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Hi friends! Its been a while since I've done any introductions, and as so many of you have joined the sew-along earlier this year, and followed along on IG I thought it was about time to re-introduce myself! Self proclaimed "thread tamer", owner and maker of Sew Fine Thread Gloss. I suppose that's one of the fun things about owning your own small business - you can make up whatever titles seems to fit! I live, work, and make your lovely little tins just outside Ottawa, Ontario Canada. I'd started making my own thread conditioner long before I launched Sew...

I was recently interviewed by Brandy Maslowski from Quilter on Fire for her podcast! Check it out by clicking the photo below!

Have you ever wanted to learn how to needle-turn appliqué but didn't know where to start? Worried about how to turn different shapes/corners? Well have I got a shape for you!  The Squircle! A squircle is an organic blend of a square and a circle - essentially a rounded corner square - that is meant to be free cut and have its own personality. It rose to fame as part of the Aerial Grove Quilt by Carolyn Friedlander (in Savor Each Stitch) but is perfect on its own as well! As part of the 100 Day Summer Sew-along I created...

Are you looking for some inspiration for your 100 Day Summer Sew-along project? I've put together some examples below of current quilt patterns and block ideas that might help you decide on a direction for your project. I know some people might prefer to have a set block or pattern to work with, but consider this an opportunity to freely create, or set yourself some guidelines to follow. When creating my Naive Melody blocks earlier this year, I started with a set palette of very saturated, bold colours for the background blocks, and then cut extra strips of the same fabrics and...

Welcome to the 100 Day Summer Sew-along! I'm so excited that you've decided to join in on 100 days of hand-sewing with me. This is the first stop and main info page for the sew-along so feel free to bookmark this page if you need to check back at any time. Most of you probably know my love of hand-work (hence the product specifically made for hand-sewing) – and I enjoyed my time sewing my Naive Melody blocks so much earlier this year that I want to do another 100 day project! I've written a few blog posts in advance to...

I'm not a trained textile conservator. I'm also not a scientist. But a bad "feeling" – call it intuition, or just knowledge from past experiences - made me not want to use essential oils (EOs for short) when making my own thread conditioner, even before I officially started Sew Fine Thread Gloss. I've used EOs for a long time – for a variety of purposes – and I've had some last a long time, and some go bad, rancid, thicken, stain, etc. When making a product that I intended to use on threads and would come in contact with fabrics, on sewn items that I...