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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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Dog Walking Hat (or Mittens)

What do you get when you combine a beautiful alpaca/silk yarn and a seed stitch? The Dog Walking Hat! Perfect for the crisp weather that we will one day be getting – and the hat is for you, not the dog! Class price ($45) includes kit with three skeins of Kollage’s new Solace yarn and [...]

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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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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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