Calling all Domestic Divas!

This just in...

the Domestic Diva line by Riley Blake.

This is such a fun line and The Pine Needle is happy to have loads of it.

This line brings us right back to the 50's.  Check out the theme fabric.

Doesn't this want to make you iron?  

And we have just the thing for you to iron... here's a brand new product

which will fuse all your old pieces of batting together 

into a large piece that is usable for a new project.

Check out "Heat and Press Batting Together" 

and fuse new life into your batting.

And after all that ironing, 

this fabric just calls out for some homemade chocolate cupcakes.

That's all for this week.  Have fun ironing, cooking and quilting of course.

Mystery Quilt Party and next Block Party

Wow - look at some of these fabulous quilts

that were made in the Mystery Quilt series.

Quilters gathered on Saturday at the Pine Needle

to show off their creations and share in some yummy food.

Be sure to join us for our next fun Quilting party -

The Holiday Block Party

and Cookie Exchange!

Geri has chosen this beautiful French reproduction fabric

from the Lumiere de Noel line by Moda to be the focus fabric.

Here's the scoop.

• For $15 you receive a half yard of the theme fabric plus these three coordinating fabrics to be used as you desire.
• You choose any block pattern and make six identical 8.5" x 8.5" unfinished blocks adding any other fabrics you would like.
• On December 4th, bring five of your blocks and three dozen cookies to the party.
• You go home with 5 blocks from a blind drawing... enough to put together a table runner or quilt - AND... you'll have cookies too! What a great start to the Holiday Season.

Bonus for participants...

Receive a 15% discount on the entire bolted line of Lumiere de Noel...

and there are a ton of them to choose from - these are just a few.

Can you say Field Trip...

"What would happen," we wondered, "if each of us made a piece that had a common element? A green line that danced from piece to piece, to suit the vision of each artist, yet spoke to the others in the room."

Line Dance

by the members of High Fiber Diet
First Unitarian Church

Fuller Hall

SW 12th and Main, Portland

(enter through the door on SW Main St. on the corner of SW 12th and Main)
March 7 - March 29, 2010

Open Sundays from 8:30 am to 1 pm

Meet the artists Sunday, March 7 following church services

services held 9:15 am - 10:15 am and 11:15 am - 12:15

Quilter's are amazing artists aren't they? Don't miss this opportunity to expand your creative horizons and meet the aritists of these fabulous quilts!

While the Cat's Away...

The Pinecones are having a little sale "while the cat's away..."

The fat quarter elves have been to the Pine Cone and we are fully stocked! The sale goes through Sunday, February 28th. Come by and see us!!!

P.S. don't tell Geri, but I thought I saw one of the Pine Cones wearing Denim (while the Cat's away)...

Sewing and Stitchery Expo

It's almost here!!! The Sewing and Stitchery Expo opens bright and early this Thursday, February 25 - 28th. Shopping starts at 8:30am! If you're new to this spectacular event, here's a little info to head you in the right direction (which is straight to the Sewing and Stitchery Expo of course)!

The Sewing and Stitchery Expo is the largest, most comprehensive consumer education and trade event for the sewing industry in the United States!

This is the perfect place for both experienced and beginning sewers and quilters (and everyone else!) to indulge their creative passions or explore new ones. With more than 400 booths to shop from, you are sure to find what you are looking for!

The Sewing and Stitchery Expo is held at the Puyallup Fair and Events Center in Puyallup, WA. Just about a 2 hour drive from the Portland/Vancouver area.

Set your GPS coordinates for:

Puyullap Fair and Events Center

110 9th Ave SW

Puyallup, WA 98371

At the Pine Needle, Geri and the "pinecones" have been very,very, very busy preparing all sorts of goodies to take along...

Fun, new patterns and fabrics are being packed as well...

Yes, we are also packing the popular line of Gee's Bend fabrics and patterns...

Not only are we featuring these wonderful new spring fabrics, beautiful flannels, gorgeous batiks, civil war and more... The Pine Needle will have a notions booth as well. If that's not enough, all notions will be 20% off!

Get your carpool together, set your alarms, and we'll see you bright and early on the 25th!!!

February News from The Pine Needle

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The Pine Needle Newsletter February 2010 in this issue :: Shop Hop winners :: Gee's Bend Patterns :: Mystery Quilt fun! :: Sewing & Stitchery Expo Greetings! Go Team USA! While we are enjoying the Vancouver Olympics, held just north of us, we've just wrapped up our Janunary quilt shop event, the Winter Winds Shop Hop, and are working hard, preparing for another, the Sewing and Stitchery Expo in Puyallup, Washington. Scroll down for details on this great event. Geri has been busy purchasing gorgeous new batiks and spring designs and our Pine Cones have created beautiful fabric bundles and projects for the show. Our current unusually mild winter has us all excited about warming days and blooming daffodils. Chain Link Quilt Don't forget: Our 18th Birthday Sale 18% off all regular priced items* Thursday, February 18 Come by and enjoy our new bright colors, textures and bouquets of inspiration, in anticipation of Spring! *excluding Block of the Month, Mystery Quilt, software and gift certificates Stunning Gelato fabrics are here! You definitely want a selection of these beautiful blended Ombre' cottons in your stash! These luscious tones, in hues of green, red, blue and yellow, gradate from dark to bright and light and back again with a subtle wave/thread pattern running through. These beauties won't last long; when you see them you'll know why! Out of area? Give us a call to order. Sewing & Stitchery Expo Begins February 25th The Sewing & Stitchery Expo in Puyallup, WA opens Feb. 25th and runs through the 28th, at the Puyallup Fair & Events Center. The Sewing and Stitchery Expo is the largest, most comprehensive consumer education and trade event for the sewing industry in the United States! "The biggest sewing party in the country", managed by WA State University, this promises to be a really fun time! The event includes seminars, vendors, quilts on display, free stage shows and fashion shows. Gates open at 8 Am Show hours: Thurs - Sat 8:30 - 6 PM Sunday 8:30 - 5 PM Set your GPS coordinates for: Puyallup Fair and Events Center 110 9th Ave SW Puyallup, WA 98371 **** See us at booth #419 20% off all notions at our Notions Booths #716 & #718 Sewing Expo The Winter Winds 2010 Winners The Winter Winds Shop Hop was a "blast"! We thank all the customer who visited The Pine Needle, some discovering us on this their first shop hop visit and many more were long time shop hop visitors. We hope all will return and congratulations to the winners. Winners from The Pine Needle: Imogene Wilner--$100 gift certificate Christine Lucke--$50 gift certificate Grand Prize Winner Susan Clark of Springfield, OR--sewing machine News Alert! Gee's Bend patterns ARE coming! First they were coming and then they weren't. But, Geri was determined, and now we are happy to report we will have them in the store soon. The interest in using solid colored fabrics, from custom hand dyed to production dyed has increased in the quilting world. We strongly recommend that if you are using hand dyed fabrics, such as the Gee's Bend solids, that you use a product such as "Retayne," a color fixative for dyed cotton fabrics. Gee's Bend Housetop Pattern Mystery Quilt of Olympic Proportions Our newest Mystery Quilt event is off and running! The fabrics have arrived, and kits are in the mail. There is still plenty of time to join in the fun of our Mystery Quilt adventure! To join, choose from the two fabric design options we've selected and coordinated for you, or select your own fabric. Either way, the mystery unfolds with each new instruction "clue" as your mystery quilt comes together! We just started on Clue #2 and the buzz is on. We throw a party for "show and tell" after we've sent all the clues and given you time to complete your quilts. We will share the glorious results with all on our blog. Come and take part. Join the fun! Mystery Quilt Kit We're blogging! You can now follow us on our blog, The Pine Needle Blog. Through our blog we hope to keep you informed with what's happening at The Pine Needle and provide inspiration for your quilting adventures. Laurie, our "newest" Pine Cone, who's been with us for a year and a half, will be 'blogging', keeping it real and lively. We'll upload inspiring photos, offer quilting tips, and evolving as time passes. Check us out. The Pine Needle Blogspot Embroidery Pocket Guide We have the Embroidery Pocket Guide in stock. If you enjoy embroidery, you will want this useful, laminated fold-up guide with visual illustration of embroidery stitches. Embroidery Pocket Guide Spotlight Special 3 in 1 Color Tool With this indispensable tool you can create perfect color combinations. Each color tab includes six color scheme options. Plus two value finders (red and green) for determining contrast without the distraction of color. 3 in 1 Color Tool Our Price: $13.50 List Price: $16.95 We look forward, every day, to seeing our dear familiar customers and greeting new ones. We are committed to providing THE BEST customer service to our wonderful customers! Geri, Patsy, Julie The Pine Needle 429 First St Lake Oswego, OR 97034 The Pine Needle website for on-line shopping

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January News from The Pine Needle

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The Pine Needle Newsletter January 2010 in this issue :: Book Review: The Farmer's Wife :: Super Bowl Sunday Sale :: Winter Winds Shop Hop :: New Classes :: Did you know... Greetings! Happy New Year! With the winter solstice and the holidays behind us, and a new decade before us, we are energized with new ideas! We have stocked the shelves with lots of new color and designs. Be sure to stop in to see wonderful new, bright batiks to warm the rest of winter, and beautiful Gees Bend solids. Engage your creativity this winter by taking part in Sandi Ray's new mystery quilt adventure. Batik House Divided Quilt Kit Join our A Mystery of 'Olympic' Proportions Mystery Quilt Adventure We look forward to rolling out new tools, quilts, classes and patterns for you all year long as we celebrate our 18th year loving the quilting business. Celebrate with us our 18th year of business! 18% off *sale Monday, January 18th Come in for inspiration, celebration and connection through quilting as we launch this new decade. Happy quilting! *18% off your entire purchase of regular priced items excluding software, gift certificates, wool block of the month, mystery adventure Book Review The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt This delightful book by Laurie Aaron Hird is causing quite a stir and we are happy to be a part of the excitement. Inspired by the 1922 The Farmer's Wife magazine contest, Laurie created a queen-sized sampler quilt with 111 traditional blocks. The book includes a bonus CD with 106 piecing templates. As you read through the book, you'll learn fascinating things about "the changing American culture of the 1920s". In 1922, the editors of The Farmer's Wife, a popular women's magazine of the day, asked their readers the following question: "If you had a daughter of marriageable age, would you, in the light of your own experience, want her to marry a farmer?" As you move through the block samples, you'll read excerpts from the letters, which are heartwarming and heart-wrenching. Sandi Ray has created a year long class based on this book. Our customers enthusiasm and the interest in this project is proving to be contagious: a year of fun and learning, as you move through the blocks, stories and history. The Farmer's Wife book Super Bowl Sunday Sale February 7th - mark your calendar This is the day many of our loyal customers wait for all year! The game plan calls for store samples to go on sale! Kick off begins at 11 am, so get here on time! 25% off ten yards of fabric or more plus other sales throughout the store! Who says we don't know anything about football? The Winter Winds Shop Hop is on... Bounce to The Pine Needle by January 23, pick up your passport and start your hop and continue on to the eight other participating shops or if you have your passport, stop and have us stamp it. Collect goodies as you hop from one store to the next and become eligible for great prizes. New Quilting Classes Come register and attend our many new and returning classes scheduled for the winter including the Snow Country Embroidery Series, Maggie's and Sandi's "Sew With..." series, Billie's Bag is back, as is Quiltmaking I for our new students and those wanting to improve their basic skills. See our website for a listing of our Winter classes. To enroll, please drop by The Pine Needle or phone (503-635-1353) . Class list Did you know.... A quilt sampler is made up of many different design blocks and if often used as a teaching tool for beginning quilters or for those quilters wanting to learn new techniques. The sample blocks can be related in some way as design, theme, or color, or be completely different pulled together with sashings, cornerstones and borders. Pattern quilts Did you know... that before 1840 pieced quilts were not common. With the advent of cheaper factory made fabrics, ordinary women no longer had to spend hours spinning and weaving their own cloth and could invest more of their time with creative sewing. Although a few patterns were published in early America, it wasn't until the late 1800's that quilt patterns were readily available. Quilters found ways to share patterns by making up sample quilt blocks, physical replicas of other quilters' blocks. These quilt block patterns sometimes appear to have been quickly sewn together to give the quilter an idea of how the pattern went. Some were more carefully sewn. Sets of pattern blocks have been found bundled together by string or sewn as if bound and some were later sewn together into what is now called "pattern quilts", because the blocks were initially patterns for future quilt blocks. For more information of the history of American quilting, go to www.womenfolk.com Spotlight Special Ladies' Art Company Block Tool This pocket sized, take-anywhere tool packs a punch with 160+ authentic blocks from America's first mail-order pattern company. Includes simple, no-math yardage charts for each block in 5 sizes! Our Price: $13.49 List Price: $16.95 We begin this new decade with an even deeper appreciation for our customers, knowing that you are the reason we are celebrating our 18th year! Thank you for your continued patronage. Sincerely, Geri, Patsy, Julie and The Pine Cones The Pine Needle www.pineneedlequiltshop.com E-mail The Pine Needle