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Category Archives: Quilting
Deal of the Week – Black and White Fabric!
This week’s offering is Black and White fabrics! We’re starting the price at $7 a yard – and since I’m a bit late in getting this post written, the price has already dropped to $6 a yard! (Thanks to Facebook and Twitter followers). Be sure to check out the prints we have – some are [...]
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Fat Quarters – Deal of the Week
ETA: This deal has expired. Last week we introduced a “Deal of the Week:” a special that will run on our online store for one week – and the more we sell the lower the price goes! Last week’s deal was a great success – the deal got to the lowest price offered. Here’s this [...]
Fat Quarter Sale
Quilters! Quilters! READ ALL ABOUT IT! Fat quarter sale! First Block Party, now this, what a month! Quilters – consider yourselves lucky: the fat quarter sale runs between three shops – Dusty Attic, Robinanne’s, and us (The Fine Needle). The catch is… IT IS ONE DAY ONLY!!! Saturday January 22, 2011. All fat quarters only [...]
Block Party 2011
Quilters, Quilters, Quilters! This is your time of year. It is finally here …. BLOCK PARTY!!! The Block of the Month (BOM) program between three shops, Robinanne’s, The Dusty Attic, and us (The Fine Needle). Each shop offers a unique block kit each month for four months (12 different blocks total). While each shop started [...]
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Advent Calendars!
Half the fun of Christmas is counting down the days, and what better way to do that than to mark the passing of time with a beautiful quilted Advent calendar. We currently have five different ones that will delight the young and old alike. Each one features a pre-printed panel that either has pockets, ornaments, [...]
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5 Holiday Gifts You Should Start Now
Have you made your list of gifts you want to make for the holidays? Here are five gifts you can make – if you leave yourself enough time: A bed-sized quilt. Break the process down into manageable steps: cut all the pieces out one evening, begin block construction, assemble rows, etc. Don’t forget to leave [...]
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100 Days ’til Christmas Kickoff!
These next 100 days may be the fastest days all year! Many of us are just getting back into “school-time” routines, and summer has come to a close. The days are getting shorter (at least by hours of daylight), and time is more precious than ever. There is still plenty of time to get holiday [...]
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Technique Tuesday: Seams Pressing
You’re a quilter. You’re making a lovely quilt block, but when you’re finished, the blocks seems… well, lumpy. This sounds like a pressing issue, and that’s pressing as in using the iron. Let’s start with a simple four patch block. This block is made of two (2) squares of a light color fabric and two [...]
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Warm Fuzzies
I just dropped off my daughter for a sleepover at camp. As soon as she entered the room a friend of hers ran over with her pillow, exclaiming, “Look, I still have that pillowcase you gave me for my birthday that your mom made!” It gave me warm fuzzies – because we gave her that [...]
Seems a long way off, but…
Don’t go getting your panties in a bunch when I say this, but… I’m beginning to think about Christmas. (ducks to avoid being hit). I know, I know, it’s not even August yet. Really I’m just starting to think about Christmas because I want to be armed and ready for when YOU start thinking about [...]