Just in Time for Christmas!

Today, my Christmas arrived!  :)  What could be better than CHEVRON STRIPES in multiple colors, but especially in GRAY!!!!!!

GENIUS!!!

Just like everyone one in this creative world, I am addicted to Pinterest.  My latest fab find, thanks to some wonderful customers LeeAnn, Diana and Janice, are little girl tutus made using crocheted headbands as the waste band instead of plain elastic!  PURE GENIUS!  Just take a look....

Simply do a search on Pinterest for tutus and you will find pages of inspiration!  I hadn't seen one made using scraps of fabric before this one, and it is by far my favorite!!  I can't wait to give it a try :)

Oh, and of course you can find the crocheted headbands at Pine Needles for only $0.99 each, and we have them in a dozen different colors.

Valentines Already?!?

Fabric arriving for a holiday that is months away is the craziest part of having a quilting store!  And right now is no exception!   We are already receiving our Valentine fabrics, and haven't even had time to finish our Christmas projects!  I know I am preaching to the choir :) 

But we all know that if we don't buy the fabric when it comes out, we won't find it when the holiday is near and we have finally decided exactly what we plan to do with it.  So in the spirit of Valentines, I want to make sure everyone has seen Sandy's latest design in her 'Wonky Series.'  It is called Wonky Love and it is made using a lot of the fabric line Ruby from Moda.  You can't get any better than a FABULOUS DESIGN combined with A FABULOUS FABRIC LINE!  Oh wait, yes you can.  It gets better when you find out the FABULOUS DESIGN is being taught by the designer at a FABULOUS RETREAT (just click to find out all the details)!!!! 

The Most Clever Window Decals

Have any of you seen these window decals....?

I L-O-V-E love them!  They are 'sew' fun :)    Just apply them to the back window of your car to let the world know you are a serious quilter and/or stitcher.  What a great stocking stuffer idea, just send your Santa in to pick one up today!  And make sure he brings your 12 Days of Christmas punch card because he could use either #1 or #12! 

Happy Quilting and Happy Stitching!

Have a Charming Christmas!

Pine Needles wants your Christmas to be Charming!

To kick off this most charming time of the year, visit Pine Needles starting Friday, November 25th you will receive a FREE Christmas charm with purchase. 

Come back often and collect all four!

Limit one per customer per day. Available while supplies last.

Tea Towel Tutorial

Hi Gals!  I am back again with a fun and FASTULOUS (fast/fabulous) tutorial.  I am always in search for a fun neighbor gift and this fits that to a Tea.  Or maybe you just need a fashionable towel for yourself to wipe your holiday grimies on.  Hope you enjoy!

Supplies List:

• 1 tea towel (I am using a Indo teal towel which measures 20 1/2" x 28")
• 5 - 5" red squares
• 1 - 1 1/2" x 22" red
• 5 - green buttons (I am using a variety of fabulous Riley Blake buttons)

Instructions: 

First, I must say that I did not think up this idea, rather I saw it on Pinterest (ADDICTED, I'm just sayin') which took me to this link http://www.kdquilts.com/2011/10/dress-it-up-buttercup.html and then I tweaked it a bit.  I had some left over 5" charm squares and so I changed up the measurements to use them. 

Sew here, is how it goes...

• For each 5" square fold in half diagonally and press.  Fold in half again and press to create a prairie point.

•  Lay five prairie points across tea towel with the raw edges being approximately 4" from the bottom. Pin in place.

• Prepare 1 1/2" x 22" strip by folding each end in and pressing so that the finished length measures the width of your towel.  Press under each long edge 1/2".
• Pin over prairie points.

• Sew in place.

• Sew a button at the tip of each point.

That's it...you have a fastulous home-made gift!

Lila Tueller Cosmetic Bag Tutorial

Check out this tutorial on Lila Tueller's new fabric panel!  This is totally genious!  3 bags from a single laminate panel!

We have the panel in both color ways and what's exciting is that during Moonlight Madness you can save 25-30% off this panel, or anything in the store!!!

MOONLIGHT MADNESS 2011

MOONLIGHT MADNESS

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19th

This event is a favorite at this time of year! Treat yourself to a late night out with friends at Gardner Village and receive incredible savings from 6 PM to midnight. Enjoy special discounts, coupons and prizes throughout the Village for six hours only.

Beginning at 6pm, as you enter Pine Needles, draw for your coupon revealing a percentage off your entire purchase of regular priced items! Discounts will range from 25 to 30% off ....yes this includes ALL regular priced books, fabrics, kits, buttons and more! Oh my! Now that is MADNESS!

Can't join us for this fun event? Shop 10 AM - 6 PM on Saturday and receive 'Moonlight Day' savings of 15% off all regular priced merchandise. That's not all though. We will have additional fabulous offerings throughout the day and night:

• CLEARANCE FABRICS, finish the bolt and receive an extra $1 off per yard! 
• fall fabrics 40% off
• Select quilt kits 30 - 40% off
• Select bolts of fabric throughout the store are 30-50% off

Day or night, come enjoy the savings at Pine Needles!

The Tale of Three Trees Tutorial

I just posted the following tutorial on my Pine Mountain blog and wanted to be sure to share it with all my Pine Needles friends.   Read on and enjoy!

Once upon a mountain top, three little trees stood and dreamed of what they wanted to become when they grew up. The first little tree looked up at the stars and said......


That is the start of One of my favorite books for Christmas, or really it is such a beautiful folktale for for any time. If you have not read this book - please do, it will inspire and uplift you.

And today, in honor of one of my favorite books I hope you enjoy my gift to you, the paper piece pattern 'Three Trees"

I love the odd angles of the trees, and the folk art affect of the quilting.

• Download and print pattern
• Paper piece project using pattern provided, white background, and three different green fabrics. (See tutorial below if you are unfamiliar with paper piecing)

• Sandwich paper pieced top, batting and background fabric.
• Draw lines for tree trunks.

• Chain stitch trunks using 2 ply brown floss.

• Using 2 ply red floss quilt a running stitch through all layers along each seam as illustrated.

• Frame, make an ornament, mug rug, or small pillow.

If you are not familiar with paper pieceing - here is a fabulous tutorial found on Youtube.

Post a comment and I will draw a random number to receive a free frame as shown in my model. Enjoy!

All Smiles!

We're all smiles today at Pine Needles!

The Holiday Open House was a great success.   There we lines of people waiting to see what the Pine Needle Elves had come up with for this years Quick Christmas gifts and I don't think they were disappointed!  The first 11 people in each door were surprised with $11 in Christmas Cash to spend in the store, at 11 minutes on the hour FREE fat quarters are being handed out and there is so much Christmas inspiration to delight! 

HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE

It's finally here, our most anticipated event of the year! 
      PINE NEEDLES'
HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE 
   Friday, November 11th
      from 10am to 8pm

just a little tease

featuring dozens of  quick gifts to make for your neighbors, friends or for yourself! And this year it falls on

11-11-11

So in celebration of this momentous date....

• first 11 people in each door will receive a gift
• give-a-ways on the 11th minute of every hour 
• 11% off the entire store*
• buy 11 fat quarters, receive 4 free
• for every $11 you spend receive a Bounce Back Buck to use on a future purchase

another little tease

*off regular priced merchandise, quick gift kits excluded

For all of our loyal out-of-state customers...

All remaining kits will be available on our website on Monday, November 14th.

Wonky Winter is here!

I am so excited to show you my newest quilt

"Wonky Winter". 

I have enjoyed every process in my Wonky series. A bit of piecing, wonky style of course, a bit of applique, just the right amount of embroidery and hello, hexagons - Love 'em.  For this design I wanted a quilt that I could enjoy at Christmas but also thru the remaining cold winter nights. 

This is the companion to my two quilts Wonky Wildflowers and Wonky Fall Foliage.

Coming in January is the final quit in this series.

Wonky Love

Here is a little teaser!

I hope you enjoy!

Sandy

Things to Come

Customers have been asking the all important question, "when is the Holiday Open House featuring your Quick Gifts?"  The answer is Friday, November 11th.  Watch for more details coming soon.  The Pine Needles' elves have been busy coming up with some FANTASTIC quick gifts.  Here is a little sneak peek....

Many of you have been in to get your free week one embroidery patterns and we just want to remind you that the free week two embroidery patterns will be available this Friday, we hope to see you then!  For those of you who didn't make it in last week, we will have extra copies of the free week one embroidery patterns here on Friday so you can pick them up too.

A CHRISTMAS TREAT FOR YOU!

Last year Sandy's Little Bit of Boo quilt was published in the Quilt Sampler magazine and she decided to give it a new twist.....

A peppermint twist that is....  Sandy has designed a new group of Christmas embroidery designs to combine with Riley Blake's Christmas Candy fabric line. Using the same quilt pattern as Little Bit of Boo this embroidery group is titled Little Bit of Christmas.  

Now here's the treat, Sandy is offering the embroidery patterns FREE to you!

Starting today, Friday, October 28th, and continuing each friday in November you can pick up your free embroidery designs for this quilt. 

 

This week's FREE pattern includes two embroidery designs included in row 1 of the quilt.

 

 

Weekly fabric kits available for only $10 each.   There will be a total of 5 kits, 1 of each of the four row fabric kits and the finishing kit which will include the rickrack, border and binding!  Fabric pack quantities are limited so call the store quick to reserve yours.

 

Quilt Sampler magazine which contains quilt instructions is available for purchase online or in the store.  Weekly FREE patterns are for the Christmas embroidery designs only.

Boo Humbug!  Halloween Scrooge wouldn't approve but we've got some spooktacular savings going on in the shop this week.  ALL HALLOWEEN fabric is 30% off, select Christmas lines are also 30% off, and there's more!  Stop in and scare up something fun to make!

FREE Peppermint Points pattern!

Make sure you stop in Pine Needles during the Wasatch Front FALL FRENZY, October 12th - 15th and pick up your FREE pattern for this festive table runner, Peppermint Points

Red & White zig zags, holly leaves and button berries, crips white background - perfect for your holiday table.

It's an OUTRAGEOUS OCTOBER at Pine Needles

FALL FRENZY

Join the 14 premier Wasatch Front Quit Shops for the 2nd annual FALL FRENZY! Visit Pine Needles and as many shops as you can because each shop will have

a drawing for TWO $100 gift certificates (that's a total of $2800 in quilt cash!)
A FREE pattern unique to each shop for a fun holiday gift idea
Special promotions (these will vary from shop to shop)

And don't forget to vote for your favorite Cherry Fiz Charm Pack Challenge ( The challenge winner at each store will receive a $50 gift certificate)

Witches Night Out

Oct 14, 2011 AND Oct 15, 2011 Witches love any excuse to have fun and throw a party.  Ladies...join your fellow sister witches for the 10th Anniversary of Witches' Night Out!  Plan now to wear your most elaborate, crazy, fun, whimsical witch's hat or witch's costume. Gardner Village will be filled with enchanting witches from 6pm to 10pm both nights.  Enter the drawing for fun prizes at 7pm and 9pm nightly.  Stop to have your fortune told, enjoy spellbinding activities in our shops, and join the Witches' Parade at 8pm nightly.  Leave the children with the sitter and grab your witchy friends for this spellbinding ladies night out!   Click here for a listing of WitchFest 2011 events!

New Embroidery is Here!

We are so excited to finally have Sarah Jane's new embroidery patterns in the shop!  Can you believe how sweet!  We also have her new line of fabric Children at Play for Michael Miller. I cannot wait to get started on one of the embroidery designs, the only problem is which one???

Also in the shop are pre-cuts for Camille Roskelly's FAAABULOUS line Ruby!   I am starting my own Ruby project this weekend.  Yah, can't wait to play with this line!

Pattern Boxes Tutorial

I love Mod Podge, I love vintage patterns and I really love Simple Simon's tutorial on turning up the style on a simple plastic storage bin. Check it out!

A few spots left....

Hi Everyone!  Just wanted to let you know that we still have a few spots left for Thursday's FALL DAY AWAY.  This is going to be a fun day - stitching, sewing, eating a delicious lunch from Archibald's Restaurant, and spending time together.  Click here to register or for more information.  Hope to see you there!
Sandy