One of my favorite Quilt Market finds

One of my favorite market finds this year was from the fabulous Heather Mulder Peterson of Anka's Treasures.

I love her books because they are so packed full of quilts and her instructions are clear and easy to follow with lots of illustrations (illustrations are crucial for me because I'm such a visual learner).

All the quilts in the book Angles With Ease  are made using her genius variation of a standard triangle ruler....

It might look like one you've seen before, but look again.....see the angled lines marked A & B?  With strip piecing and this handy tool you get an amazing array of blocks. 

There are so many more that you will definitely get your moneys worth with this one.

Sandy

Happy Go Lucky Churn Dash Quilt Block - Easy Quilting

Have you walked in our front door lately?   You will see the fabulous Happy Go Lucky fabric line, snap it is so cute!

I just ran across this Missouri Star Quilting youtube using this line - watch, you are going to want to make this for sure!!!!

MEMORIAL WEEKEND SALE

Come enjoy your holiday weekend while shopping in style! 

 



 

Outside on our porch we will have a HUGE selection of fabrics, embroidery & quilt patterns and more DEEPLY DISCOUNTED and ready to travel home with you!

 

Saturday, May 25th from 10am - 8pm

Monday, May 27th from 10am - 6pm

 

These are deals you DON'T want to miss!!

 

 



We hope you have marked your calendar for June 12th - 15th for the always fabulous Wasatch Front Shop Hop!

Have you seen the list of prizes???  It's CRAZY GOOD! 

  When you visit all participating shops and turn in your completed passport you will receive a FREE finishing prize plus you will be eligible to win one of the fantastic Grand Prizes which include:

• 2 Baby Lock "Elizabeth" Sewing Machines with a sugg. retail of $1,599.00 each!
• Accu Go Cutting Machine with carrier and dies - sugg. retail $299.00
• Stella Lamp - sugg. retail $225.00
• Art O Graph Light Pad - sugg. retail $150.00
• LED Sewing Machine Lights - sugg retail $80.00 each
• $25 Gift Certificate from each participating shop
• $1,300 in shopping sprees
• Plus over $10,000.00 in additional prizes valued at $30 - $50 each!

And be sure to enter the in-store drawing for a prize valued at $100 being given away in every store!

So let the countdown begin!

Back to the Basics

Who doesn't love to by the latest and greatest fabrics available?  The fun and trendy prints catch our eye, but sometimes we just need some "basics" to accompany our trendy fabrics to make the perfect project.  Not to mention fill our stashes!  Pine Needles carries many different "BASIC" FABRIC LINES, and we want to show you how easy it is to get BACK TO THE BASICS!  Take a look at a few of our favorite basic fabric lines....

Pearl Bracelets by Lizzie House for Andover 



Chevrons by Riley Blake Designs (available in 3 sizes)

Essential Dots by Moda

Polka Dots by Riley Blake Designs (available in 3 sizes)

Ta Dots by Michael Miller Fabrics

Stitch Circles by Michael Miller Fabrics (Stitch Squares also available)



Diamonds by Michael Miller Fabrics



 

A New Block of the Month

We currently have THREE different blocks of the month going;

- THE LOCAL QUILT by Carolyn Friedlander, a paper pieced block of the month

The Local Quilt blocks #1 and #3

-MERRY CHRISTMAS by Heart to Hand, a wool applique block of the month


Merry Christmas blocks #5 and #7

-LITTLE BITS QUILTING BEE by Kathreen Ricketson, a raw edge applique block of the month. 


Little Bits Quilt Bee blocks #1 and #4

AND NOW WE ARE ADDING A FOURTH!!!!

 

Green Tea & Sweet Beans quilt by Jen Kingwell

Cecilia has been busy working on our next block of the month, which is a needle-turn applique quilt.  This quilt comes from the book GREEN TEA AND SWEET BEANS by the extremely talented Jen Kingwell from Australia.  Sandy and I saw the quilt in Jen Kingwell's booth last year at Fall Quilt Market in Houston.  It was love at first sight!  We took lots of photos and purchased multiple copies of the book, as well as her other designs, to bring home with us.  The ladies at Pine Needles fell in love with this fabulous new designer too!  Green Tea and Sweet Beans is a GORGEOUS quilt with an eclectic flair due to the variety of fabrics.  Our fabrics have been hand selected by Cecilia and are DELIGHTFUL!!!!!  You must sign up to guarantee there will be a kit for you.  WE ARE TAKING SIGN UPS NOW.  The first kit will be ready for pick up on Saturday, May 18th. Then each of the subsequent blocks will be ready to pick up the 3rd Saturday of each month.  Here is a look at the first two blocks...



Green Tea & Sweet Beans block #1



There is a limited number of kits for each block, so if you are interested DO NOT DELAY, come in NOW to sign up!!



Pine Needles on Studio 5

Welcome KSL's Studio 5 viewers!  On today's show Holly showed a couple of fun and easy projects to decorate your home.  With Easter so early this year, our homes are lacking decorations that usually last us through April.  But we can help with that, so without further fuss lets get to our tutorials.  Up first a springtime mini bunting...

SUPPLIES:

• a variety of spring fabric scraps
• 1 fat eighth of white wool/felt
• 1 yard 3/4" pink ric rac
• 2 - 7/8" yellow buttons

Note: We have used the Big Shot die cut machine and Sizzix Heart Layers die which is available at Pine Needles. If you do not have access to this we have pre-cut wool/felt shapes available for purchase. A template is also included at the end of this tutorial. 

Step 1. Using the Big Shot and your Heart Layers die cut out 7 wool/felt scalloped hearts. Using your rotary cutter remove the top of each heart just below the cleavage. Yes, I said it, cleavage :)

Step 2. Again using your big shot and die cut out 7 print hearts from a variety of spring fabrics. Using your rotary cutter again remove off the top of each heart.

Step 3. Sew print each print fabric to wool/felt piece.

Step 4. Beginning approximately 6" from end of ric rac, lay the ric rac on top of the first bunting piece and sew through the center of the ric rac.  Line up the next bunting piece so that the corner touches that of the previous bunting, and sew ric rac to the top of the 2nd bunting piece.  Continue until all of your bunting pieces are sewn in place.

Wah-lah! You are finished with our first project!


Now for our second project, a yo-yo topiary. 
 

SUPPLIES:

30mm Clover Yo Yo maker

40-45 green fabric scraps

thread for making yo yo's

Fabri-Tac permanent adhesive

Styrofoam ball (mine measured 4" across or 12" around)

approx 35 pink buttons

metal or clay pot

STEP 1:

Using green fabric scraps make 40 - 45 yo yo's
(this is a GREAT mindless project to do while watching your favorite movie or TV show!)

 STEP 2:

Using Fabri-Tac glue yo yo's around the mid line of the Styrofoam ball.

Continue gluing yo yo's above this row until the entire top of the ball is covered with yo yo's.

STEP 3:

Glue assorted buttons in center of some of most of the yo yo's

STEP 4:

Place a thick line of Fabri-Tac on Styrofoam ball below line of yo yo's and place in pot.Tie ribbon around pot. Put a pin through center of bow going into the Styrofoam ball to hold ribbon in place. ENJOY!

Thank you for visiting our blog, we hope you enjoy both of our tutorials!