Hi everyone,
This week we're changing things up a bit! Instead of showing you one look two ways we're highlighting one variation from the "A Piece Of History" pattern designed to fit 18-inch dolls! Be sure to use the entry form below to be entered into the giveaway to t!his beautiful custom 15th-century outfit! (*Note - dolls and props are not included in the giveaway.)
The giveaway includes:
Make It Today: Like the two looks that we've created and want to make your own? Click the images below to check out the patterns available.
Vote Now & Enter To Win: 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 vote in the poll to help us decide which look is best. One person will receive the outfit. 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 Liberty Jane Clothing and Pixie Faire. Not endorsed by or affiliated with American Girl®.
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Visit the Thimbles and Acorns pattern collection today!
Get to know Shari Fuller... Shari has two pattern collections on Pixie Faire, Thimbles and Acorns, her original brand - and after years of collaborating with designer Eve Coleman on the Keepers Dolly Duds Designs brand, Shari is now the owner of that brand too. Each brand brings a unique look to historical designs in a beautifully detailed way.
More About Shari (in her own words): My grandma gave me my first sewing lesson when I was about eight years old. I had been fascinated with her sewing for as long as I could remember and was so excited when she gave me a doll pattern and sent me to her sewing closet to pick out just the right fabric for my first project. Sewing was a way for me to connect with my grandma, and although she may not have realized it at the time, this gift she gave me helped me become a better student. History became more exciting as I became captivated by the dynamic fashions through the ages. This is what Thimbles and Acorns is all about; building relationships and encouraging learning. In November of 2011, I wrote my first pattern. Eve was the first one to take me up on the offer to test it. We quickly struck up a friendship and before long we were collaborating in our pattern making journey. Working with Eve these past seven years has been a privilege and a delight and I am honored to be able to bring Keepers Dolly Duds Designs to Pixie Faire!
Inquiring Minds Want To Know...
Q: What's your favorite food?
Shari: Just about every day I like to have a Granny Smith Apple with peanut butter and chocolate chips... It's the ultimate one-dish meal. The peanut butter and apple make a great healthy lunch (it's homemade peanut butter by the way) and the chocolate chips are a built in dessert. My absolute favorite food is homemade pizza... because it is pure romance. My husband and I have been making it every Friday since we started dating... 34 years ago! It's become a Fuller Family tradition.
Q: What's your favorite tv show or movie?
Shari: Return to Me. My husband and I tend to sing through the whole movie because it has great background music and the story brings out the romance.
Q: Coffee or Tea??
Shari: Water... I drink a lot of water. Hot water in my favorite mug in the winter helps keep me warm and cold water in my favorite water bottle keeps me refreshed in the summer.
Q: Where's your favorite place to shop?
Shari: Walmart, it's convenient (because I'm not particularly fond of shopping) AND my daughter works there so most everyone there knows me as "Jackie's Mom"... and treat me like a celebrity.
Q: What inspired your brand name?
Shari: Thimbles and Acorns was inspired by my daughter who became infatuated with the story of Peter Pan when she was three years old. The thimble and acorn were the "kisses" that Peter and Wendy exchanged.
Q: What is your dream vacation?
Shari: A tour of Israel and Egypt.
We'd love to hear from you. Leave a comment and tell us what period of fashion history you love best! And be sure to thank Shari and the Pixie Faire team for giving away this beautiful outfit!
Thanks, everyone!
The Pixie Faire Team
i love history& all of your designsare so pretty .it is hard too pick one
Once again, a lovely outfit! Thanks for the opportunity to win it. I find the “roaring twenties” and “flapper” era interesting fashions.
I love historical fashions! Especially those from the 17th, 18th, and 19th century! Thanks for the fun giveaways!
My favorite time in fashion history would be the 1950s. I love the Poodle Skirts, the Saddle Shoes, and the Strapless Prom Dresses with the layered skirts. Thank you Shari and Pixie Faire for another fashionable giveaway.
Thank you Shari for such a beautiful outfit! The color is so wonderful it will look good on everyone of my dolls (and I have a lot!).
Thank you Shari and the Pixie Faire Team for creating such a gorgeous outfit featuring the 15th Century Early Renaissance Dress! I really love how nice, yet simple the outfit is! Anyway, the fashion time period I like best is Modern Day due to the fact that today’s fashions are inspired by the fashions of many different decades over the years and I like being able to wear fashions that are eclectic like that. Once again, thanks for making such a pretty outfit featuring the 15th Century Early Renaissance Dress. And thanks for the fantastic opportunity to win!
I love the fashions of the forties. I don’t know why they just appeal to me. I do know they look very feminine.
I just love the fashions from the forties.
I love it! Thanks, Shari and Pixie Faire!
The Renaissance is actually one of my all-time favorite fashion eras. I also like the 20’s.
The 15th Century Early Renaissance Dress!
Thank you for the opportunity!! I love the Fifties – actually I love all costumes and I’m always on the look out for more patterns. Thanks again!!
Renaissance has always been one of my favorite dress periods.
There are so many different ways to make a dress beautiful. And
the other part of this that I adore are the beautiful headdress that
they used to come up with.
The Regency Period has lovely graceful gowns and it’s the period of my favorite author, Jane Austen. I have several of the Regency patterns for my dolls. I am hoping some will show up for some of my dolls that are more mature, like the 11.5" and 16" fashion dolls or the slimmer dolls like BFC. They would look gorgeous in them. Happy stitching!
Thank you for the giveaway! I enjoy sewing for all periods of history and especially love your patterns.
I really love the diversity of patterns available on Pixie Faire. Anything for my dolls interests me. These period patterns have amazing detail work. They are all beautiful!
Thank you Shari & the Pixie Faire Team. It is difficult to select a favourite period when there are so many beautiful patterns for all eras to choose from. I do have a soft spot for the 70’s o if really pushed I will have to pick that period (then again …… Georgian? or perhaps ancient greek? No, only one so lets gamble with the 70’s.
Thank you for the giveaway. I like all time periods, don’t have a favorite.
Thank you all for the lovely giveaway! I think my favorite clothing time period for doll patterns is Colonial/Revolutionary War.
Your patterns inspire me!
thanks to Shari and the Pixie Faire Team. I like colonial period.
I prefer modern-ish style, or the simple dress of other decades because that’s what the girls like so much & they get excited to dress their dolls like they do, or want to! fun costumes are interesting to them too!
thank you!
Thank you for such beautiful patterns. Truthfully I have yet to see a single pattern at pixiefaire I haven’t liked. They are all amazing. My fav would have to be the Victorian era and the 50’s I think.
This pattern is such a clever idea!
And the dress so beautiful!
Beautiful dress. I especially love Victorian clothes. My daughter and I have been watching Victoria on PBS and loving the costumes. Thanks.
I have always loved Dolls and now I am making clothes for my Grand daughter thanks to your patterns. I am in love with ALL of your patterns. Some day I will have them all. Easy to make and fun to make.
I like the 50s clothes best. Thank You Shari and The Pixie Faire team.
Marilyn
Thank you for your generosity. The styles in the variety of time periods are all extremely beautiful, making a choice impossible but will select the 18th century as my favorite.
I just like all of the Thimbles and Acorns patterns.
I love it!
Thank you for this brilliant pattern. My favorite period is the American Revolution. I am drawn to Williamsburg and this time in history. Outlander has become my obsession. I love to learn more about Scotland and the clans in the 1740’s. I love the wardrobes for the time. The characters also spend time in France during these years and the dresses are gorgeous. Shari, I appreciate your designs and your beautiful finished products.
So Sweet! Sew Simple! Lovely!
I love most time periods. I like seeing things that I have never seen before.
I would love to win this dress to use on a doll when I book talk historical fiction for adult women’s book groups! So many great titles would go with this outfit!
Love, love, love Eve & Shari’s designs and the way they have made history come alive! And thank you Cinnamon, for bringing them to us! I love the 40s clothing as I was born right in the middle of it! My mother was a private secretary after my Dad died and I can still remember her glam wardrobe…complete with hats and gloves. I also remember my little 50s dresses & my 60s teen outfits! So many of them have shown up in these ladies’ collections….THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE LOVE!!
I like the Victorian time period. I also like pioneer.
This was so hard – I could not choose just one. My favorites are American Colonial (1770s), 1920s and Renaissance. They are so different, it’s just too hard to choose one. There is simplicity in the every-day wear of the Colonial era with the complexity for fancier attire of layers and undergarments that make some Colonial sewing more like Renaissance. For Renaissance, there are the variety of styles from England to France to Italy. The 1920s is a favorite era for the new appearance of shorter hemlines, dropped waistlines and desire of ladies to have a more boy-ish figure. Lovely hats to complement the dresses and then flamboyant flapper outfits with lace and fringe. For the 1920s, it’s more about the trimmings since the basic garment styles are straight lines.
thank you Shari and the Pixie Faire team for another sweet giveaway. I like the future of fashion best – seeing what designers and wearers come up with that is new.
It’s so hard to pick a favorite fashion era. Regency, as others have mentioned, is beautiful in its simplicity and would still be comfortable. I also love the glamour of 1930s gowns, though obviously the majority of.people.in that era were not wearing them. And early 1960s resonates most with my personal style.
Thank you for offering the giveaway! Shari is a wonderful tour guide through fashion history.
My favorite time period is the seventies. I love Shari’s patterns and outfits.
I love This Renaissance outfit and anything by Shari. My favorite period is the fifties.
I LOVE THIS GOWN!!! One of my FAVORITE time periods is the Renaissance!
This outfit is just lovely!
I like a variety of historical periods of dress. If I have to select one period of time it would be the 70s. Thanks Pixie Faire & Thimbles & Acorns for this giveaway.
soooo cure!
I like several time periods for historical fashion, so it’s hard to choose just one. I am fascinated with all the layers in the Renaissance period and the 1700’s and 1800’s. I love the history that goes along with the way people dressed. The 1920’s and 1930’s are when my dear mother was growing up, so I imagine her as a child wearing similar outfits. On her 90th Birthday I made her a 18" doll dressed as herself as a 10 year old girl in a 1930’s style dress holding an ice cream cone. Her father had owned 3 ice cream and penny candy shops. She was so surprised when I told her to go back in time in her memories and be 10 years old again…now open the present. Such fun! She loved the dressed doll. My parents were part of the “greatest generation” in the 1940’s, and very involved with World War II, again I imagine them in different situations and see old photos and sometimes want to dress my dolls to match. I was born in 1954 so I have great memories of special dresses I wore in the 1950’s. I love Thimbles & Acorns patterns because they are so well done, great directions and wonderful historical fashion facts. Shari makes it so interesting, and so we can envision our ancestors wearing these clothes. Thank you so much for your wonderful patterns and extra information. Keep up the good work and well researched patterns.
What a great idea. We are busy tracing back our family tree and this is the era we are in right now!
I love all the time periods and how they look on the dolls
The 17th century is my favorite.
I am a big, big fan of Sheri’s work and a huge fan of the 18th century and 19th century clothing. Her patterns are exquisite and always such a wonderful History lesson! This particular pattern is quite interesting in its simpliciy and variety! I love that you can achieve so much from those basic pattern pieces, and this dress featured for the giveaway is a wonderful example of what can be achieved from it.
70’s are my favorite period
I absolutely love this outfit. I love the Renaissance Period!!
Good luck everyone. Thank you ladies so much for all the wonderful give always.
Thank you Shari and Pixie Faire! The seventies is my favourite period.
I like all the outfit.
I love this style and already have lots of ideas for the pattern in all eras. Thank you Shari and pixie faire !
Another great design by Thimbles and Acorns! Great patterns and great thought has been put into each piece. A great person to watch and follow!
I like the 70’s fashions. Peace!
I like the 70s. Thanks for the contest.
I just love early colonial America and the 1800’s poineer.
I love 1940’s dresses. The silhouette is so simple and lovely, and they look much more practical than say renaissance, or even 50’s dresses, probably because the women who wore them were working, either for the war, or for their families while their husbands were fighting. I love the renaissance dress too though. It is beautifully designed and I love the colors! Thank you Shari and Cinnamon.
I love the Regency era, but actually each of the historical periods’ doll costuming has its own charm—they can visually transport you away from all the problems of the modern world! Thanks, Shari for your lovely work— Thimbles & Acorns & Keepers Dolly Duds are my two favorite pattern brands. (And I think I’ll try your favorite Granny/peanut butter/choc. chips lunch today—sounds yummy!)
Thank you for this versatile pattern. As a pattern drafter,myself, I truly appreciate a beautifully drafted pattern that just “floats” together.
I have been enthralled by the richness of the Renaissance clothing ever since I saw Franco Zefferelli’s Romeo and Juliet way, way back when I was a teenager. I paid (full price) THREE times to study the detail and design…and the story was nice too. LOL
And I love a versatile basic pattern that I can use many ways. Thank-you.
I love the 40’s and the Victorian styles. Beautiful clothing eras.
It so cute 😍
I love this versatile pattern!
I like fifties dresses.
I am soon turning 70 as I was born in 1950, so it has a special time in my heart! But everything you do or create, I love! Keep up the great work, forever? Ta, Deb
Love the Thimbles outfit!The Renaissance period had such beautiful clothes.
Your patterns are all so detailed and beautiful! Thanks for hosting this giveaway.
Thanks to Shari and the Pixie Faire team for this opportunity and for sharing your talents. I chose “other” because I like the 1700’s and 1800’s period clothing, especially the colonial period and the first half of the 1800’s, whether Regency or American Antebellum. Again, thank you and may God bless you richly!!
I like Victorian age style and old western days. I would dress that way today if I didn’t get stared at! lol
The Roaring 20s is my favourite!
Tahk you for your patterns, especially this one. I love the twenties best at the moment, but I also love Ossie Clark’s clothing of the sixties.
I love Renaissance, but 80’s is my favorite time period
Love this Thimbles and Acorns pattern. I’ve made the B.C, 20’s and Edwardian versions. I plan to make one or two adjustments to the short gown version for My daughter’s Josephine doll. Beautiful pattern, great designs…thanks!
Real nice and I love this doll in the 15th Century Renaissance outfit! She is a very pretty doll!! This outfit looks very simple to make and very quick to make!! Thank you Thimbles and Acorns and Pixie Faire for these very nice giveaways!!
This is a very lovely Renaissance dress and does not look difficult to make. Thank you for this design!
1910-1920 is my favorite time…the decade starts out elegant and ends up practical…skirts went up in the fall of 1915 and never really went back. Hard to get patterns for this time period.
BTW I also LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Thimbles & Acorn patterns and own many of them.
I really love all the time especially renaissance and the 1940s. Thank you so much for this opportunity I really LOVE the outfit!!
Enjoyed meeting Shari Fuller and how she started sewing with her grandmother. Loved the 10 variations of this pattern on her pattern site. Thanks Shari!
Sandy
Renaissance is my favorite time period. Thanks for the giveaway!!
I like the fifties. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
I voted for modern day, thanks Shari and the Pixie Faire Team!
Thank You Shari and the Pixie Faire Team! I love Renaissance or the older era’s as I’m not really fond of the ’80’s or 90’s.
Thank you Sheri and the Pixie Faire Team. Modern Day wears it best.
Thank you Shari Fuller and Pixie Faire! This pattern is quite an interesting idea. When it was first introduced, I had to see how you made it work in all the various Eras. Of course it does . . . which made me think even further regarding using it for various cultural themes: Fiesta-gather using bright thread, Greek top or dress-use a cotton sateen and add a belt, make some cut-out on the sleeves; Eastern Europe-add an embroidered placket down the front and the sleeves . . . and so it goes!
Thank you for providing this giveaway. This would be great for the Renaissance fair.
Beautiful dress! Thanks for providing this giveaway!
I love a lot of Modern Day clothes. Lea is a great modeling doll. Thanks for the patterns!
I don’t usually sew the older period clothes but I love the looks of them when others do it. Thanks, very regal looking…….
The renaissance is my favorite. Thanks.
I love your patterns. Thank you!
Thank you guys for such creative outfits! My favorite time period is the 50s.
Thank you Shari and Pixie Faire! I love the dress! I love seeing the development of fashion through the ages. There are things I love in each era and things I’m glad we no longer have to deal with in order to be fashionable. It’s also amazing to me to see the development of fabrics. We have so many gorgeous fabric choices today yet our ancestors were able to create beautiful clothing with very few choices. It’s just so much fun to learn about! Thanks again!
Lovely outfit
This is so cute & different, sure would love to have this
Love this outfit.
I like Renaissance best of the ones listed above. I really like to look at historical clothes to see how the changes in clothes, reflect the changes in technology and daily life. Of course the most beautiful clothes could only be afforded by the very wealth, but as time moved forwards, more and more people could afford lovely clothes. Clothes history is fascinating to me.
Krista C
August 16, 2019
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