Category Archives: General Information
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 [...]
August Book Sale
New Books! Old Books! Used Books! All books are on sale the month of August! We’ve been sorting through our stacks of books, and there are just too many. You can benefit from our surplus and stock up on great titles of quilting, sewing, knitting, and crochet books. There are even some books on scrapbooking [...]
Feed Your Creativity
Want to take your knitting to the next level? Does a sweater project seem a bit overwhelming, but you’d really like to try your hand at lace, fair isle, cables, and other techniques? We have just the thing! Feed Your Creativity is a new series of classes featuring yarn and patterns from Kollage. Anyone who [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Wednesday’s Works in Progress: Lots!
Anyone who knows me, knows I ALWAYS have more than one (hundred) projects going. So, I thought I’d share what’s currently and actively in progress around here. This week I made a fabric wall panel. It was a quick and easy project (and it’s done!) I started a pair of socks in Kollage’s Sock-a-licious using [...]
Welcome
Welcome to The Fine Needle! We are completing our renovation of our brick and mortar store – just in time for our Tenth Anniversary. Since the entire store got a make-over, we figured our website deserved one too. Use the links above to get more information about our different offerings for knitters and quilters. The [...]
