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| The Pine Needle Newsletter | March Newsletter
March 2011 |
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"Whoever said money can't buy happiness
simply didn't know where to go shopping."
~Bo Derek |
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| Pillow made with Floral Birds |
Greetings!
Rain,RAIN, rain! Last Sunday's comic
Stone Soup (link to Stone Soup) captures our thoughts on the weather. So with this edition of our newsletter, we thought we would bring you a bit of Spring, no matter the weather outside.
The background that you see peaking around the edges of the email is a new line of fabric from Free Spirit called Jeanvenve Linen. Frequently referred to as a decorator weight fabric, it is 100% cotton, looks and feels like linen and comes in a 54" width. Jeanvenve's Floral Birds has such a clean crisp feel of Spring, that it was love at first sight for our staff. Pillows, like magic, appeared the next morning. Thank you, Janet P.!
Even though the weather does not let us think it is actually Spring, the bird watchers amongst our staff tell us our summer aviary friends have started to arrive. The fabric manufacturers, including Free Spirit, must have envisioned our feathered friends' return as this year's spring theme. We have received several beautiful fabric lines featuring birds. Below you can see a new quilt we've made from Benartex's Meadowlark fabric line.
If Spring is slow in coming, at least we can sew Spring!
Don't forget our monthly anniversary 18% off sale on Friday!
18% Off Anniversary Celebration Friday, March 18 18% Off all regular priced items (see coupon at the bottom of the email)
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Ideas from the Sewing and Stitchery Expo
Tumbling Blocks and more....
The Puyallup, WA Sewing and Stitchery Expo provides us with an opportunity to see a wide variety of sewers and quilters, to observer what interests them, and to notice buying trends. Our new five yard quilts created a lot of activity. We will be showing you those in our Spring catalog. The Maywood Woolies, which we stock all year around, delighted a ton of shoppers, many who do not have access to flannels. Pam's Meadowlark quilt kit (seen on your right) sold out immediately. Our new Jungle Panel quilt was a hit with moms and grandma's (see below). In our Notion's booth Marci Baker displayed several of her Tumbling Block quilts and demonstrated her strip piecing techniques, packing our booth with careful listeners. See below for a video clip of her technique on Easy Strip-Pieced Tumbling Blocks.
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| Easy Strip-Pieced Tumbling Blocks, Marci Baker of Alicia's Attic |
Link to Marci Baker's ABC 3-D book
See below for Q Tool Corner Cut-60 and Clearview 10" Triangle Ruler.
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Oatmeal Cookies
From staff member: Mimi Teters
Mimi notes:
I like these cookies because they stay nice and soft! The secret is soaking the raisins!
OATMEAL COOKIES
3 eggs, beaten well 1 cup raisins 1 tsp vanilla Combine these ingredients and let them stand at room temperature for 1 hour
1 cup shortening, margarine or butter 1 cup packed brown sugar 1 cup granulated sugar
2 1/2 cups sifted flour 1 tsp salt 2 tsp soda 1 tsp cinnamon 2 cups oatmeal 1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)
Cream shortening and sugars. Sift flour with dry ingredients and mix into a creamed mixture Add raisins, nuts and oatmeal. Bake 10-12 minutes at 350F |
Jungle Panel Quilt
Our Child Friendly Flannel
Working in a quilt shop can be such fun. The day we received this delightfully happy jungle panel and its accompanying fabrics, our Pinecone, Nancy went home and made this hug- gable child's quilt. She even wrote instructions, so the rest of us can easily make our little ones jungle quilts. Then Geri took our jungle panel kits to Puyallup and Expo-ers loved it too. Success is so much fun! We've ordered more fabric for more kits in hopes you will like our little quilt too!
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The Birds Have Arrived
Benartex's Meadowlark Collection
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| Sidelights quilt from Meadowlark collection |
Spring seems much to slow in arriving this year, so we decided to hurry it up a bit by introducing summer birds into our shop with Pam's Meadowlark quilt. The shoppers at the Sewing and Stitchery Expo in Puyallup two weeks ago just loved this quilt. Our Pinecone, Pam, combined the Sidelight pattern with the classical lines of the Meadowlark collection to create this stunning quilt. Although the image suggest the fabric background color is black, in actuality the color is somewhere between a deep brown and a charcoal. The Meadowlark series also comes is an aubergine and a sea foam green.
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Hints and Tips
Rotary Cutter Care A reminder from our teacher, Pam Raby
Rotary cutting is easier if you clean and oil the cutter periodically. - First, disassemble your rotary cutter.
- Place each part in a row on a flat surface so you know how to reassemble the cutter.
- I prefer to place the blade flat on my cutting mat, then use a scrap of fabric or paper towel to clean it, wiping from the center of the blade to the outside so I don't cut my fingers or drop the blade.
- When I reassemble the cutter, I put one drop of sewing machine oil near the center of the blade so it rotates easily while cutting.
If excess force is needed to cut through a couple layers of fabric, it's time for a fresh, sharp rotary cutting blade!
Pam Raby
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New Class Added
Machine Quilting Fundamentals
At the request of many of our quilters, we've added another session of Pam Raby's Machine Quilting Fundamentals. The class has been scheduled for
Saturday, May 21 10:00 - 4:00 Pam Raby |
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Two Rulers Used by Marci Baker
We feature in this month's promotion two of the rulers Marci Baker uses to create the many of the triangle blocks in her book ABC-3D and on her video clip, the Clearview Triangle in the 10" size (Marci recommends the 10" as the most versatile ruler size) and the Q-Tool Corner Cut-60 for exact seam allowance trimming.
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The Qtools Corner Cut 60 allows you to trim exact seam allowances on 60 degree triangles. This tool helps in aligning 60 deg. triangle pieces.
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Thank your for being our customer. We delight in being able to help our wonderful customers with their creativity. Sincerely,
Geri Grasvik and the Pinecones
The Pine Needle
429 First St
Lake Oswego, OR 97034
503-635-1353 800-655-5632
www.pineneedlequiltshop.com
friends@pineneedlequiltshop.com
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Save 18% | As a girl never has to tell her age...we will be 18 forever. On the 18th of March, help us celebrate our birthday by receiving 18% off your entire order of regularly priced items*. One day only! 18% off*
Friday, March 18th
If ordering by phone, please mention the 18% discount. If ordering from our website, please mention 18% monthly discount on the "Special Instruction" section of the Check-out page. * Not valid on gift certificates, wool basket of the month, software or classes. Can not be combined with other coupons or sale prices.
Offer Good March l8, 2011 only! |
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