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
J. Phariss
December 28, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is trying to decide what I’m going to next: bedspreads, a dress, pants and jackets for the boys…what’s a girl to do?
Christine
December 28, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding the hardware or supplies needed locally or nationally, as well as time to use them. XD
Bonnie
December 28, 2023
…making multiples of one item without getting bored!
Nancy Zykan
December 28, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding time.
Debbie
December 28, 2023
My biggest challenge is zippers. No matter how many i have done they just don’t seem to come out right.
Claudia
December 28, 2023
My biggest challenge is with zippers.
Rebecca
December 28, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is keeping my projects organized—I tend to collect bits & pieces as I imagine the finished outfit. It could be months before I actually make it so I need a better system than tossing stuff on a shelf!
Lisa
December 28, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding doll sized accessories like zippers.
Cheryl McArtor
December 28, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is picking my next project from all the things I enjoy sewing. Doll clothes, quilts and baby items :)
Phyllis Carlyle
December 28, 2023
My biggest challenge is I have so many hobbies I like to engage in!
Deb
December 28, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is matching the fabric prints with prints for the pattern .
Eg: dress and pinafore.
Belinda
December 28, 2023
My biggest challenge is sewing together all the more details outfits. I usually cut out several outfits at a time. That way I can sew several outfits one behind to other. I can sew the easier patterns faster and have a complete outfit finished in no time. The more detail patterns I keep putting off because they will take more time.
K
December 28, 2023
Convincing myself that I don’t need to buy new fabric for an outfit- – that I really do have the perfect fabric already in my stash
Kathy
December 28, 2023
My biggest challenge is being able to sit as long as I want to sew without having to go do something else.
Sandra
December 28, 2023
I cut out the fabric but don’t have time to sew.
Patti
December 28, 2023
My biggest challenge is finding enough hours in the day to sew everything I have planned to get sewn.
Christina
December 28, 2023
My biggest challenge sewing with jersey knits. I have a walking foot and have tried using coffee filters, but it is still tricky.
Connie
December 28, 2023
My biggest challenge is doing housework etc. I would much rather be at my doll clothing sewing than cleaning, baking, etc.
Nancy Reid
December 28, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is deciding what project to work on next.
Shirley
December 28, 2023
I biggest challenge is finding zippers and fabric to scale for my doll clothes.
Norma Middendorf
December 28, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is buttonholes.
Christine Smith
December 28, 2023
My biggest challenge is finishing one project before I start another.
Karen
December 28, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finishing projects I start.
Kathy Saylor
December 28, 2023
Sounds great
Karen
December 28, 2023
Keeping organized.
Christine Reherman
December 28, 2023
My biggest challenge is finding time to sew!
JoAnn
December 28, 2023
Getting started and knowing if I follow the pattern it will fit!
Michele R Westerburg
December 28, 2023
My biggest challenge is finding space and time to work on my projects.
Brenda C.
December 28, 2023
My biggest challenge is finding a way to sell what I have. It’s not that I want to make a lot of money but to have little people to enjoy what I have made. I enjoy your website and get a lot from it, not just patterns.
Marlene
December 28, 2023
My biggest challenge is getting a sewing supply in the mail and not putting it in a memorable place. Then when I want to use it, I can’t find it!
Missy
December 28, 2023
My biggest challenge is finding enough time.
Janet
December 28, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is TIME. There is sooo much to sew and not enough time.
Bev
December 28, 2023
My biggest challenge is having so many projects going that sometimes it’s overwhelming and I don’t work on any!
Phyllis carlton
December 28, 2023
I have trouble when I have points to connect
Bobbie
December 28, 2023
My biggest challenge is working with faux leather and not being able to use pins with it.
Carolyn Meyers
December 28, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding the right size print for doll clothes.
Debra
December 28, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is not having my own sewing studio.
Elaine R
December 28, 2023
My biggest challenge is slippery material, as much as I try I just can’t get it.
Frances Buchan
December 28, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is picking a main colour and t picking a pattern and, worse of all, it’s picking co-ordinating fabrics. Help!!!
Kathy
December 28, 2023
My biggest challenge is coordinating my fabrics. I spend more time choosing the fabrics then sewing the outfit.
Eileen
December 28, 2023
My biggest challenge is time.
Gail
December 28, 2023
My biggest challenge is sewing fabrics such as chiffon and making buttonholes.
Mary Jo Tufts
December 28, 2023
MY biggest sewing challenge is having time and space for all my projects.
Pam
December 28, 2023
Is time to do what I want
Mary Hodge
December 28, 2023
My biggest challenge is slippery fabric, so I just avoid it!
Faith
December 28, 2023
Historical sewing would be fun.
Liza
December 28, 2023
My biggest challenge is time for everything I want to do.
Marsha G Hemphill
December 28, 2023
My biggest challenge is sewing with stretch fabrics.
Marlene
December 28, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is finding time and energy to use many of the fabrics I already loved enough to buy!!
Louise
December 28, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is special fabrics. Especially the silky slippery ones.
Sasha
December 28, 2023
My biggest challenge is actually starting a new project. It’s just so much fun to research it lol
Carolyn Huber
December 27, 2023
Id love to know how to make the “placket” below the velcro closure on a dress look neater. It always seems to look crooked when the vecro is closed. Thank you!
Connie
December 27, 2023
My biggest challenge is button holes on garments
Connie
December 27, 2023
My biggest challenge is button holes on garments
Dorene Morrison
December 27, 2023
my biggest challenge is zippers
Marcy Mahle
December 27, 2023
I am so very excited for this years SWC topics. So happy to see that many of them are dealing with history especially at Williamsburg. Also love the idea of Back to School thru the ages. Oh my the Barbie outfits will be so much fun. I was blessed to be able to order the American Girl Barbie doll. She is so cute. Sadly will not be here till November of 2024. Cannot wait to see the outfits you pick for that month.
Donna
December 27, 2023
My biggest challenge is making sure I finish something before getting started on something that “has” to be done soon…
Kerry
December 27, 2023
I’d love to learn more about neater finishes for a more professional look. Also beautiful hand- finishing techniques.
Joann
December 27, 2023
My biggest challenges are keeping my sewing/craft room organized so that I can find the things I need and learning how to adjust the tension on my sewing machine so I don’t end up with rat nests!
Roz
December 27, 2023
One of my biggest sewing challenges is my messy sewing room. I had storage space in the basement, but the love of my life (my husband) has taken over my space! How can I get his stuff out of my space in a kind and helpful way?
Esther
December 27, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge right now is overhauling my sewing room. I’ve pretty much moved on from the things that I used to like to sew to predominantly doll clothes, so I have a huge fabric stash to pare down.
Vicki Ruth
December 27, 2023
Staying organized and keeping my work place clean.
Karen
December 27, 2023
I would love to see a tutorial on the Tokyo Libby Steam Jacket & Skirt pattern.
Vicki
December 27, 2023
I would love to see a tutorial on how to adjust the fit of the doll clothes. My granddaughter has both AG dolls and OG and frequently the pattern as printed will fit one but not the other.
deb
December 27, 2023
getting downstairs to my sewing room since having back surgery. hoping t9 finally get there after the new year.
Susan Mercer
December 27, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is deciding what to sew first!! I can never make up my mind.
Nancy Curitti
December 27, 2023
Finding the time to sew.
Ann
December 27, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is workig with tiny closures and finding fabrics with size appropriate prints.
Ann
December 27, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is workig with tiny closures and finding fabrics with size appropriate prints.
Judith Stuck
December 27, 2023
Biggest challenge is chiffon
Bev Salomons
December 27, 2023
I love all the patterns and look forward to the day when I can just sit and sew all day long, or all week long!
Olive
December 27, 2023
Tiny buttons and holes
Tina
December 27, 2023
My biggest challenge is finding appropriate length separating zippers for jackets – still haven’t found them yet.
Teresa
December 27, 2023
Oh dear! Bitty buttonholes are the bne of my life!
Debra
December 27, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is button holes. I’ve had buttonhole attachments that don’t work. Or the buttonhole setting on my machine doesn’t work or maybe it’s me!….LOL
Rosemarie
December 27, 2023
The sewing supply I find most helpful is a fabric spray glue that can be used on the fabric used to make shoes or even belts and purses for the dolls. It creates a smooth thin layer between the surface and the lining without adding bulk.
Rosemarie
December 27, 2023
The video on shortening and enclosing a separating zipper most helpful to me.
Sandra
December 27, 2023
Finding enough time
Sandra
December 27, 2023
I find it hard to get enough time
jane soresi
December 27, 2023
My biggest challenge is making my patterns fit my older A G doll .
Mary
December 27, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is trying to decide which fabric to use for different patterns and seasons.
Mary Jo
December 27, 2023
My biggest challenge is making something someone else would want, knowing what I like might not be what others like
Heather
December 27, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is working with knit fabric
Linda Keller
December 27, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is trying to decide what to do with all of the material I already have. I usually end up buying something specific for the project I want to work on instead of using what I already have.
Barbara
December 27, 2023
I have made Plain Janes with a pretty satin type fabric to match an evening gown that I made. I’ve made sneakers in tie-dye canvas fabric, but my favorites are the combat boots that I made. Instead of a smooth sole, I found a pattern online to make a sole with a tread like a boot. It requires a 3-D printer to make them and, it just so happens that, my friend’s son has one! The boots look so much better with those soles and I know they will look good for motorcycle boots and snow boots too!
Bonnie
December 27, 2023
The biggest challenge for me is sewing curved and rounded seams!
Carol P.
December 27, 2023
My biggest challenge is finding small prints on knit fabrics. I have repurposed infant clothing from thrift stores, you really have to look them over for wear and stains. Lighting in those shops is not the best. I keep trying.
Maryk
December 27, 2023
Historical costumes would be fun. Let’s do a sew all h
J. Phariss
December 27, 2023
My biggest struggle is figuring out how to get Shari Fuller to move into the house next to me so I can draw on her experience and she can teach me to sew.
Dorothy
December 27, 2023
My biggest challenge is deciding what to sew. I want to sew many things.
Suzanne
December 27, 2023
Sewing tiny clothes with set in sleeves for 8" baby doll and 6" AG mini dolls
Kathy
December 27, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is keeping knits from stretching.
Karen
December 27, 2023
My biggest challenge is mixing fabrics on one outfit. I see it in a picture and think I would have never put those together! But it looks great and gives the outfit a great look!
Cindy
December 27, 2023
My biggest challenge is finding the right size notions!
DonnaBG
December 27, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is that my eyesight isn’t what it used to be.
Heidi A
December 27, 2023
looking forward to watching/learning from the zipper video! Thank you !
heidi
December 27, 2023
thank you for the jean jacket video. cant wait to try your suggestions!
theresa
December 27, 2023
i like the suff you give
Stephanie
December 27, 2023
.My biggest sewing challenge is getting over making small outfits. I have made Barbie outfits.
Jackie
December 27, 2023
By Biggest sewing challenge is reading all the instructions before beginning a project to insure I have all that I need to complete the project
J. Phariss
December 28, 2023
My biggest sewing challenge is trying to decide what I’m going to next: bedspreads, a dress, pants and jackets for the boys…what’s a girl to do?