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, knitting, or crochet challenge is finding time to do it first. Secondly, I have crocheted since I was 7. I am newer to sewing, so I often feel like I have all thumbs.
My biggest challenge is sewing all the small details. I also struggle when trying to sew with knit fabrics.
My biggest sewing challenge is finding more time to sew. We are raising our eight year old granddaughter so I am very busy with her activities such as school, dance, play dates, etc.
My biggest sewing challenge is keeping my sewing area neat. When I sew, I need the area around me to be neat or it can be overwhelming to find all the pieces that are cut. I spend more time looking for instructions and fabric pieces than I actually spend sewing.
My biggest sewing, knifing, or crochet, challenge is to pick one and finish it before picking up another. There are so many choices I want to make them all. Thank you for all the lovely patterns and tips. Happy New Year!
My biggest sewing, knitting or crochet challenge is, like many others, time. Time to get out and source fabric or wool, time to make sure the pattern fits my doll, uninterrupted time to create, and time to enjoy what I have envisioned and made.
My biggest challenge to sewing, knitting and crocheting is motivation to cut out the pattern for sewing (I hate doing it!), motivation to finish the project for crocheting, and lack of know how for knitting.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is choosing what to work on first. So many wonderful options, how does one choose?
My biggest sewing challenge is learning new things. After being a person who has sewed for 50 years using my mom’s 1953 Singer sewing machine, I’ve finally bought a new sewing machine. I am challenged each time I look at it but I keep taking one step at a time and am gaining confidence as I enjoy the beautiful stitching that I see in front of my eyes!
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is storing it and finding the time to do it all.
my biggest challenge sewing is not enough time to complete all the projects that I am working on in my head
My biggest sewing, knitting, crochet challenge is finding the time to sew!! Also finding the right pattern for my specialty dolls.
My biggest challenge is taking too many projects on at once- need to pace myself.
My biggest sewing challenge is time! I thought retirement would bring more time not work! Thanks for all that you do!
My biggest craft challenge is deciding wheich craft I am going to concentrate on, sewing knitting or basket weaving
My biggest sewing challenge is taking the time to sew up some of my stash.
My biggest sewing challenge is inserting zippers!
My biggest challenge in all my crafts is lack of organization. I have so much “stuff” I often can’t find things I need, either losing time looking for or going out and buying another, only to find the tool of whatever later.
My biggest sewing challenge is still, after 20+ years of sewing, knit fabric! I avoid it at all costs! Explains why I probably still detest the stuff, no practice!
My biggest challenge in all my crafts is lack of organization. I have so much “stuff” I often can’t find things I need, either losing time looking for or going out and buying another, only to find the tool of whatever later.
“My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is time. There is never enough time to make all of the wonderful patterns and crafts that are available. I need to clone myself to get it all accomplished.
my biggest challenge in crocheting is trying to do it right handed when i am left handed
Biggest knitting challenge, last year found a fantastic beret pattern made two attempts and hopefully this year I will finish it Of course, that being said, I am a beginner and chose pattern that was a bit beyond my knowledge. Lol . Doll clothes would like to get better at knits. Doing fine with specialty fabrics but knits still want to chew and slip slide.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is finding the time to work on projects for my home, myself, and my dolls.
My biggest sewing challenge is finding time to sew uninterrupted and FINISH what I have started.
My biggest crochet problem is learning how to do it right. I always end up with skipped stitches or the edges are very wavy.
My biggest challenge is finding enough time to work on all the projects I have on the ‘go’ at any one time!
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is starting lots of projects before finishing others. So many outfits to sew, so little time!
My biggest sewing, knitting and crocheting challenge is finding the fabrics and trims to make the outfits. Also finding the time, this year I’m putting aside one day a week for sewing.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is adding sleeves to my garment.
Oh boo, I just have a dilly of a time doing this
My biggest sewing challenge is finding the time to do everything I would like to.
My biggest challenge is staying focused! I plan too many projects and can’t get anything done!
My biggest challenge is staying focused! I plan too many projects and can’t get anything done!
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is finding enough time to do all the thins that one would like to do.
My biggest challenges are finding the time and using what I have without getting more,
My biggest sewing challenge is deciding what to work on. So many ideas floating in my head!
My biggest sewing challenge is finding all of the adorable notions that I have purchased. I have labeled boxes with all my zippers, lace (several boxes), etc, but I still manage to misplace that one thing that I want to use!
My biggest sewing, knitting, crochet challenge is finishing larger projects.
My biggest sewing, knitting or crochet challenge is deciding which of the zillions of projects that are stashed in my craft room I want to tackle next, and which ones I just need to abandon because they’ve been there so long I no longer like the fabrics or yarn!
My biggest challenge is learning to knit. I can crochet and sew, but knitting is a lost cause! My Grandma tried to teach me, but it was no use, my fingers just won’t cooperate. My daughter wants to learn to knit, so I am trying, but what a challenge!
My biggest challenge is patience. I get impatient waiting to see the finished product on the doll, and sometimes when knitting, it seems like the project takes forever to get any longer/bigger! As with most of the other respondents, time is also a challenge.
My biggest challenge so far has been learning to sew knits. taking the time to watch tutorials has been the most helpful so far.
My biggest challenge is my health. Old age sucks! Do as much as you can when your younger. Do not put it off till you retire By then your time is spent finding doctors dealing with medications and insurance. What crafting you still can do comes in between life’s ache’s and pains and doctor appointments.
My biggest challenge for sewing, knitting and crocheting is time. Not only time to do the activity, but also time to gather supplies (shops with price-point variety over 100km away) and improve skills to create more than beginner patterns.
My biggest sewing challenge is smocking.
Never tired to knit or crochet. My biggest sewing challenge is the little details. And trying to hem on a curve!
My biggest challenge is time and just to start. I don’t have a craft area so it is always a challenge to set up and later tear down. I am learning how to sew and I crochet. I want to sew as I think I can turn out more projects than the time it takes to crochet. But I will never stop crocheting. :) I have done dresses for 4 in doll up.
My biggest sewing challenge is that I don’t have enough time to do all the things I want to do! I love quilting and sewing doll clothes.
My biggest sewing, knitting or crocheting challenge is time. I cannot seem to make the time each day to work on my projects.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is picking fabrics that go well together.
My biggest sewing challenge is have enough colored threads..I use so much and need to restock
My biggest sewing challenge is getting the time. I have 5 children under 13. That takes alot of my time, I find ways to get some time here and there, but it’s not as much as.I would like.
My biggest, sewing,knitting or crochet challenge is working to improve my shoe making abilities.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is love of fabric and yarn. It is too tempting to collect and never get to sew. It is much too easy to be distracted and drawn from my project to current events.I would like to crochet with a good tension. How did our Mothers work and keep house while still finding time to become skilled with needle and thread?
My biggest sewing challenge is organization of time and space. It takes constant vigilance.
My biggest sewing challenge is making a row of buttons and buttonholes straight! They always aren’t quite straight!!!
My biggest challenge is finishing by sewing room to get started. We purchased a house so I could have the room but have had many things to do so I can get started. come on the New Year I am ready.
My biggest sewing challenge is not being able to sew fast enough to keep up with the projects I want to accomplish.
To get more confident with fair Isle knitting
My biggest sewing, kitting or crochet challenge..like everyone else….time. All I want to do is sew.
I have the space, patterns, material, notions and ideas overflowing,
What I do is make appointments/agreements. Using the phone timer. If I have to do some chore I set the timer for 55 minutes and sew Or I set aside time (and don’t vacuum :-)
My other challenge is as much as I like knit & crochet I don’t know how and want to sew more than I want to knit.
I am so excited about this doll!!!
My biggest crochet challenge is accurately and regularly counting stitches! I am still learning…..
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is using a machine. I think knitting is easier. I’ve never tried crochet.
My biggest sewing, knitting or crochet challenge is that some of the sewing patterns have to be adjusted for the My Life as and Our Generation, which my granddaughters have. I myself have 3 of these dolls and as they now have boy dolls I also need to get myself a boy doll model winning Logan would be a great addition to my sewing room.
My biggest sewing challenge is pacing myself and not sitting to long at the sewing machine, before my back starts to ache. I didn’t have this problem when I was younger!
My biggest challenge is finding time to do any of those things, especially sewing.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is finding time to perfect new techniques! I love to sew, knit and crochet, but there are not enough hours in the day and hold down a J-O-B. The job supports the hobbies so I can’t complain too much.
Zippers!!!!!
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is finding fabric to scale for my doll projects. I live in an area that is very limited on places to purchase fabric therefore I use a lot of children’s clothes.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is learning complex crochet stitches
My biggest sewing knitting and crocheting challenge is too many projects and not enough time. And too many great things to pick from.
My biggest sewing challenge is organization of both time and space. It takes constant vigilance.
Biggest challenge for me is finding time and inspiration,,this will send me in a new direction of sewing for boys.
My biggest challenge is to keep concentrating on the project at hand. My mind wants to keep interrupting what I am working on with ideas of what to do next. Now with the introduction of Logan I want to create the wardrobe for him like the girls have.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is finding time to do it!!!
My biggest challenge is zippers. After all my years of sewing, I should have this down but it can still be a trial.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is finding time and energy to do it. I am hoping to incorporate some more sewing into our homeschooling lessons with the kids so we can work on more projects together.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is pacing myself so that I don’t irritate my shoulder/arm which I injured five years ago.
My biggest sewing challenge is finding time, and funding my hobby ;) My biggest crocheting or knitting challenge is learning how — I tried to crochet once, but couldn’t seem to understand more than a basic chain. The patterns are so beautiful, but I don’t have the time/patience to stick with it to learn.
My biggest sewing challenge is inset sleeves in doll clothes. I do well with flat construction, but this sleeve gives me fits.
My biggest challenge is putting together what I knit. It is my least favorite part and I tend to put it off. Currently have several outfits all knitted waiting to be put together.
My biggest problem sewing doll clothes is having the time to try all of the ideas I have.
My biggest sewing challenge is sewing slippery party fabrics or long haired faux fur fabric. Lots of frustration with skipping stitches, thread breakage and more. I have a wonderful machine that does a fantastic job on all my Pixie Faire patterns just certain fabrics give me more of a challenge!
My biggest sewing challenge is finding time to sew.
“My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is getting fabrics locally that I like for doll clothes. I love to lay fabrics together before I buy. "
“My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is starting sewing Dolls clothes this year, my mind has been on knitting the past year, must now get into sewing.
My biggest challenge is learning how to sew again after 2 strokes. I have started to finish things that I started BS. I don’t remember how I did them but am seeking help to learn again.Sewing has been my joy.
My biggest sewing challenge is sewing knit fabrics. I have the Sewing with Knits class, but I still have to practice.
My biggest sewing challenge is STILL finding time to actually do it!!!
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is making outfits for the boy doll, I have knitted up some nice outfits lately. Just this week I made a hockey player with my daughters help. She made the helmet. stick and skates, I made the jersey, pants and leggings. He is being raffled for the hockey association.
My biggest challenge comes when I have to do something I haven’t done in a while – trying to remember how to do it. Currently, I have not crocheted in YEARS. I would have to study up on how to do it if I had a project using crochet.
Bonne Année 2018
J’adore le pilote il est génial.
Amitié québécois,
Mamie
My biggest sewing, knitting or crochet challenge is finding time. So many great ideas, so little time, especially since I got 2 granddaughters! But so much fun!
My biggest sewing, knitting or crocheting challenge is I am a lefty. So…thankful there are some ladies putting out how to crochet and knit left handed. It does still cause me problems sewing some times as my mind wants to put the quilt binding on backward. I am learning and deal with it every day.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is having the materials I need at the time, on hand!!
My biggest sewing challenge is to make clothes for myself, rather than sew on anything else I can think of. My own clothing is my favorite, but I seldom take the time for myself.
my biggest challenge is making my mental ideas into reality!
To stop buying material and sew the 200 doll outfits I have already cut out!
Kelly
January 02, 2018
My biggest sewing challenge is not having a dedicated space. The kitchen table needs to be used faster than I can finish a project.