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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...

Intentional, sustainable sewing with a focus on hand sewn garments; this is the passion that drives Alexis Bailey. This passion most recently developed into Thimble and Snip – curated kits that include everything one would need (fabric, patterns and notions) to hand sew selected garments and accessories. I wanted to share a link to Alexis' blog as she published a fantastic overview of thimbles (and a few of the different types she uses/owns) and beeswax in her Handsewing 101 series.  Click here to read Alexis' blog article and be sure to follow her personal account as well as Thimble and Snip's...

Earlier in the year (and in the prime of COVID lockdown) I had the pleasure of being on the Quilt Buzz podcast! I had met 2/3 of the hosts earlier in February at QuiltCon in Austin, TX and it was so nice to catch up with them, as so much had changed since I saw them last! Amanda, Wendy and Anna are amazing quilters each in their own right and I love listening to their episodes! Check out the episode here and let me know what you think! xo – Jenn

While some of you may have used some sort of packaged or unpackaged thread conditioner in the past, this blog post is for those of you who are new to using it, and aren't sure how to apply it to your threads.  Having a small tin helps with applying, as well as helps with keeping it clean and making it a portable addition to your sewing kits.   As the above photo illustrates, here are the simple steps to getting that sweet smelling beeswax onto your thread, as well as some handy tips! Thread your needle (or leave it unthreaded -...

Well hello friends and welcome to another instalment of “holy crap I’m stupid excited!” Why you ask? (Hint… you just read the title of this post, right?!) Yes!! I have teamed up with an AHHHmazing designer, a Canadian designer at that, to bring you another Sew Fine Thread Gloss collaborative collection. And you’re going to LOVE it! Some background first. Last year as Program Coordinator for the OMQG, I had the pleasure of organizing and attending Libs’ Embrace the Chaos workshop here in Ottawa. It was such a fun workshop and Libs was a trooper – she was so sick,...

This past summer I received an email that I NEVER in a million years expected to get. One of my favourite fabric and pattern designers emailed me. Me! First of all, I just about fell off my chair. That was before I read the email. I had a full blown #fangirl, heart pounding, goosebumps moment as I opened the email from Carolyn Friedlander asking if I wanted to collaborate with her. A bit of backstory. At the start of the year, as I was working on spreading the news about Sew Fine Thread Gloss, I reached out to a few...