Welcome to Day 9 of our 12 Days Of Christmas celebration!
Today we are giving away … An a brand new 18" American Girl Logan doll, this fabulous Galactic Pilot outfit, and 9 pdf sewing patterns designed for 18-inch boy dolls to one lucky winner! This giveaway includes a stunning hand-crafted Galactic Pilot outfit made by Linda of Koski Kreations as the prototype for Galactic Pilot Sewing Pattern! The outfit includes the orange flight suit, black boots, white flak vest, chest pack with air tube, belt, harness, tiny tools and ammunition, and the fantastic pilot helmet - this is truly a one of a kind collectible outfit - it's seriously amazing! The American Girl 18 inch Logan doll will come new in the box dressed in his original outfit.
Giveaway Update: Congratulations to Autumn! You've won the 18" boy collection and have been contacted through email.
More pictures of the Galactic Pilot Outfit:
American Girl® Logan Everett™ doll - Description from the AG website: Meet Logan, Tenney’s bandmate and drummer! The 18" Logan boy doll has gray eyes that open and close, and short brown hair. Logan’s unique hand positioning helps him hold instruments! He arrives in a plaid button-down shirt, a T-shirt, jeans, underwear, and shoes.
Along with these items, the giveaway includes the following PDF sewing patterns:
Take your dolls on a space adventure with this little Galactic Pilot suit. The doll clothes sewing pattern features a one-piece flight suit with nine pockets, a flak vest, a chest box, a harness, a belt, a leg band with ammunition, and a helmet. Step by step full color instructions guide you through each step of the sewing and crafting process!
Qtπ Painter Pants: Your 18 inch boy doll will be ready for woodworking, gardening, painting or just looking cool in this funky pant design! They feature relaxed leg, front seams or plain front, working front and back pockets, Front utility hoop, side utility loop, small utility pocket, two choices for back pockets and an elastic waist.
Your 18 inch boy doll will look fabulous in this rough and tumble hoodie featuring easy to sew raglan sleeves, a kangaroo pocket, ribbed waistband and cuffs, and a zipper front. This PDF sewing pattern includes easy to follow instructions that will take the fear out of sewing zippers.
Your 18 inch boy doll will be ready for the football season in this cute uniform which includes patterns and photo illustrated instructions to make a relaxed fit jersey, shoulder pads, and football pants. Make the uniform in your school, team, country, or favorite colors. Add a number, team name, and/or motif to the jersey. Add ribbon trim on the shirt sleeves and along the sides of the pants. Have fun and be creative!
The Liberty Jane® classic Baseball T-shirt now has a looser fit, making it perfect for an 18 inch boy doll such as AG Logan Everett™! The raglan style sleeve is perfect for a beginner because it is a straight seam, not curved or sewn in a circle. Neck binding is an easy technique used to finish the neckline. Learn this technique by following the full color step by step photos and instructions.
Boy, Oh Boy! Here is the cape and mask, short brief and long boxer underwear every super kid has been waiting for. Put a guy in a brief and suddenly he’s flying off the couch like a superhero. Make his dreams come true with this easy to sew pattern. Three sewing options make it easy for every skill level and will make you a star in his book.
Let your adventures of Captain Underwear begin!!
Your doll will be ready for school, work or play in these iconic Australian style Chelsea Ankle Boots. Use matching coloured vinyl, elastic and grosgrain ribbon to create these boots or use contrasting colours for a more fashionable look. The Chelsea Ankle Boots are a versatile addition to your doll’s wardrobe and will compliment any style choice, be it with dresses or pants.
These adorable pajamas were designed specifically for boys with a lower in-seam in the leg and buttons closing to the right. Being totally reversible, this relatively easy PDF pattern offers four alternative PJ’s for all seasons. Mix and match fabrics, jackets and pants – the possibilities and color combinations are infinite. This pattern is designed to fit 18” soft-bodied dolls.
With the Pioneer Boy PDF pattern, you can make a shirt, trousers and cap for your 18" boy doll. The boy's work shirt has a one-piece collar with stand, button front placket, dropped shoulders, and full sleeves gathered to fitted cuffs. The boot-cut trousers have a high waist, working front pockets, faux front fly, and top-stitching detail. The Y-back suspenders have faux-suede tabs that button onto the trousers. The bonus newsboy cap has a paneled crown topped with a fabric-covered button.
Looking for more sewing patterns for 18 inch boy dolls? Be sure to check out our entire collection of boy doll clothes patterns!
To enter today's giveaway, simply leave a comment in the box below finishing this sentence:
"My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is [insert here] "
Comments must be left (on this blog post) by 12 midnight (Pacific), 1/2/2018.
One entry per person.
No purchase necessary, void where prohibited. Must be 18 or older to enter. While we wish we could run this contest everywhere, for legal reasons it is only open to eligible residents of the U.S. and Canada, not including Rhode Island. This contest is exclusively endorsed by Liberty Jane Clothing and Pixie Faire.
The winner will be chosen randomly from the comments received and contacted through the email provided in the comment.
We will choose a winner and announce it tomorrow to let everyone know who won.
Okay, good luck, and if we’ve forgotten anything we will modify and/or update this post as needed.
Happy New Year,
Cinnamon & The Liberty Jane / Pixie Faire Team
My biggest sewing challenge is finding enough time for all the quilts and doll clothes I want to make
My biggest sewing challenge right now is finding the time to sew in my busy schedule. Working full time and grad school full time with two little kids doesn’t leave much time for myself. Can’t wait to have the time again to sew!
My biggest challenge is two-fold: time and space. I need to manage my time better so I can sew more, and I need a larger space to do all the kinds of sewing I wish: hand sewing and embroidery, machine embroidery, routine sewing, and surging.
My biggest knitting and crocheting challenge is getting my gauge to match the iguage on the instructions.
My biggest challenge in sewing is finding time to organize my sewing room and finding time to actually sew.
My biggest challenge with sewing is deciding which project to work on so much interests me that I really have a difficult time. I want to do everything at once.
My biggest challenge in sewing is that I have more ideas of things I’d like to make than time in which to make them.
“My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is finishing project that are difficult, or that I am not really interested in. "
My biggest sewing challenge having the time to do everything I want to and also being in the right mindset when I get some time
My biggest sewing knitting or crochet challenge is finding projects that are simple enough to execute but yet provide a new learning opportunity for my students and projects for charity.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is completing the project. I find that once the thrill of making the product is over putting the final touches on becomes a task.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is getting enough hours in the day and days in the week to do all the fun projects
My biggest challenge is finding time to sew then deciding what I want to make!
My biggest challenge is finding fabric designs and graphics small enough to be in proportion with the doll, along with other notions such as zippers and buttons.
my biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is knitting doll sweaters and clothing. I have a hard time using such fine yarn and thin needles.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crocheting challenge is hiding the ends of the yarn when I crochet.
My biggest sewing, knitting or crochet challenge is finding detailed, authentic looking clothing, sweaters, accessories for 18" dolls. Granddaughters now asking for same for boy dolls. Happy to give them what they ask for. Thank You!
My biggest sewing challenge is not knowing simple things like how to adjust tension. Sometimes it’s the machine, sometimes it’s user error.
My biggest sewing challenge is keeping up with all the latest styles for 18” dolls. I try and make 18” doll clothes for my 4 granddaughters,but they always seem to want some new design that I have to quickly learn. Pixie Faire patterns have been instrumental in learning and creating these new styles.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is getting started!
My biggest challenge overall is finishing what I start:) But specifically, setting in sleeves is hard for me, especially in knitted doll clothes, so I avoid it. Then I miss out on some great patterns, tho…
Time! Too many pretty things to sew!
My biggest sewing challenge is keeping everything organized so I can find what I want to sew and the supplies I need to do the job!
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is finding the time to make everything that I want to make for my dolls, and my granddaughters dolls, and still have time to take care of the everyday things that need to be done. I could sew, knit, or quilt all day and just forget about everything else around me.
My biggest challenge is putting in zippers. Thanks for giveaway.
My biggest challenge is getting from cutting out doll clothes (about 100 outfits at last count!) to actually sewing them.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is finding the time to do everything I want to do!
My biggest challenge is finding notions (buttons buckle etc) small enough for my outfits
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is deciding which project to do first.
My biggest sewing challenge is to capture the interest of my twin grandsons – and this marvelous set would certainly do it!
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is myself…I tend to be a perfectionist and I know that I need to let go of that and just enjoy the process!
My biggest challenge is finding time to do all the projects I want to do.
“My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is finding the time and space to start working on my next project which I so enjoy making.
My biggest sewing challenge is finding time to make doll clothes and my crochet challenge is amigurumi’s. I just keep on trying. Not about togive up.
My Biggest sewing or Knitting or crochet challenge is making the back closure on the outfits look seamless, I do not like using Velcro as it get stuck to everything knit, so as all little girls do they throw all the doll clothes together and the Velcro sticks to tights and knits and ruins them. I can not hand sew the snaps as the detailed work hurts my hands. So I like using the sew in snaps or the hammer and set kind I will do zippers, and button holes.
“My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is keeping dog hair from my brand new material
My biggest challenge is the fear of not being good enough to do the project. I’m slowly learning to buy patterns I can do. That’s why I love Pixiefaire, because they have all levels of ability.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is keeping up with my four granddaughter’s requests for more American Girl Doll clothes. It is a full time job completing pieces for their birthdays.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is finding time. Sewing challenge was using so many different types of fabric. Knitting and crocheting was learning to read patterns. in the beginning a few things didn’t turn out as well as I had hoped.
My biggest challenge is choosing which project to do next!
My biggest challenge is time like so many others…life just gets in the way!
“My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is my arthritis letting me work on my projects.”
My biggest sewing challenge is just getting the time to make all your awesome patterns!
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is trying to decide what project to start. TH\here are SO MANY great projects that I get paralyzed trying to pick just one!
I have two challenges. The first is starting to think of what I want to do next, shortly after I start a new project. Then I want to start that one instead of finishing the first one. The second is trying to explain to non crafters, the pure joy of creating something. They don’t understand why I would rather stay home and work on something instead of going out.
It would be a lot of fun to get a boy doll. Have never had one since my Ken doll in the 50’s. I would love to have one and start sewing clothes for him. You guys are sure giving away great gifts
My biggest sewing challenge is trying to sew for a long distance grandchild…..not being able to fit the body as the project progresses.
My biggest sewing and knitting challenge is to find time to finish my projects. I often start items but don’t complete them due to lack of time.
My greatest sewing challenge is finding trims and buttons that “fit” the outfit and the scale
“My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is time. It seems that I have things I want to sew but family keeps me busy with what they want. It seems I cannot turn down my grandchildren. I do love sewing for them.
“My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is finding time and space to do it.
My biggest sewing, knitting or crochet challenge is the crocheting and knitting as I loose control of my hand and drop stitches and the item I am working on.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is choosing what to work on next. I have so many potential projects, plenty of time, lots of creative inventory. I just have to decide which direction my creativity wants to go.
My biggest challenge is time. I get up each day thinking I will sew, crochet or do embroidery that day and everything else takes more time than I want it to or plan on. My “me time” always gets the short end of the stick.
My biggest crochet challenge is being left-handed and trying to adjust patterns accordingly.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is getting started.
Challenged! Time, to many ideas and to little time, time management, need to sleep at some point and not being able to sew 24 hours a day. I mostly sew charity items and wish I could complete more…..starting with Sewpowerful purses….need to up my numbers there! Planning to help with booth in sew expo Puyallup in early March. Please drop by and say hi!
My greatest sewing challenge is finding time to sew all the projects that I dream about making.
My biggest sewing or knitting challenge is wanting to do so much more than I have time to do. I love to do both, so I need to work on “making” time to enjoy both activities. And this year I made a resolution to start to use up what I have instead of buying new fabric and yarn. I hope I can make it. And ps, a boy doll is so cool!!!!!!
My biggest sewing challenge is finding time when I can get into my sewing room for more than a few minutes and complete a project. So many wonderful patterns…so little time…sigh…
….is finding space in my house.
My biggest sewing challenge is zippers.
My biggest challenge is just sitting at my sewing machine since I have arthritis in my back. It takes me a while to get things done because I can’t sit for long, but I don’t let it stop me from my sewing projects
My biggest challenge right now is to work on washable sanitary products for girls/women in Africa.
My biggest sewing, knitting and crocheting challenge is organizing my time better to do all I want to do. I spend to much time on the internet looking at all the patterns and dreaming about projects I would like to make. But I have trouble focusing on a single project at time and everything takes longer than I think it would. I am making couple of the historical boy clothes right now and have no boy dolls, but someday I hope to have one.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is taking the time to sit down and relax with my crafting without feeling guilty and having that inner voice tell me I should be doing something more “responsible” like cleaning. I silence that inner voice with loud music! ?
My biggest sewing challenge is finding the time to complete a project.
Once I start, I don’t like to stop.
My biggest challenge is finding time to sew my dolls clothes
Spent many happy hours sewing your patterns for my 3 granddaughters for christman. thanks for the great patterns.
My biggest challenge sewing, knitting or crocheting challenge is finding time to match my interests and projects.
My biggest challenge in sewing doll clothes is finding the material. Fabric selection at the stores kids not what it was when I was sewing outfits for my kids. It takes more time to find fabric that will do than it does to make the outfit.
My biggest sewing challenge is getting time to sew the projects I want to and deciding what projects to begin since I have several to do.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is finding the time to do it! There are so many inspiring patterns and ideas on Pixie Faire, I want to do it all!
My biggest problem is getting started.
My biggest sewing challenge is trying to create a pattern on my own, especially if it involves circlees (current challenge=an Instant Pot cover)
My biggest sewing challenge is finding the time! I have three kids five and under so sometimes I literally sew one or two seams at a session. Little by little my projects get done!
My biggest challenge is time. I have so many things that I want to do, I just always run out of time.
My biggest sewing challenge is taking the time to set it all up on my dining table, completing project and then putting it all away before its time for dinner. As to knitting or crocheting I don’t know how to do them so that is my biggest challenge,
My biggest concern is not the seeing but finding clothes that are cute and interesting for both girls and boys—but aren’t too hard for small fingers to manipulate without asking for help from an adult
My issue is TIME. There’s just not enough time to make all the wonderful projects possible in the needle arts. I could use another couple of hours every day.
My biggest challenge is sizing to the appropriate doll model.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is to stop giving everything I make away to others and make myself some much needed new PJ’s.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is using my right hand vs my left. I am ambidextrous, and prefer my left for most things, but I have rheumatoid arthritis and it gets painful when doing thins; especially using a scissors…
My biggest sewing, knitting or crochet challenge is just starting. I have lots of yarn, patterns and material but I always justify (make excuses) why I can’t start a project right now. I always want my house to be totally clean and organized (which it never will be) before starting any “fun” project.
MY biggest sewing challenge is my lack of confidence and my tendency to not be the most organized crafter.
Finding your web site has been my most helpful tool!! I Love every thing about your e-buisness! Thank you for all you do!!
finding free time
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is anything since I’m a novice!
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is finding the time to get into my sewing room and working on all of the projects I want to do. Having 8 Granddaughters all with 18 inch dolls Sewing time is a much needed luxury.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is doing gathers; so cute but tedious.
My biggest sewing challenge is finishing a project- whether it be sewing, knitting, crocheting or cross stitch. I love doing the projects, but have a hard time finishing up the small details.
For me, it’s actually starting the project! I’m great once I sit down and start. And I’m driven to finish, so it never takes as long as I had imagined!
Thanks for a fun giveaway!
My biggest sewing challenge would have to be cutting out knit fabric. It can be so difficult when it stretches every which way, no matter how many pins I put in it to stabilize it.
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is keeping on top of my recycle clothing/accessory ideas for the dolls
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is stretchy fabrics. I need to take a class in how to sew them without stretching them out!
Biggest sewing challenge is try to make people understand that sewing is important to me and I need time to sew.
Sewing …no problem, knitting or crochet…not even a chance!
My biggest challenge is that I don’t have a space to have all of my sewing stuff set up in the same space. Here’s hoping that in 2018, my husband finishes our addition which includes a sewing room for me!
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is seam allowances!
My biggest challenge for sewing doll outfits is finding scale size buttons, zippers and laces , fabric prints that are in a good scale to the doll size.
Aurora
January 02, 2018
My biggest sewing, knitting, or crochet challenge is to get off facebook and get out the sewing machine.