Category Archives: Quilting
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 [...]
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 [...]
Ready, Set, Shop
There are not one, but two fabulous opportunities coming up for quilters and knitters to explore the quilt and yarn shops on the Delmarva Peninsula. The Fine Needle is participating in both events. First up, is the “Shop Hop Comes to Us” event sponsored by the Heartland Quilters of the Eastern Shore. This takes place [...]
These are a few of my favorite APPS: Quilting
I received an iPod Touch for Mother’s Day a few years ago, and it has been one of my favorite presents ever. Besides all the standard apps that come with it – address book, calendar, calculator, and the multitude of games I’ve acquired, I have a handful of apps that are very handy in my [...]
And so she sews…
Last week I mentioned that I was working on quite a number of things, and I thought I’d give you an update on my progress. Keeping you informed is really helping me get some things done (yes, as in completed!!). This past week has been about sewing – oh there has been a bit of [...]
Make it Monday: Krista’s Apron
If you read last Wednesday’s post about the projects on which I’m currently working, then you know I was working on an apron. And as promised – it is this week’s Make it Monday project (yes, I know it’s Wednesday – it’s one of those weeks!). Each Monday I bring you a project (either sewing, [...]
Friday Fun: Photo Quilt
I’ve always been intrigued by photo quilts – those amazingly intricate, often appliqued, quilts that border on photo realistic. Let’s face it, I’m never going to make one. However, I might make a simpler quilt based on a photo thanks to this very cool program on the Victoria and Albert Museum website. Thanks again to [...]
Make-it Monday: Fabric as Art
Quilters and sewers – and even those who don’t sew but appreciate a fine piece of fabric will like this project. Many of us have pieces of fabric in our stash that are “too lovely to cut up.” Unfortunately, these lovely fabrics remain hidden in our stashes, occasionally admired when we come across them while [...]
Nifty Notions
As much as I love fabric and yarn, there is a certain thrill that comes from a really cool or fun or useful notion. Today a small box from Bryson Distributors arrived, and I was not disappointed with the contents! (Which of course, is a good thing since I ordered everything in the box!). I [...]
