Brighten your day with Rainbow Quilt Designs

How pretty are these rainbow quilt designs? Rainbow quilts are great scrap-busting projects. They make great DIY baby shower gifts, and/or brighten up a room. Read more about Brighten your day with Rainbow Quilt Designs

Catch the mess with the best baby bib sewing patterns

Whether baby is a dribbler or a messy eater, you can never have too many baby bibs. Sew the perfect DIY baby shower gift with these baby bib sewing patterns. Read more about Catch the mess with the best baby bib sewing patterns

Cute and Quick: Easy baby toy sewing patterns

Sewing for babies is such fun. Small, quick projects that are oh so cute. Here are some of the best easy baby toy sewing patterns. Let's get sewing! Read more about Cute and Quick: Easy baby toy sewing patterns

The best sewing patterns to organize your life

Do you love to sew, but really need to organize your home? Why not sew your way to an organized home with these great organizer sewing patterns, tutorials, books and video courses. Read more about The best sewing patterns to organize your life

Sew Quick, Quicker, Quickest: A Craftsy class review

One of my New Year's resolutions was to complete 12 sewing classes, and I'm on track (ok, it's less than a month in, but let's focus on the positives!). Since I didn't have a particular project to sew, I started with Sew Quick, Quicker, Quickest: Time-Saving Techniques with Sue Hausmann on Craftsy Read more about Sew Quick, Quicker, Quickest: A Craftsy class review

Cheat's guide for how to sew curtains quickly

Curtains are a surprisingly easy beginner sewing project. Sewing curtains is just lots of long straight stitches, when you know the right supplies to get. Learn to sew curtains with these tips and inspiration. Read more about Cheat's guide for how to sew curtains quickly

Setting sewing goals for 2017

As I sit down at my sewing machine, I feel calm. I feel like I'm in my happy space. I'm creating something and I love the feeling that it creates.

But too often, I don't take the time to sew. I have piles of fabric sitting in my cupboard, just waiting. Piles of unrealised happiness.

Threadistry Best of 2016

Wow! Another year almost over, and it's time for reflection on the year gone by, before setting some goals for the year ahead. Threadistry has been steadily growing and my vision is slowly becoming a reality. Thank you all for joining me on this journey! Read more about Threadistry Best of 2016

Christmas Sewing Projects to decorate your home

Each year, when it's time to put up the Christmas tree and decorate the house, I'm filled with joy as I pull out my handmade Christmas decorations. They bring back wonderful memories of Christmases gone by. There are always decorations I've forgotten about and the memories come flooding back. (It also gives me a chance to reflect on how much my sewing has improved!) Read more about Christmas Sewing Projects to decorate your home

Make your Christmas glow with 21 Reindeer sewing patterns

Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer is absolutely my favourite Christmas song. I can relate to being a little different and people not really understanding me. I didn't have quite as dramatic a moment of finding my place in the world, but I'm so much happier being a part of the sewing community and finding a place to be myself.

So as I look around at my Christmas decorations, I realise I'm not doing enough to celebrate this beautiful icon of Christmas. It's time for me to sew a reindeer, with a red nose of course. Read more about Make your Christmas glow with 21 Reindeer sewing patterns

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