HQNA Winterfest registration is open!

For the past 12+ years I have been teaching at the fabulous Winterfest Quilt Retreat and I am excited to be teaching again this year.

I'll be teaching two fun classes....

Take a peak at my Halloween ABC's and you'll get a glimpse of what I have in store for my new Spring ABC'S Mystery Stitches,  This class will be full of helpful hints for getting the best result with your embroidery stitches and so much more. Join me as we get a winters jump on springtime possibilities! 

I am also teaching a delightful Mystery Quilt.  This is not a picture of the quilt, it's a Mystery remember, but you can see a bit of my style, a bit of this and a bit of that, bright, happy and fun to sew!  

There are so many great classes being offered but that is just a small part of this premier quilt retreat. HQNA has thought of everything and offers so many great options. Stay for the entire retreat or come for a single class, it's up to you. 

To market, to market.....,

I can't believe just one week ago Holly and I were walking the floor at Quilt Market!



We had such a good time renewing past friendships



Eating good food with fun friends,



Finding new finds






And fan favorites



And Being inspired









It was a quilty pleasure!

Sandy

WITCHS NIGHT OUT!!

Witches love any excuse to have fun and throw a party and the party is this weekend, Friday & Saturday, October 25th-26th. Ladies...join your fellow sister witches for the 13th year of Witches' Night Out.  Wear your most elaborate, crazy, fun, whimsical witch’s hat or witch's costume. Gardner Village will be filled with enchanting witches from 6 pm to 10 pm both nights. Enter the drawing for fun prizes at 7 pm and 9 pm nightly. Also enjoy dancing, music, food booths and more. Enjoy spellbinding activities in our shops, and join the Witches' Parade at 8 pm nightly. Join in the dance finale at 10 pm at the main stage. Leave the children with the sitter and grab your witchy friends for this spellbinding ladies night out. Ladies 18 years and older encouraged.
 
Parking your broom can be hectic this time of year. Due to the huge increase of traffic for Witches' Night Out, we must hire professional parking attendants. There will be a $5 per car parking fee beginning at 10 am on October 11th and 12th and October 25th and 26th. This parking fee ONLY applies to these four dates during October. Receive valuable Village coupons when you park. An alternative option to parking would be to take the train. There's a TRAX stop across the street from Gardner Village.

A NEW DROP OFF & PICK UP LOCATION

Every Saturday from 10am - 11am, Wendy from Eagle Mountain Quilting will be here at Pine Needles for you to drop off and/or pick up your quilt tops for machine quilting.  Wendy will be upstairs in our class room to allow plenty of space to spread out your quilt tops and discuss design options, as well as plenty of space to view the beautiful work on your completed quilt tops.  Click here to visit Wendy's website to view her design options, gallery and more.

 

CRAFT HAPPY!

I am excited to share with you a fun class that I am taking through Big Picture. It's going to be 12 weeks of creative inspiration.  We all know I love to SEW but like many of you I love anything that feeds my creative spirit and so I wanted to pass this along.  Want to join me?

Craft Happy with Amy Powers

12 weeks of cheerful projects to celebrate the holidays (and life in general)

http://www.bigpictureclasses.com/crafthappy/index.php

Starts 10/3/2013 $99

Class Description

Spend your holiday months with Amy creating a little something for Halloween and Thanksgiving, plus a whole lot of somethings for Christmas: gifts, wreaths, glitter houses, ornaments, games, and a hip, handmade advent calendar.

Introducing Craft Happy, a 12-week crafting adventure that will have you creating beautiful things just for the fun of it, learning new skills, connecting with cheerful crafters worldwide, and generally smiling from ear to ear.

Each month from October to December you'll complete one major project, three sidekick projects, and four quick creativity exercises. Each project will be introduced in a fun video from Amy along with a colorful handout that will outline the necessary supplies and steps.

read rest of description and register here

New to Big Picture Classes? Learn more here

http://www.bigpictureclasses.com/howitworks.php

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LABOR DAY WEEKEND SALE!!

 Friday and Saturday, August 30th and 31st, and Monday, September 2nd from 10am to 8pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

During the Labor Day Weekend Sale at Gardner Village, the porch at PINE NEEDLES will be overflowing with clearance fabrics, patterns, books, and more!

• Over 100 bolts of clearance fabrics as low as $3 per yard. Plus, finish the bolt and save an additional $1 per yard.
• Select embroidery, quilting & cross-stitch patterns up to 75% off.
• Select quilting books up to 75% off.
• Select quilt kits 50% to 65% off.
• Plus a selection of models for sale (that rarely happens)!

These are savings you do not want to miss! Come in early for the best selection, at these prices they won't last long!

'SEW' MUCH NEW MERCHANDISE!

You all know how we love our UPS man, Greg.  Well he has been very busy delivering lots of NEW MERCHANDISE!  Take a look.....



NEW picot crocheted edge bias tape

printed burlap

Collage by Such Designs







NEW clothing patterns

Tiny Tidings XVIII by Lizzie Kate

Gracie Girl by Lori and Kassidy Holt

NEW Tooth Fairy pillow kit by Pine Mountain

Jingle Typography linen kit by Pine Mountain

Florece by Denyse Schmidt

latest prints of Flower Sugar by Lecien

I hope you have enjoyed some eye candy to entice you into the store to add some of these fantastic items to your stash!  But in addition to these fabrics and patterns seen above, we have MANY new models of  quilts, table runners, punch needle designs and purses/bags on display in the store now!  Maybe tomorrow I will post some pictures of those.

Hope to see you soon!

 

It's time for a BEACH PARTY!

A-lo-ha! Yank out your Hawaiian t-shirts and leis and don them to our version of a beach party and a huge savings event on Saturday, August 10th. Relish in the spirit of the islands through music, island dance shows, delicious barbecue and food. Shops will be hosting activities so you can win prizes and receive incredible discounts all evening long. Enjoy Island dance shows at 7pm, 8pm, 9pm and 10pm. The party goes from 6 pm to midnight.  From 6pm til Midnight, draw for discounts as you enter the doors of Pine Needles. You will also receive a FREE pattern for a bright, fun and easy TABLE RUNNER that will be great to display all summer long! A limited number of kits will also be available for purchase.  In addition to coupons and a free pattern, take a look at these offers....   -CLEARANCE FABRICS an additional $1 off per yard -Select fabric lines 30% off -HUGE selection of quilt books 25% off -HUGE selection of quilt patterns 30% off -Pine Mountain Designs cross-stitch kits 30% off   Come and party with Pine Needles and Gardner Village for a night of super specials, coupons, discounts, giveaways and the SPIRIT of the Islands rockin' til the midnight hours!  A-LO-HA!

Knits are IN!!!

I was so excited when I popped into the shop the other day and saw the new fabulous Riley Blake knits. I immediately knew a maxi skirt would finally be mine!  Now just to decide what color? Aqua stripe, Yellow chevron, Navy....how will I decide.  I made a mental note to pop online and see if I could find out how to sew one up and then to my surprise I stumbled across a super easy tute on Riley Blake's cutting corners....

Love how they show how versatile this style skirt is, great for all ages and all sizes. Click on over to Cutting Corners and check it out.  

Thank's for stopping by. If you have any tips for sewing with knits I'd love to hear!

Sandy

WASATCH FRONT SHOP HOP WINNERS!!

We were so thrilled with the Wasatch Front Shop Hop 2013 and we hope all of our participants enjoyed it too!  It was a great theme, a great atmosphere and a great four days!

Here is a list of all the Grand Prize drawing winners, CONGRATULATIONS LADIES!!!!

Tamera Davis.........Baby Lock Elizabeth Sewing Machine (retail value $1,599)

Patsy Jensen..........Baby Lock Elizabeth Sewing Machine (retail value $1,599)

Ailwynne Herman...Stella Lamp (retail value $225)

Wendy Metz...........Art o Graphy light pad (retail value $150)

Jennifer Brown.......Accu Go Cutting Machine and accessory package (retail value $299)

Elizabeth Lindorff....LED Sewing Machine Light (retail value $80)

Helen Bailey...........LED Sewing Machine Light (retail value $80)

 

$100 Shopping Spree Winners: 

Debi Price, Chelsy Keck, Tiffany Neese, Pauline Hawk, Diana Johnson, LaPriel Fagg, Susan Greenhalgh, LaRue Brumble, Ashlee Jarvis, Mary Petersen, Malinda Jensen, Liz Johnson, Susan Bensen

 

$25 Gift Certificate Winners:

Miranda Lorene,  Isabeaul Cloward, Sarah Andrus, Lisa Christensen, Tricia Mathis, Susan Allen, Rebecca Reeves, Ashley Mathis, Debbie Stinger, Susan Welch, Teresa Corradini, Michelle Trunnel, Lorraine Campbell

 

In addition to these 33 Grand Prize winners, there were more than 150 lucky people who were awarded gift bags with a retail value of $50-$60 each!  CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU!!!!

 

And believe it or not, all of the participating shop owners have already begun planning Wasatch Front Shop Hop 2014!!  And we all can't wait!!!

 

Busy, busy, busy....

Sandy has been busy, along with the ladies who help get her models stitched up, and the people who sew for her, oh and those that help her get them kitted and ready to ship!  Whew, I am tired just thinking about all that work.  Here are the new designs she released this month from her typography series....

Summer Typography pillow kit

Summer Typography linen kit

Liberty Typography linen kit

Spooktacular linen kit

Spooktacular pillow kit

Spooky Typography linen kit

Jingle Typography linen kit

Aren't they darling!!??!?!? All the kits are available in the store now, and will be available on our website later this week!

WASATCH FRONT SHOP HOP 2013!!

GAME ON!!!  It's time to gas up the car, grab your girlfriends and hit the road for the annual Wasatch Front Shop Hop! 

                    LET'S PLAY!

13 of the MOST FABULOUS quilt shops along the Wasatch Front, from Logan to Springville, join together to bring you the most INSPIRING, the most EXCITING, the most FANTASTIC four days of the year!  Each shop has chosen a game as their inspiration for their decor, refreshments and quilt.  Pine Needles has selected the game TWISTER!  In each of  the participating shops you will receive a FREE FULL SIZE PATTERN for a table runner or table topper designed exclusively for the Shop Hop (Pine Needles table topper pattern is titled TWISTED DRESDEN).  THAT'S THIRTEEN FREE PATTERNS just for attending!!  And that's not all; enter the in-store drawing at each store to win a prize valued at $100!!  Not to mention the games, refreshments and give-a-ways in each store. Plus if you fill your postcard by attending all 13 shops you will receive a FINISHING PRIZE, as well as a chance to WIN one of the GRAND PRIZES!!!

This year the grand prizes that will be given away are.....

• 2 Babylock "Elizabeth" sewing machines (sugg. retail $1,599 each)
• Accu Go cutting machine with carrier & dies (sugg. retail $299)
• Stella Lamp (sugg. retail $225)
• Art O Graph light pad (sugg. retail $150)
• LED Sewing Machine lights (sugg. retail $80 each)
• $25 Gift Certificates (13 total, one to each of the participating shops)
• $1,300 in Shopping Sprees
• over $10,000 in additional prizes valued at $30 - $60 each

Wednesday thru Saturday
June 12th - June 15th 
Wed thru Fri 10am - 8pm 
Sat 10am-6pm 


JUMP IN YOUR CAR, PASS GO, DO NOT STOP UNTIL YOU ARE HERE AND THEN "TWIST" & SHOUT YOUR WAY TO THE WASATCH FRONT SHOP HOP 2013!!!!!

 

Tomorrow is the final meeting of the Wasatch Shop Hop organization before we start to play at the 2013 Shop Hop!! I can't wait to get a sneak peek at everyone's quilts.

Did you know that each store will have a FREE pattern for their table topper.  We're keeping with our TWISTER theme and giving you the pattern for Twisted Dresden!



So mark your calendar and get ready to play with us.......only 9 days to go!

We've Got Class

Today I want to show you a table runner class being taught by Mary Cowan called THREE SHINING STARS.

Mary made her original runner out of traditional Americana fabrics, but now the cover photo on the pattern shows a very striking red, black, gray and white version.  This is such a versatile pattern.  One year I made each of my sisters and my mom this table runner out of the fabric line Wuthering Heights by 3 Sisters for Moda.  Do you remember that fabulous line?  And Mary has also made it using Christmas fabrics, and that version is to die for as well!  We have kits available in this our modern take on Americana, or you can choose you own fabrics from any fabric line and it will look great!

The class will be taught on  

Tuesday, June 11th 

from 6pm - 8pm.  

The class fee is $15, plus pattern and supplies.

If you would like to sign up for this class, please come into the store or call us at (801)233-0551 and we will sign you up over the phone.

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