (12/30) we kick things off with Principle #6: Fabric Matters, and your sixth entry for the $100 Pixie Faire Gift Card.

💡Design Tip:

Fabric Choice: Match the fabric personality to the design's intent. Choosing the right fabric often matters more than choosing the perfect color or embellishment. Maybe it's time to venture out of your comfort zone and try out a new type of fabric?

👉 To enter: Leave a comment under this blog post. Comment Prompt: “What’s one fabric you love sewing with—and one you tend to avoid?”

🎁 Day 7

Today (12/31) we kick things off with Principle #7: Fabric Matters, and your seventh entry for the $100 Pixie Faire Gift Card.

💡Design Tip:

Surprise is what turns a nice design into a memorable one. It’s the small, unexpected detail that makes someone stop and look twice. Add one unexpected detail that only appears once. It could be: A contrasting lining, A hidden pocket, An unexpected trim or button, A pop of color on the inside rather than the outside. One surprise is charming. Too many dilute the effect.

👉 To enter: Leave a comment under this blog post. Comment Prompt: “ What’s the most fun or surprising detail you’ve ever added to a sewing project?”

🎁 Day 8

Today (1/01) we kick things off with Principle #8: Waistlines, and your eighth entry for the $100 Pixie Faire Gift Card.

💡Design Tip:

Where the waistline sits can completely change a silhouette. A small shift up or down can make a design feel youthful, classic, elegant, or modern.

The higher (Empire) waistline was prominent in the early 1800s Regency era, the natural waistline popular in the 1930s-1950s, and the lower dropped waistline emerged in the 1920s and reappeared in the 1960s/70s.

Waistlines aren’t just structural—they’re visual cues.

👉 To enter: Leave a comment under this blog post. Comment Prompt: “ Do you tend to prefer high, natural, or dropped waistlines in your designs?”

🎁 Day 9

Today (1/02) we kick things off with Principle #9: Homage, and your eighth entry for the $100 Pixie Faire Gift Card.

💡Design Tip:

Homage is about honoring inspiration without copying it. Great designers study what they love, identify why it works, and then reinterpret it in their own voice.

Homage connects design to history, culture, and personal story—and it’s one of the most meaningful ways to create!

Isolate one defining element of your inspiration and build from there.

👉 To enter: Leave a comment under this blog post. Comment Prompt: “Is there a designer, era, or style that inspires your sewing the most?”

🎁 Day 10

Today (1/03) we kick things off with Principle #10: Minimalism, and your tenth entry for the $100 Pixie Faire Gift Card.

💡Design Tip:

Minimalism isn’t about making designs boring—it’s about making intentional choices.
When fewer elements compete for attention, the most important ones shine.

Minimalist designs often look confident, modern, and timeless.

👉 To enter: Leave a comment under this blog post. Comment Prompt: “Do you lean more toward simple designs or detailed ones—and why?”

🎁 Day 11

Today (1/04) we kick things off with Principle #11: Distressing & Embellishment, and your eleventh entry for the $100 Pixie Faire Gift Card.

💡Design Tip:

Today’s design principle is all about adding depth, texture, and personality. Distressing and embellishment bring a design to life—but only when they’re intentional.
The goal isn’t to add more, but to add meaning.

Well-placed texture can elevate even the simplest design.

👉 To enter: Leave a comment under this blog post. Comment Prompt: “Do you enjoy embellishing your projects with fabric manipulation or added details like buttons, beads, or trims?”

🎁 Day 12

Today (1/05) we kick things off with Principle #12: Sewing Technique, and your final entry for the $100 Pixie Faire Gift Card.

💡Design Tip:

Most projects look “handmade” not because of design choices, but because of rushed finishing. Taking extra time on the last 10% of a project makes the biggest visual difference.

Focus on:

Accurate seam allowances
Pressing after every seam
Clean edges and consistent topstitching
Secure closures and neatly finished hems

👉 To enter: Leave a comment under this blog post. Comment Prompt:

“What sewing technique do you most want to improve or master in the coming year—and why?”

Thank you for being part of this community and for sharing your creativity with me.

Warmly,
Cinnamon

P.S. Don’t forget — today is the final day to comment for the $100 Pixie Faire Gift Card drawing!

100 Comments

Bev

January 16, 2026

What’s your best tip for determining scale in relation to the doll you’re sewing for?
My tip is learned from out of proportion items. I think fabric print is very important so it fits the dolls size and the dolly looks comfy instead of odd or too large print.

Bev

January 16, 2026

The sewing technique that I most want to improve or master in the coming year—and why?” Is seam finishings i have a difficult time doing hong kong and other fine finishings which make my items look hand made.

Theresa

January 07, 2026

Most of the time, I stick pretty close to a pattern. Occasionally, if I already have something special that could be used as an embellishment, I might look for a pattern on which I might use the embellishment. I guess that backwards from what you are asking.

Carola

January 06, 2026

Closures. I’m afraid to use anything other than a velcro closure after I have put so much time and attention into the rest of the garment.

Linda

January 06, 2026

I want to master the seams and topstitching

Julia

January 06, 2026

Clean edges and consistent topstitching

KathyS

January 06, 2026

I’m planning on learning how to use my new Babylock serger machine, become more organized and just enjoy sewing and making some of the patterns from my huge stash.
Happy New Year and Happy sewing every one!

Shelley

January 06, 2026

I would like to master sewing on silks and knits.

Rena

January 06, 2026

I want to enhance my overall skills in sewing in the miniature.

Lise

January 06, 2026

Overall I want to improve on my sewing techniques and sewing doll size patterns allows me to practice those to move onto adult pieces.

Soozee

January 06, 2026

I always have trouble getting hems and topstitching straight on knit fabrics.

Judith Martinez

January 06, 2026

I would love to improve my knit sewing.

Mama T

January 06, 2026

Day 11: I like to enhance my projects by choice of fabric combines with items like buttons, ribbons or items like small ruffles.

Charlotte

January 06, 2026

I would like to work on improving my smocking, and in particular, picture smocking, which is not something I’ve spent much time on in the past. I enjoy smocking a lot, and have even smocked a nightgown for myself, and have a blouse cut out that I need to pleat and smock before I construct it. I’m looking forward to having a smocked garment I can actually wear out in public! (My dolls are well dressed, with many of them having smocked dresses; I have also made a number of smocked bereavement gowns for the local hospital.) So, I have a good handle on the basic smocking stitches, but could work on perfecting those, but I would also like to do picture smocking.

Maria

January 05, 2026

This is the hardest question of all. The sewing technique I most want to master in the coming year is how to adapt larger or smaller patterns to fit my dolls. I want to be able to sew costumes to match dolls from children’s costumes that match.

Maria

January 05, 2026

I especially like buttons and tiny trims to create unique and beautiful designs.

Jacqui Starr

January 05, 2026

One thing I want to improve is making my most accurate cutting of pieces possible & finishing my doll clothing projects. I’m also wanting to build fabric covered doll trunks which are tight & professional quality for long lasting storage.

Jacqui Starr

January 05, 2026

Susan

January 05, 2026

I have a machine I purchased not too long ago. I would like to learn more about some of the many things it can do. It has many decorative stitches that would be lovely on doll clothes.

Janet F

January 05, 2026

Day #12: What sewing technique do you most want to improve or master in the coming year—and why? I want to learn how to work with specialty fabrics so that I can feel more confident sewing fancy dresses.

Janet F

January 05, 2026

Day #11: Do you enjoy embellishing your projects with fabric manipulation or added details like buttons, beads, or trims? I typically add things like buttons and trims.

Janet F

January 05, 2026

Day #10: Do you lean more toward simple designs or detailed ones—and why?

I lean towards more simple designs for ease of construction. Detailed ones trend to are me out and scare me.

Bev

January 05, 2026

“What sewing technique do you most want to improve or master in the coming year—and why?”
I would like to perfect detailed topstitching on different fabrics as well as buttonholes and zippers on different fabrics. I find this difficult to achieve. Thank yu

Mae Lynn Beck

January 05, 2026

I want to improve on buttonholes and learn to use a serger.

Trudy

January 05, 2026

I would like to learn and use the numerous sewing feet that came as accessories.

Sandra Cox

January 05, 2026

I would love to improve my serger skills and sewing with stretchy materials.

Lezlie

January 05, 2026

After over 5 decades of sewing, I really want to learn to blind hem on my Janome where it looks professional. I know the principles, but haven’t taken enough time to master it. Most of my time is spent with alterations and creations for gifts. Thank you and a Blessed 2026

Deb

January 05, 2026

I love learning new sewing tricks and techniques . I am always surprised at what I don’t know at 72. Things I wished I knew years ago to help with my sewing. I would love to fine tune all my projects with the new things i keep learning.
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Lois

January 05, 2026

A sewing technique I would like to improve is machine sewing knits. I would also love to get a chance to do machine embroidery.

Lois

January 05, 2026

I am far more team embellishing than team distressing. I’m not nearly brave enough to intentionally distress something I’ve worked hard on. It is enjoyable to add just the right embellishment, though. Im a huge fan of ruffles and of buttons.

Cheri

January 05, 2026

Improve my tiny buttonholes.

Mary

January 05, 2026

I’d like to get better with buttonholes. I have a new machine, and I’m not quite as good with buttonholes on this one as I’d like to be.

Lois

January 05, 2026

Minimalism: I do like a nice clean line and find beauty in well crafted simplicity. Depending on the historical era, I do feel that excess is called for, but I also have great respect for understated elegance.

Jeana

January 05, 2026

Using my serger more

Catherine

January 05, 2026

Hand sewing! In particular bead work.

Pat

January 05, 2026

I’d like to do better at seam finishing.

Alita Shaver

January 05, 2026

I’m a confident and inventive sewer, but one glaring deficiency is using the serger. My original one was a disaster and never wanted to sew, and I finally bought a different used one. I watch videos of people sewing with them and I am desperate to acquire that speed and finish. I want this to be the year!

Julie

January 05, 2026

I need to work harder at getting any gathering I do to look even and professional. Also, setting in sleeves and even puffed sleeves give me some problems. I know what should be done, but I need to work harder at getting it done professionally!

Linda

January 05, 2026

I would like to learn how to alter patterns to fit 18 dolls that I don’t know the brand, like American Girl or OG … as I sell the clothes at bazaars. Most patters are tight on the OG. I also would like to get more confidence to try button holes. I always use hook and loop.

Vicki

January 05, 2026

This year I would like to master pattern fitting and utilize my overlocker more other than seam finishing.

LouAnn

January 05, 2026

Working with odd type fabrics.
Sheers, sequences & knits.

Renee Finney

January 05, 2026

There are 2 techniques I wang to improve. One is working with knits and the other is to learn how to use my serger in other ways other than finishing seams.

Susan Smart

January 05, 2026

I’d like to continue to work on seam finishes. I sew on an old Singer that doesn’t do zig zag and I don’t have a serger, so seam finishes are very important with the tiny seam allowances on doll clothes. Button holes are less of a problem because I make them by hand.

Joan

January 05, 2026

Button holes! I have a new Bernina and the process scares me, but I’m going to sit down and master it in 2026!

Dorene

January 05, 2026

I would like to get better at setting in tiny sleeves and sewing cuffs. I am so intimated by them that I prefer to sew sleeveless dresses.

Jacquie Corrigan

January 05, 2026

I would like to get better at sewing tiny buttonholes!

Brenda

January 05, 2026

I would like to get better at making tiny button holes. Also better at finishing old projects before starting new ones!

Kathleen A

January 05, 2026

I want to focus on pressing after EVERY seam (with my new Christmas iron) as well as neat hems and topstitching. I don’t know WHY topstitching evenly is so difficult for me, but it is probably my biggest struggle.

Tess

January 05, 2026

Day 12: Sewing Techniques
I need to improve pattern fitting. I make it as a goal every year, but am fearful to mess up my fabric.

Deb Helfrich

January 05, 2026

I continue to work on perfecting my tiny pintucks.

Melissa

January 05, 2026

Sheer fabrics are my downfall

Dawn

January 05, 2026

I would like to be a better seamstress with materials that easily fray such as silks, satin, linen and velvet. I use picking shears most of the time when cutting out patterns but that does not seem to solve the problems on these type fabrics.

CONSTANCE

January 05, 2026

I am eager to learn and re-learn principles of sewing from the basic stitching to the most intricate of details. Sewing with different fabrics, buttons, zippers, and velcro closures. Working with tiny pleats and gathers is another area of learning potential. Stretch fabrics has its own set of rules to learn, as well. I think I could enjoy just about anything when it comes to working with miniature patterns for dolls.

Ruth

January 05, 2026

I would like to improve my serger skills and finishing my seams.

Susan Fritz

January 05, 2026

There are 2 things I really want to learn,
1.How to use a Serger. (Or finally find another way to beat my nemesis…seams on 4-way stretch fabric.
2. Smocking

Leslie Jo Gatti

January 05, 2026

I need the most help with the closures on my doll clothes. I probably know how to make them look finished, but I hurry to finish a project. I don’t sell my work, so the closures just need to look “adequate.” My dolls deserve better!

AnnP

January 05, 2026

“What sewing technique do you most want to improve or master in the coming year—and why?” Not really a sewing technique: I need to improve fitting garments (for me, hubby and the dolls). Also, sewing closures and finding alternatives to Velcro.

CdnCrafter

January 05, 2026

I would like to improve my sewing skills on my serger. I’m okay with sewing straight seams, but always mess up when there are curves.

Helen

January 05, 2026

I would love to perfect my sewing on a string of pearls. I am having trouble getting the right size for the foot I am using. And I can always use refreshers on all my techniques!

brandi morgan

January 05, 2026

To master embroidery :) Thank you

Sue

January 05, 2026

I would like to perfect my finishing techniques. From my seams to button holes, zippers, or using other fasteners and hand sewing techniques. I feel like I lack a nice finished look in the small details.
I also would like to know more cool hacks that make sewing easier.

Deborah P

January 05, 2026

I would like my garments to look neater… and hope to improve accurate seam allowances with
clean edges and consistent topstitching and neatly finished hems. I hope to improve the appearance of all noticeable thread lines.

Crystal

January 05, 2026

I want to improve on everything but mainly pressing after EVERY seam, topstitching more often, and working on closures that look professionally done. I tend to rush through some areas and then get frustrated and disappointed because they don’t look as nice as they should.

Madeleine

January 05, 2026

Day 9 – Homage – I saw the Princess Diana gown collection at Kensington Palace. It was breath taking. The wedding gown by David and Elizabeth Emanuel 25-foot (7.6 m) train and a 153 yards (140 m) tulle veil, and 10,000 pearls.

Susan G

January 05, 2026

Precision sewing for smaller scale dolls

Judy

January 05, 2026

Closures are my biggest issue. I don’t like the bulk of Velcro on the back of the doll garments. I’m thinking of going back to tiny snaps hand stitched in place.

Lorraine Kozakevich

January 05, 2026

I would like to be better at hand sewing

Nancy

January 05, 2026

I am an experienced sewist, but I find I need to not hurry through steps that I have done over and over, and then have to correct simple mistakes made in haste. I must learn to slow down.

Sharon (Sandy)

January 05, 2026

To challenge myself to construct more complicated garments (such as Gigot Sleeve Dress).
To include an invisible zipper in a garment. (In my younger days – when I actually sewed dresses for myself, I included them all the time.) Would like to know the trick for the perfect placement of the 2nd side of a snap. The pin in the hole no longer works and I’m a bit scared of the Tacky glue method.

Beverley

January 05, 2026

To make my work look more professional; buttonholes and top finishing .

Darlene

January 05, 2026

I have problems keeping my gathering stitches even. Need to practice more.

Bridgette

January 05, 2026

I am not sure.

KateE

January 05, 2026

I most want to be more aware of the sizing in patterns. With dolls being new or older, I want to remeasure them and keep a log of sizes. Since I make clothing for many sizes of dolls, I’m planning on making a chart of the doll measurements and height. That will help me to be more precise with the fit.

Janice

January 05, 2026

I want to work on clean finishes and consistent top stitching. Just making my work look more professional.

Jackie

January 05, 2026

I sew fairly well by hand. I have yet to see hems or button holes made by machine that are as good as ones made by hand. But just before the lockdown I traded in my old sewing machine for a new one. I haven’t made friends with this machine. I haven’t got it out of zigzag mode. I had one class on how to use it and learned only that it was not intended to be used with ordinary easily obtained thread that comes on spools.I have not used a sewing machine since. I continue to enter my cloth dolls, doll quilts, doll clothes and teddy bears in the County Fair where they continue to be well received. But I used to make a lot of my own clothes including a constructed blazer and I’d like to get back into machine sewing. Not as a substitute for hand sewing. Both are important and worthy. But I’d like to do the topstitching on my doll’s jeans.I’d like to make myself a few skirts with adequate pockets. I’d especially like to make a bag for the purse project. And that I think would involve being on speaking terms with a sewing machine.

BrendaK

January 05, 2026

Tis year, I would like to learn how to do smocking. I love the way it looks!

Marti

January 05, 2026

oddly enough, gathering! I have seen many outfits with beautiful, fine gathers and mine just aren’t as good. I have been using 2 rows of gathering stitches and plan to try 3 rows, plus a shorter stitch length and explore what differences those items, separately and together make.

Sue

January 05, 2026

I want to learn how to use all the fancy sewing machine feet I’ve purchased over the years. 82 feet in one big box from Amazon plus all the specialty feet for my Pfaff 7550 I bought in the early 90s which has 2 VHS tapes on how to use them – now need to dig out the tape player and see if it will hook up to my tv!

Kristin

January 05, 2026

Oops maybe I was a day off in my most recent comment. I always like to learn more about making tweaks to patterns; I can drive myself silly as I fiddle with details to get the look I really want. Often I attempt to combine different patterns and while it can work out, I feel like I am flying by the seat of my pants. But maybe that is partly what it is all about.

Kristin

January 05, 2026

I guess the best way to determine scale is kind of the “eyeball” test. While there are some good tips to help determine scale, it really depends on what look one is going for. One way is to use my fore arm and drape fabric over it since it is close to the length of the doll. In general, I like small prints on the doll clothes I make, but one example where I would totally deviate from that is in making a Hawaiian dress. A cabbage rose that is maybe a couple of inches across in a print would look great in that style of dress, but it would look entirely too large on a little frock for example.

T

January 05, 2026

I have not sewn a complicated project in quite some time (years it seems) so I am looking forward to learning many new techniques and tricks!

Beth S

January 05, 2026

The sewing technique that I would most like to improve this year is more precise cutting and stitching.

Anne

January 05, 2026

I would love to learn how to correctly work with knit fabrics – they always seem to cause me headaches!

Shirley Camidge

January 05, 2026

I would love to learn smocking. I think it’s the best design for little girl clothing.

Deb Condosta

January 05, 2026

I want to learn how to adjust/alter patterns.

Pam

January 05, 2026

I would most like to learn how to finish seams so that they look professional. I have a serger and my seams do look better when I use it, but I’m not always sure when to and when not to use the serger. I can’t seem to get the hang of using a zigzag stitch to finish a seam, so it would be nice to learn how to do that.

Elaine

January 05, 2026

I want to learn historical sewing. I have bought several pixie packs with historical clothing, but I’ve not had the time to actually sit down and learn how to do it. Now that I’m retired I hope too.

Madeleine

January 05, 2026

Day 8 – Waistlines – I have sewn several high, low and natural waistline dresses. I select the pattern based on the look rather than where the waistline is.

Syndi

January 05, 2026

The sewing technique I most want to improve and master in the coming year is to learn and master my Serger I inherited from my mother. She only used it a few times before her passing and I miss her so much. It would make me happy to sew with it. I want to sew with stretch fabrics on the Serger to make neater seams than with the stretch setting on my sewing machine that sometimes curls the seams.

Pam

January 05, 2026

I’ve been sewing, making clothing for 60 years. I only seem to need help with UFO’s. In the middle of something, I find something else that strikes my fancy . . .

Madeleine

January 05, 2026

Day 12 – I want to improve my technique for sewing on fancy fabrics. Topstitching without any puckers or pulls or needle breaks.

Charlotte

January 05, 2026

Finishing techniques, especially button holes. I know how to make them but am never pleased with the look of the results.

Tanya Walker

January 05, 2026

Gosh I could improve on all those items listed but closures has to be cleaner and to use the tools available to me!!!

Mollie Bradford

January 05, 2026

I need to work on finishing projects! Too often I get half way finished and then I get distracted and never finish.

Rose

January 05, 2026

Working with slippery fabrics!
Thank you for all the freebies and giveaways!

Nadine

January 05, 2026

I want to learn how to use all the tools and accessories that I have bought in the past but then never have learned how to use them in all the different ways possible. I either buy them and am too intimidated to put in the time and effort to learn to use them or I use them for a project I purchased them for and then never use them again.

Penelope Byrd

January 05, 2026

I hope to fine tune tailoring skills

Karen

January 05, 2026

I’d be happy to be able to sew a straight seam! I am getting better and refuse to give up! Sewing doll clothes is not as forgiving as making clothes for myself. Those tiny seams have to be right or it’s just a mess!!!

Martha

January 05, 2026

I need to master my seam allowances.

Linda

January 05, 2026

The biggest hurdle for me to finish UFO’s. When a project is time consuming, I struggle not to be distracted by other projects that look interesting to start.

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