tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79907955221048748742024-02-24T12:46:25.152-08:00Pine Needle Quilt ShopGerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05092817791019501564noreply@blogger.comBlogger201125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990795522104874874.post-15703165065385265632018-02-20T21:33:00.001-08:002018-02-20T21:33:41.024-08:00Big News<div>
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It is with great anticipation and some tear-stained reservation that <strong>Geri at The Pine Needle is announcing her retirement</strong>. After 25 years, she's earned it! We are excited for Geri and the opportunities now open to her, and while this is a bittersweet moment, the rest of us Pinecones are also excited about the adventure ahead.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;">It has been a wonderful quarter century </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">and we have made life-time friends. All of us at The Pine Needle</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> have enjoyed each and every day that we have shared with you. It has been our honor that you have chosen to be one of our customers and we value you and your choices more than you know.</span></div>
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We know you will have lots of questions and will try our best to address them all. First off, from Wednesday Feb 21 through Monday Feb 26th we'll have everything 20% off. We've received some new goods and added more of our sample quilts for sale, so come on in!</div>
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The shop will temporarily close from Tuesday Feb 27th through March 7th while we are at the Sewing Expo in Puyallup (feel free to come visit our booths there for savings on kits, fabric, and notions!).</div>
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This means no Westside Modern Quilt Club meeting in February. In all likelihood, WMQC will go on hiatus for a few months as the shop transitions to it's next inhabitants. We are still planning on having our Black and White special exhibit at expo though, so keep working on your challenge quilts!</div>
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Our classes will also continue as scheduled. </div>
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March 8 will mark the beginning of our everything must go final sale, and doors will close on April 1st.</div>
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Geri's not going away completely though -- she will run the retreats scheduled for 2018 and plans to devote her time, skills, and boundless energy to more retreats! If you are interested in being added to our 2019 retreat interest list just come on in to the shop before April 1, give us a call, or sign up online <a href="http://www.thepineneedlequiltshop.com/module/class.htm?classId=242834" target="_blank">here</a>. We'd love to continue the adventure!</div>
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The Pine Needlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14325247132559035504noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990795522104874874.post-1725223636598355892018-02-11T10:12:00.000-08:002018-02-11T10:12:14.650-08:00Westside Modern Quilt Club - Jan 2018<br />
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We've missed our monthly meetings, and with the full house at our January meeting, it looks like you missed us too. </div>
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We started off by talking about our annual challenges. Last year's Transitions exhibit was well received at the NW Quilt Expo and we've been invited to exhibit at the Clark County Quilt Show in April. Our exhibit can include pieces from ANY of our previous challenges. That means it could be a Bridges, The Pearl, Modern Heritage, or Transitions quilt. If you would like to participate, please give your name and phone number to Kristin or Geri and plan on dropping off your quilt by March 15th.</div>
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Our challenge for 2018 will be Black and White. You can approach this as conceptually (or not) as you wish. The shortest sides should be no less than 36" and the longest no more than 60." </div>
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Pinecone Kristin was our speaker for the evening. She shared some tips to get yourself organized and Get Things Done in the new year. </div>
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Of course, Show and Tell is the best part of our meetings:</div>
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Deslie is the queen of letting the fabric do the work. Her "Wild Bush Flowers" quilt shows off the patterning in the Australian fabric of the same name beautifully.</div>
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Karen G showed off her tessellated fall leaves quilt designed by the inimitable Sandy Rae, a beloved instructor in the shop who may be gone, but is definitelynot forgotten.</div>
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Mary Pat brought two quilts to share. The first is color blocks for a recent grad. The ombré fabrics add perfectly to the overall glow .</div>
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Mary Pat's second share was a fabulous indigo and taupe quilt who's relatively simple design shows off a fabulous collection of fabrics.</div>
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Sandy shared a cute little birdie wallhanging in progress.</div>
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Susan B shared her improvisational "crumb" quilt, made up of scraps! Her straight line quilting in overlapping peaks wowed us as well.</div>
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Cathy E shared her most recent Modern Baltimore Album oversized block with exquisite machine quilting. She hopes to enter her quilt into a show or two, so it will have to remain somewhat secret for the time being. We wish her all the best!</div>
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Please keep your eyes out for our monthly meeting email announcement. We'll be at the Sewing Expo in Puyallup, WA at the end of the month, so we may hold our next WMQC meeting a week early, or skip February. Stay tuned.</div>
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Stuff your own stocking! Our after-Christmas sale actually starts today, Friday Dec 22nd and lasts through Monday, Jan 1st.<br />
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All Christmas fabrics 50% off*<br />
All Children's flannels $7.99 per yard*<br />
All Books 35% off<br />
All TPN patterns $5.99<br />
Plus lots and lots of specially tagged fabric marked down*<br />
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Friday, December 22 - 10:00 am to 5:00 pm</div>
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Sunday, December 24 - 10:00 am to 2:30 pm</div>
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Closed December 25 - Merry Christmas!</div>
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Wednesday, December 27 - 10:00 am to 5:00 pm</div>
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Thursday, December 28 - 10:00 am to 5:00 pm</div>
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Friday, December 29 - 10:00 am to 5:00 pm</div>
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The Pine Needlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14325247132559035504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990795522104874874.post-11376571710541683192017-11-17T09:10:00.000-08:002017-11-19T14:15:06.358-08:00Westside Modern Quilt Club -- See you in 2018<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's been a busy few months for us, and unfortunately that's pushed our monthly club to the back burner. We apologize for not getting the word out effectively that our October meeting had been cancelled.<br />
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Looking forward into November and December, we see that most everyone's calendars are filling up. Therefore, we've decided to keep it simple and not hold November and December meetings.<br />
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We're less than a month away from the <a href="https://www.nwquiltingexpo.com/" target="_blank">Northwest Quilting Expo</a> so things are getting exciting! As the Pine Needle Quilt Shop is one of the drop off points for the quilts to be displayed at Expo our pile of entries grows daily. If you have registered a quilt to be displayed, hurry and bring it in to the shop any time before September 6th.</div>
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Check out our two workshops at the Expo as well:<br />
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This adorable Iron Caddy which is lined with heat resistant fabric so you can use it to carry your iron to classes and retreats and have your own personally ironing space as well (plus be able to pack up a still-warm iron when the day is done). Check out the <a href="https://www.nwquiltingexpo.com/classes-at-northwest-quilting-expo-portland-oregon.htm" target="_blank">Expo class listing</a> for time and date and to sign up.<br />
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And, this sewing machine caddy organizer. The quilted pad includes handy pockets for thread snips, bobbins, marking pencils, etc. There's also a pin cushion so you always have a place to put you pins. Check out the <a href="https://www.nwquiltingexpo.com/classes-at-northwest-quilting-expo-portland-oregon.htm" target="_blank">Expo class listing</a> for time and date and to sign up.</div>
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We had our Westside Modern Quilt Club reveal party Wednesday night. It was convivial as usual, and the quilts for our Transitions challenge are just spectacular. We can't wait for everyone else to see the exhibit at Expo. Club members were asked to reinterpret a vintage quilt (maybe a family heirloom) in a modern way. The variety both of starting points and interpretations is inspiring.</div>
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Our Fall catalog is just about ready to be mailed. We've got lots of new quilts and kits to entice our customers. Our new samples are already hanging in the shop and we're busily making kits to go with them.</div>
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Mark your calendars for Open House on September 15th and 16th! We'll have demos, our teachers will talk about their upcoming classes, and fabric designer Marcia Derse will be on hand Saturday to tell us about her fabulous new line of fabric, Treasure Hunt.</div>
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We can't wait to share a super September with everyone!</div>
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Our meetings are pretty casual, and Geri seems to have a never ending cache of Oli and Lena jokes to start us off with a cheeky smile.<br />
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She also showed off some gorgeous digitally printed fabrics from P&B which we'll be restocking in September, and 100% wool dryer balls which are new to the store and perfect for fluffing up all your laundry without using dryer sheets. Geri also demonstrated that folding your quilts on the bias will help prevent creases and prolong the life of your quilts, especially when stored.<br />
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Next month (August) will be our annual pot luck party at the park, where we get to unveil our challenge quilts and turn them in for our exhibit at Northwest Quilt Expo, so of course the details are top of everyone's mind. The image below has all the important dates and information on what to submit and when. If you are submitting a quilt for our Transitions challenge, pick up an Expo catalog at the shop to fill out the entry form, or download it <a href="https://www.nwquiltingexpo.com/enter-your-quilt.htm" target="_blank">here</a>. Make a copy of it before you mail it in to Expo and turn that copy in with your quilt. We'll be displaying a 14"x 20" (portrait orientation) "poster" of your inspiration quilt, block, or other image, next to your challenge quilt, so be sure to note the picture information below. Because there is no charge for this special exhibit unless you want your quilt judged, we ask that you have your poster created at COSTCO yourself and turn it in with your quilt (this simplifies coordination for us as well). Click the image to see it larger:<br />
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Business taken care of, it was on to the fun part. This month we were honored to have Annette McFarlane from our local <a href="http://www.saqa.com/" target="_blank">Studio Art Quilt Associates</a> pod bring a trunk show of 50 small art quilts for us to enjoy. These were small pieces which reflected the huge range of aesthetics and techniques employed by members of SAQA.</div>
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Darlene brought a beautiful quilt that was a study in light and shadow:</div>
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She also surprised Geri with an oldie but goodie quilt she made from a Pine Needle kit designed by our dear friend and teacher, Sandi Rae.</div>
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Elisa brought two quilts. The first is a bubbly Christmas Wreath created to showcase equally exuberant long arm quilting inspired by a class with Rob Apell.<br />
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The second quilt is a vintage quilt she beautifully long arm quilted for a customer.</div>
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Virginia brought another quilt from her book on the US money system. This one is based on the African proverb that a bundle of sticks is stronger than a single stick. To reinforce the concept (and because she's runing out of time to complete the quilts before exhibiting them at Expo), she plans to have the quilt in a frame at the show so that anyone who wants can help quilt it.</div>
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Linda made this smallish quilt as a test for a king sized version she's making for her daughter as a wedding present.</div>
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Molly recently went on a knitting tour of Estonia and brought some of her purchases to share. The intricately patterned knits also inspired her to make a quilt with lots of mitten blocks, which she brought, in progress:</div>
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Diane showed us her exquisite Fire Island Hosta quilt from a Judy Neimeier pattern. You may recognize it as Dianne and quilter Kazumi Peterson won the President's award at the NW Quilt Guild show last spring. </div>
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and a black, grey, and chartreuse work in progress, hoping to get a little feedback on what direction to take it. We think she got some excellent suggestions.<br />
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Patty shared a sweet and simple grand baby quilt she's working on with a friend. The pink and gold is a little outside of her comfort zone, but we all think it's fabulous!<br />
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Janet made a super cute Elf Hat quilt, complete with ricrac in the border!</div>
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The prolific Deslie brought a box of roomy fabric bags she made to donate to Outside In. These will be great for filling with toiletries and needed items for the kids, and also uses up a bunch of fabric so Deslie can replenish her stash with new patterns.</div>
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Deslie also shared two fun quilts. We are partial to the one on the right which makes fabulous use of one of our favorite Anthology batiks.<br />
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Remember that next month's meeting will be at Millennium Park, just down the street from The Pine Needle. If you've made one, bring your Transitions challenge quilts, the inspiration photo on poster board, and a copy of the entry form you will have already submitted to The Northwest Quilt Expo. See you then!</div>
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We almost forgot to share a last few quilts. There's a theme to these: trees!<br />
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"<i>Ode To The Trees</i>" by Sarah Sharp has none of the expected green, but sparkles in a classic blue and white color combo. It's fresh and modern, yet wholly traditional at the same time.<br />
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"<i>De Beem (Trees)</i>" by Lindsey Neil was part of the Best of QuiltCon exhibit and is sublime in it's simplicity. One thing that can get missed in viewing quilts like this online is the small or surprise details only seen up close, like the floral binding that perfectly finishes this lovely quilt.</div>
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"Mountain Scene" by Heather Black hits all the right design notes. Circles, triangles, and rectangles read easily as clouds, mountains, and water. Each area has it's own quilting design too. Beautiful.<br />
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Probably the best part of attending any quilt show is knowing that there will be wonderful colors, fabrics, patterns, and craftsmanship that will grab your attention and draw you in. The following are some of the beautiful quilts which simply begged us to stop and take notice.</div>
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Kristin liked the way "Annie's Birds" by Mary Reynolds showed off a special fabric. Mary had several quilts on display which used a focus fabric in the middle, flanked by strips that draw your eye inward:</div>
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"Eccentric Circles" by instructor Tonye B Phillips had it all! There's rich, sophisticated, colors; tiny bias strip appliqué, wool felt circles (don't they make an exuberant border?), and a mix of hand and machine quilting.</div>
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"Hang 10 Ombre Style" by Natalie Barnes of Beyond The Reef Patterns has a lot of visual texture. Ombre in many guises has been hot for a while and this is an exciting variation:</div>
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Pam Raby, a favorite at The Pine Needle, displayed "Crosscut Blues" in the Teacher's Tent. I hope we get to see more of this one! The limited color palette allows for a broad range of fabrics so it's really fun to look at up close:</div>
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Another familiar face, Pinecone Kristin had her quilt, "Me Plus Alison," in the Portland Modern Quilt Guild special exhibit. Kristin made this guild Row by Row challenge out of the last little bits of two fabric lines which she'd been collecting at the shop: </div>
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One of the popular special exhibits was ab*strakt*ed featuring quilts by Maren Johnston, Patty Six, Lou Ann Smith, and Debra Blake. We particularly liked the scale and shapes in this one by Patty Six titled, "New Directions."</div>
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"Starfall" by Sally Rogers, quilted and submitted by Corni Quinlivan strikes a lovely balance between the traditional and modern aesthetics. The light but not too sweet colors are refreshing too:</div>
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In the more is more category, Sarah Fielke never disappoints. "Night Garden," seen in the Teacher's Tent, is richly scrappy. There were several floral themed quilts with twilight colored backgrounds -- a trend we can fully appreciate!</div>
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"Desert Bloom" by Sally Frey caught our eye for it's quirky colors and design simplicity with big impact:</div>
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And finally, "Rattled" by Tula Pink is just charming. Who knew Drunkard's Path blocks could be so cute? Tula did:</div>
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Of course, when we go to shows, in addition to spotting future trends, we're always looking to see what people are making with the fabrics and patterns we stock in our shop. </div>
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We love the Australian fabrics in our shop, so we're always excited to see them in finished quilts. "Australian Clams" by Leilani Seidel organizes the fabrics (which can be a little chaotic), and ties them together with the consistence of cream colored pickle dish-style arcs in complimentary colors. </div>
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"Aboriginal Orbs" by Christine Johnson caught our eye as well. She's chosen purple to unify her fabrics and uses a variety of traditional and "modern" batiks to coordinate with the Aussies.</div>
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A new addition to our shop is Twighlight, indigo and mud cloth inspired fabrics by Whistler Studios and Windham. We're inspired by Natalie Barnes from Beyond the Reef patterns' quilt, "Faith Hope & Love" which uses these fabrics beautifully. We've already added the pattern to our shopping list! Since the fabrics are on the heavier side, we're thinking of pillows using just four of these improvisational-looking blocks.</div>
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Finding fabrics to represent something in a quilt can be challenging. "Fresh Picked" by Hedda Wright was a beautiful reminded that when depicting something, the mere suggestion through fabric color, pattern, or shape, rather than strict pictorial adherence, is most effective. It's OK to get wild and use polka dots for grass, florals in faces, and stripes for sky as they all have the potential to make the quilt more exciting.</div>
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Customers will often ask us for help coordinating fabrics (we LOVE doing this!), and the collections are usually based around a desired color or a focus fabric. But what if a quilt were designed around a theme, and any fabric with that theme was fair game, regardless of color?! Kristin thought "Strawberry Sunday" by Marcia Aurdal was pretty fun, and an off-the-beaten-track way to coordinate a quilt. All the fabrics used have strawberries. Of course the red in the berries ties things together, but overall, it's pretty scrappy and free-spirited:</div>
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And, speaking of color, the pickle juice background color in "Morse Code" by Lynn Glidden kind of screamed "Geri would love this!" Up close, it also has the Me+You Indah batiks Kristin loves, plus a bunch of Kaffe Fasset favorites for good measure. </div>
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The Pine Needlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14325247132559035504noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990795522104874874.post-79765457402864345732017-07-12T08:59:00.000-07:002017-07-12T08:59:24.733-07:00Seen At The Quilt Show (Part 1)It's been a busy week plus around here. We are blessed to get lots of visitors to our shop as quilters stop in on their way to and from the annual Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show and A Quilter's Affair classes. We're always looking for trends and listening to our customers to find out what's hot. Like last year, our Pinecone Kristin went to the show and brought back lots of ideas and inspiration to share.<br />
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Overall, the quilts were wonderfully varied, possibly leaning more towards the Modern and the innovative as opposed to strictly traditional designs. There was definitely something for everyone though.<br />
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Maybe it's just Kristin, but house themed quilts kept popping up, and what's not to like about that! Some favorites were this large version of Fierce Ladies by one of The Stitchin' Post's employees (that's a part of the iconic collection of employee quilts always displayed on the side of the store's building):<br />
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Another quilt on the side of the building was this one by Laura Simmons:<br />
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Kristin loved the whimsy of House Party Revival by Tonye B Phillips in the Teacher's Tent:</div>
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Also in the Teacher's Tent, and equally charming was Hunderwasser Takes a Walk by June Jaeger. <br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">More bright houses on view in El Vecindario (The Neighborhood) by Hilde Morin:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Freshly back from four retreat sessions in Washington and Montana, Geri shared crazy country song titles in lieu of a joke. We imagine everyone who went on the retreats had a fun time riffing off the cowboy theme.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />The August meeting will be at Millennium Park and we will share our challenge quilts. If you've made a challenge quilt, please download two copies of the entry form, one for Expo and one for our organizational purposes. There is no charge for your entry unless you want it judged or it needs special handling (rolled). At the July meeting we'll talk about getting posters printed at COSTCO of your inspirational quilt.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Kathy White passed on a request from the Metropolitan Patchwork Society. Ruth Ann Marquist is collecting flannel to be used in washable feminine hygiene kits for girls around the world. If you have flannel to donate please bring it to the July meeting and Kathy will collect it. Otherwise contact the MPS.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Our July Speaker was Mary Ann McCammon. She's a local art quilter who has traveled several times to Eldoret, Kenya to help the </span><a href="http://www.beyondfistula.org/wp/" style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Beyond Fistula</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> program there. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Mary Ann spoke to us about the project last year and gave us an update which included well deserved growth in the program. A separate program pays for the fistula repair surgeries which helps many young women, and Beyond Fistula helps with after care in the form of counseling, scholarships, and job training. Mary Anne's part, </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Quilts for Empowerment, is part of a vocational training program sponsored by Beyond Fistula. The quilting program provides obstetric fistula survivors with an opportunity to learn a new skill, gain self-confidence and earn income by making quilts. They are refining their one of a kind product line made from African fabric and personalized with hand stitching using embroidery floss. Products include table mats, table runners, aprons, as well as ornaments and decorative quilts that often tell a woman’s personal story through her stitching and choice of fabric. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">They have recently added sturdy tote bags with a "story quilt" panel. The full time seamstresses receive a salary and enrollment in a Business and Savings Training course developed in Africa, which is culturally specific. All have the opportunity to go to school or vocational training as payment. Thank you Mary Ann for giving us insight into the lives of these young women and their efforts to overcome adversity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Deslie<span style="font-family: inherit;"> shared a quilt she made using our Elements pattern.<span style="font-family: inherit;"> It's <span style="font-family: inherit;">design perfectly showcased the fussy cut Alison Glass flying geese fabric<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">. De<span style="font-family: inherit;">slie also shared a pro-tip: if your quilts are<span style="font-family: inherit;"> n<span style="font-family: inherit;">o larger than</span></span> lap sized they don't take so long and you can make more of them<span style="font-family: inherit;">! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Sunshine and Stitches runs now until July 1, 2017. <a href="http://stitchesshophops.com/" target="_blank">Download your passport</a> or pick one up at participating shops, such as The Pine Needle. Each shop has a free block kit, plus fun project kits for purchase. There's also drawings at each shop.</div>
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Thanks!The Pine Needlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14325247132559035504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990795522104874874.post-90713165332458545502017-05-27T08:00:00.000-07:002017-05-27T08:00:06.210-07:00Small ProjectsIt's the time of year when it's hard to image surrounding yourself with a big, warm, quilt. But summer time and travels mean visiting friends, exploring quilt shops, and still spending some time at the sewing machine. So, we suggest some smaller projects perfect for giving as gifts, for using those special fabrics you've picked up, and for sewing up something quick and satisfying.<br />
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Brand new is this Sew Adorable Fabric Basket which Pam has kitted up in a variety of fabric combos.</div>
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It's May and our Spring/Summer class session is starting. Check out our class offerings under the Classes tab on our main website, or click <a href="http://www.thepineneedlequiltshop.com/classes--events.htm" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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There's still room in our new Quiltmaking 101 class with Dawn White, and Linda Reinert is teaching two circle classes. These are the perfect opportunity to learn to quilt from the ground up, or to add a new technique to your sewing "toolbox."<br />
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Our Sew With series is a great way to get a little help or encouragement on those projects that may have stumped you, or that you just need the opportunity to get them done. The classes meet once a month with either Pam Raby, Linda Reinert, or Dawn White, who each have many years of sewing and quilting experience to share. Bring whatever project you want to work on, and your instructor will be there to help as needed. It's also a great way to connect with other quilters for camaraderie and sewing accountability!<br />
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Who's hungry for sushi? This fresh combo would make fun kitchen accessories like the French Flea Market Apron (which includes a kid size as well as an adult one), accents on towels, or maybe even some fun Pea Pod or other zip bags.<br />
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Maker Maker's graphically simple cats and dogs, and a collection of nubby linens from Lecien have a quiet, minimalist color palette perfect for totes and table runners.</div>
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Another lovely neutral collection is Destination Paris from Windham Fabrics. Are you dreaming of a European vacation yet?<br />
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Check out this purple and orange and blue from Robert Kaufman, Anthology, M&S (Australian), and P&B -- who knew they'd all look so rich and delicious together? Well, we kind of did.<br />
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We've refreshed our beachy blues and corals.<br />
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We've got a super cute collection of juvenile fabrics from Makower UK, mixed with some of our favorite basics, ready to be made into baby quilts and more!</div>
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And, Carrie Bloomston's Dreamer collection is finally here. We're making kits for our Hip To Dream and Lucy's Garden sample quilts, as well as having yardage for you to choose your own adventure!<br />
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Catching up on news, the <a href="http://www.clarkcountyquilters.org/quilt_show.html" target="_blank">Clark County Quilt Show</a> is this weekend! Go check it out at the fairgrounds in Ridgefield, WA April 6—8.</div>
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The <a href="http://www.midvalleyquiltguild.com/" target="_blank">Mid-Valley Quilt Guild</a> is having their annual show April 20—22 at the Polk County Fairgrounds in Rickreall, OR.</div>
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Don't forget about our Aboriginality Challenge: bring in your quilt, garment, bag, etc, 40" wide or less, by April 15th. We'll display the works until June 15th. We'll have a viewer's choice winner too!</div>
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We're also thinking about our Transitions challenge for the Northwest Quilting Expo in September. Check previous blog posts for details, but basically, your modern quilt (any size) inspired by a family heirloom or otherwise inspirational older quilt is due by August 15th. We'll have our usual potluck and unveiling at Millennium Park. We'll pair the quilts with a poster of their inspiration. More details to come on the poster, but be thinking about having a photo that you can print out at COSTCO.</div>
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Lilly is coordinating an exhibit of our Tribal Winds challenge quilts at the Lake Oswego Library to celebrate their remodel. If you participated in tribal Winds and have not yet gotten your email info to Lilly, please call us at the shop to get connected.</div>
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For our main presentation, our own <a href="https://kristinlaflamme.com/" target="_blank">Kristin La Flamme</a> led us through four steps to critiquing our quilts from an art point of view. Getting beyond "like" or "don't like" when we are analyzing our use of colors, scale, composition, or perhaps even intent, can help us grow as artists and makers. We learned to first Describe, then Analyze, then Interpret, and finally (if desired) Judge. Then we broke into four groups and practiced our investigative skills with a variety of Kristin's quilts. Moving around and discussing in small groups was a great change of pace.</div>
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Cathy brought her flannel pinwheels which she had originally made as a class sample, and now it will be raffled at her church to support their Mission program.</div>
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Lorie and Lilly participated in our Quilt Till You Wilt pizza party. They used the "2 For One Best Friends" pattern which cleverly lets you cut once to make two quilts. These will be donated to the NW CARES program.</div>
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Mardi shared her Farmer's Wife quilt. The blocks all have meaning to her and many reflect specific likes such as fishing. Check out our Facebook page for another photo of this beauty!</div>
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Robin's Quilt As You Go "Family Album" is so fun and unique.</div>
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Happy New Year! After too many snow days in December and early January, we enjoyed seeing so many smiling faces at our January meeting.<br />
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To start the new year off on a convivial note, Geri had everyone wear name tags and then she called on each person to introduce themselves and tell us a bit about their quilting story.<br />
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Geri brought us up to speed on our "<b>Transitions</b>" challenge to be exhibited at the Northwest Quilt Expo in the fall. The challenge is to take a traditional quilt or block that means something to you and create a modern interpretation of it. We want to have a poster sized image of your inspiration to hang next to your finished piece, so keep that in mind as you take photos or collect inspiration.<br />
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Speaking of inspiration, our fabulous volunteers have organized a field trip to The Latimer Quilt and Textile Center in Tillamook:<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">We still have a few spots left in a carpooling van (fee is $15 which covers fuel and admission). Please call to see if there is room (503-635-1353). Those going in van will meet at The Pine Needle at 9:30 am - van leaves at 10:00 am!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">At the meeting, Geri also announced another challenge, </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Aboriginality</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">! Our Pine Needle customers have been buying lots of the aboriginal design fabrics, and we want to see what you are making with it! Bring in your creations (anything made with 70% or more of the aboriginal fabrics, and up to 42" wide) by April 14th and we'll display them from April 15th until June 15th. We'll have prizes based on viewer's choice so bring in friends and family to vote on their favorite pieces.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After filling us in on the challenges, we were treated to round robin style demonstrations of several clever log cabin and curved rulers, plus some fun coloring products.</span><br />
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Linda R started us off with one of her quilts made using the curved ruler she demonstrated. Check out that pop of green too -- it's pretty close to Pantone's color of the year, Greenery, which Geri introduced us to earlier in the meeting.<br />
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Marlene brought the gorgeous quilt she made at last summer's retreat. </div>
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Deslie designed this lap quilt herself which shows off the rich fall colors in her inspiration fabric. As always, she's incorporated her leftovers into a handsome tote bag!</div>
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Michelle found these low volume squares at a great price so she sewed them together into this sweet little quilt and excellent showcase for her machine quilting.</div>
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Marilyn showed off her Robert Burns inspired appliqué and embroidered Thistle quilt which she also designed herself. </div>
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Susan B wowed us with this baby quilt she made for her niece. She liked it so much, she decided not to give it away (don't worry, she made another quilt for her niece).</div>
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Susan B also made this ebullient hexie medallion.</div>
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Sisters Carol and Barbara brought a family heirloom made by their great grandmother. This lovingly preserved crazy quilt has been in their family for generations.</div>
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Linda D brought a fun baby quilt too. Her's highlights colorful elephant artwork by her cousin.</div>
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More green and black and white! Linda D designed this bold quilt, and...</div>
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this one is the same design, just made up in completely different fabrics. It's amazing how much fabric choices change the look of a quilt and make each one unique to it's maker.</div>
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Kathy W shared her happy quilt, made using our Illumination pattern, which she'll donate to CARES. She pieced the backing using a formula she found in Bernina's downloadable newsletter, <a href="https://www.bernina.com/fr-MC/Experience-WA/Sewing/Sewing-ebooks/Through-the-Needle-Online---Issue-7" target="_blank">Through the Needle</a>.</div>
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Thanks to everyone who came out for the meeting. We look forward to seeing you all on February 22nd, the last wednesday of the month, if we don't see you on the 11th for the Latimer field trip.</div>
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We had a fascinating presentation at November's meeting. First though, our usual business. Our first "sew-in" for charity was extremely productive. a half dozen ladies met in the lounge for several hours before the meeting and sewed up nearly 20 market bags which we will fill with socks, underwear, and toiletries and donate to the homeless teens of <a href="http://outsidein.org/" target="_blank">Outside In</a>. At our next sew in (in January) we'll make rucksacks for the same purpose.<div>
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Pinecone Kristin told us a little about what she saw at the Houston Quilt Festival (<a href="http://www.quilts.org/winners.html" target="_blank">big winners here</a>). The Special exhibits were particularly interesting, including La Passacaglia quilts like the one in progress our own Virginia shared a few months ago, amazing collage quilts by Susan Carlson, and a wonderful range from traditional to artistic. Trends were harder to spot. Nothing really stood out that we haven't already embraced at The Pine Needle. Intense color, soft color, Elizabeth Hartman's Fancy Forest quilt, the Quick Curve ruler, we're doing a pretty good job of staying on top of what's popular.</div>
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Geri gave us some inspiration for our then and now challenge, entitled "Transitions." Looking for the emotional element in our work, one idea is for participants to create a modern quilt inspired by a family heirloom. Of course, not everyone has a vintage quilt at hand, so we encourage people to consider alternatives such as inspiration from a book, or by using vintage blocks themselves. Geri shared a book Kristin brought from the Houston special exhibit "<a href="http://www.marywkerr.com/index.html" target="_blank">Twisted</a>" in which quilter Mary Kerr incorporated vintage blocks into modern settings and had them quilted by some of today's most accomplished long arm quilters. It was fascinating inspiration. We are also planning a "field trip" to the Latimer Quilt and Textile center in Tillamook, OR. Please call the shop if you'd like to sign up to receive more info. We'll have more info at our January meeting as well.</div>
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Our main presentation was a fascinating slide show by Nancy Betts of her and her husband's 2011 and 2014 trips to Mongolia. The first trip combined teaching quilting techniques to local women with adventuresome tourism. The second trip was similar, plus added putting on an international quilt show in the main city of Ulaanbaatar. They shared stories of sleeping in tents and gers (yurts), eating unusual foods, traveling many, many miles on unimproved roads in an old Russian van. We marveled at the stark scenery, great open spaces, and conditions completely different than most of us are used to. Thank you to Nancy and her husband for sharing their adventure with us.</div>
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Virginia shared her "Admit One" quilt which recently won a prize at the Machine Quilting Unlimited show for Coleen's fantastic quilting. These two ladies make a great creative pair!</div>
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Marlene shared two vintage quilts she hopes to use as inspiration for our challenge. This well loved Sunbonnet Sue and Overall Sam quilt belonged to her husband when he was a baby.</div>
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Remember Susan B's Tribal Winds quilt with the silhouetted chief wrapped in a blanket? Check out what she made with her leftover blanket strips. We love the graphic punch of this!</div>
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Susan D shared a gorgeous purple quilt she recently finished.</div>
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Last but not least, Mardi shared a fantastic "fidget quilt" she made for a friend with dementia. She came up with all the fun, interactive blocks herself.</div>
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We won't be having a December meeting, so we wish everyone a happy, healthy, remainder of the holiday season and transition into the new year. We look forward to seeing everyone again in January.</div>
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Last week our Pinecone Kristin went to the International Quilt Festival in Houston, TX. This annual show is the largest quilt show in the world and a pilgrimage for many a quilt maker and enthusiast. Here's a few things that caught Kristin's eye:</div>
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The venue: the George R Brown Convention Center. With it's exhibits, vendors, dining area, classrooms and lecture halls, IQF actually fills this entire, enormous, building.</div>
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Looking down onto the vendor side of the floor. This is maybe a quarter of the booths!</div>
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A typical vendor booth. This one is Modern Quilter.</div>
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The vendor booths are a great place to find inspiration, and to shop hundreds of different quilt shops in the same place.</div>
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In addition to the vendors, a huge part of the festival is the World of Beauty judged show and about a dozen additional special exhibits. Here, a visitor takes a closer look at the Millefiori Quilt special exhibit.</div>
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The Millefiori exhibit was built around this quilt, <i>La Passacaglia</i>, by Tula Pink, which inspired a renewed interest in English Paper Piecing and the original book by <a href="http://www.quiltmania.com/shop/en/all-books/218-millefiori-quilts-.html" target="_blank">Willyene Hammerstein.</a></div>
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Another special exhibit was the collage quilts by <a href="http://susancarlson.com/quilts/" target="_blank">Susan Carlson</a>. Above is a detail of <i>Dixie Dingo Dreaming</i>, one of Kristin's favorites because of the Australian fabric used in it.</div>
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Susan's life sized alligator, <i>Stevie</i>, is impressive on so many levels. Note the people for scale.</div>
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Kristin's flag quilt, '<i>Murica</i> was part of the <a href="http://dairybarn.org/quilt-national/" target="_blank">Quilt National 15</a> special exhibit.</div>
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Another friend of The Pine Needle, Coleen Barnhardt's <i>Color Me Quilted</i>, was accepted into the World of Beauty Show.</div>
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Kristin's favorite winner was this silk stunner, <i>October Sky,</i> by Bethanne Nemesh. You can see all the winning quilts <a href="http://www.quilts.org/winners.html" target="_blank">here</a> on IQA's website.</div>
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In the Traditional Pieced category, this grouping was dynamic and fresh. From left to right, <i>Flight Path</i> by Mary Menzer, <i>Amsterdam View</i> by Carolina Asmussen, and <i>Wall of Sound</i> by Maria Shell (also below).</div>
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The quilt show is a great place to look for trends, patterns, and inspiration.</div>
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<i>Fire in the Stone</i> by Kimberly Lacy.</div>
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<i>String Theory</i> by Heather Pregger.</div>
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Kristin's friend Deborah, suspects that custom digitized embroidery will be the next big thing. We'll be seeing more and more of it incorporated into quilts in sophisticated ways.</div>
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This prize winner, <i>Old Denim Square</i> by Noriko Nozawa, cleverly pairs piecing, custom embroidery, and unconventional materials.</div>
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It was unclear if the quilting on this "whole cloth quilt" was digitized or not, but regardless, it's a beautiful modernization of a classic idea.</div>
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Detail of <i>You've Got To Start Somewhere</i> by Karl Burkett.</div>
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Our Westside Modern Quilt Club's challenge theme is <b>Then and Now</b>, and the above quilt is an interesting take. There was also a special exhibit titled "Twisted," which was also inspirational in it's use of vintage blocks in modern settings.</div>
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<i>Stirring the Coffee</i> from the Twisted exhibit.</div>
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<i>Homespun</i> from the Twisted exhibit.</div>
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Victoria Findlay Wolfe is a master of removing sections of traditional blocks (by making the same as adjacent blocks or background) and thus transforming the look. Can you find the basic block in this quilt? It's a variation on Arabic Lattice.</div>
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More inspiration found in the exhibit of quilts by Laverne Matthews. <i>The Lincoln Quilt</i> uses postage stamp blocks in an effective way.</div>
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Other inspirations seen:</div>
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How about the colors in <i>Autumn Wedding</i> by Rita Schormann.</div>
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Bargello made easy with ombre fabrics, as seen in the Joy's Quilts booth.</div>
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Subtle but beautiful use of shirt and suit style prints in <i>Winter Garden</i> by Jennifer Emry.</div>
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Despite rainy weather we had a great turnout. Looks like after a few months off, we were all ready to get back into the swing of things again.<br />
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Speaking of the swing of things, we'd like to make charity sewing days, like the one Pam R hosted, a regular thing. The Pine Needle can accommodate small groups in the lounge and has started a sign up sheet for an informal sew afternoon that will meet prior to next month's meeting. Quilts made will be donated to CARES NW.<br />
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Also back for another year will be our challenge! At this year's Expo, our Tribal Winds exhibit was shown alongside an informative display of PNW Native American history and culture from the Historical Society. The combination was very well received, so we'd like to do something similar for 2017. Our theme will be "Then & Now" which we hope to pair with something from the <a href="http://www.latimerquiltandtextile.com/" target="_blank">Latimer Quilt and Textile Center</a>. Lori and Lily have already volunteered to organize a field trip to the center for inspiration. Our challenge will be to take an older quilt -- perhaps from your family or collection -- and interpret it in a modern way. There will be no size restrictions. Stay tuned for more details in the new year.<br />
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Our speaker this month was Lori Friedman, who spoke about her work with the <a href="http://www.oregonquiltproject.org/" target="_blank">Oregon Quilt Project</a>. The Project was started in 2009 by Martha Sparks and Bill Volkening and reorganized in 2012 as a project of the Willamette Heritage Center with a 10 year mission to train local museums on how to document the quilts in their collections, and to document quilts in private collections in Oregon.<br />
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Lori brought a fantastic crazy quilt she found at a thrift store many years ago and used it to illustrate how The Oregon Quilt Project documents things like the provenance of the quilt, it's design, colors, size, etc. Lori brought a few reference books and a collection of vintage fabrics and blocks which she uses to help date quilts. The documentation the Project creates gets added to the national <a href="http://www.quiltindex.org/" target="_blank">Quilt Index</a>, and given to the quilt's owner.</div>
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Lori strongly encourages everyone to label their quilts with at minimum a date and name for the benefit of future "quilt detectives" like her. If you would like to take it a step further and register a family quilt, or otherwise special quilt, with the Project, click on the link above and call the phone number to find out when and where the next documentation day is.</div>
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After Lori's engaging talk was Show and Tell. First up was Darlene who brought a quilt with a fun story. After purchasing fabric for a quilt, her daughter thought no, it needed to be a different color. Darlene used the rejected fabric to test out this Twisted Sister block, and wouldn't you know it, once finished her daughter loved the quilt and wants it back!<br />
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After investing much brain power into her Tribal Winds quilt, Deslie was ready for something quick and easy, so she used aboriginal Australian fabric recently added to her stash to add excitement to simple blocks and create a simple but satisfying quilt.</div>
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Cathy E brought a work in progress (WIP) which could be perfect for our upcoming Then & Now exhibit! She's taken a traditional basket block from a Baltimore Album quilt and deconstructed it. We know that Cathy does amazing machine quilting, so we are all waiting excitedly to see how she transforms those temporary blue likes with intense stitch.</div>
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Marjorie shared her beautiful Tribal Winds Heron quilt inspired by <a href="https://susancarlsonquilts.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Susan Carlson's</a> book. </div>
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Thank you to everyone for coming and sharing your inspiring work. We look forward to seeing everyone again in November -- on the last Wednesday of the month.</div>
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<br />The Pine Needlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14325247132559035504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990795522104874874.post-39770696502016166432016-10-11T09:06:00.001-07:002016-10-11T09:06:53.078-07:00Community Quilting Day<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal;">Thanks to Pam Raby, one of our amazing instructors, The Pine Needle recently hosted a Community Sewing Day to make quilts for Cares NW, a local charity. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal;">Pam has been inspired by the heart quilts that so many guilds have made for communities affected by tragedy. Cares NW has long been near and dear to the Portland community and especially the Pine Needle.Thinking about how she might contribute, Pam offered her time as a teacher and presented construction techniques as well as heart quilt ideas which she discovered online. It was a wonderful day! </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;">A lovely group of generous, kind hearted women came to our community service day.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Pam (and probably everyone there)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"> especially enjoyed the collaborative, willing spirit everyone brought. As quilters, we often spend many hours alone happily stitching the hours away. It is refreshing and gratifying to pitch in and work together to create quilts for kids in need of comfort in our town.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of our Pine Needle regulars, and prolific quilters for CARES: Charlotte, Pam, and Margaret.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Master coordinator, Karen, working behind the scenes organizing and making kits</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kathy's work in progress.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kathy's finished quilt top (Illumination, designed by Pam Raby).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nikki's citrus themed quilt top.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another heart top in progress</td></tr>
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<br />Heartfelt thanks to everyone who participated. The event was so fun and productive that we will definitely be doing again.<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span>The Pine Needlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14325247132559035504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990795522104874874.post-72810949710744773622016-09-28T18:05:00.000-07:002016-09-28T18:05:06.976-07:00Creative CustomersPhew, it's been a full month. Our fall catalog came out, we held an Open House, Mary Fons came to talk, and then there was the Northwest Quilt Expo -- all in September. It would have been great to blog about these things, but we got too busy! But speaking of busy, our customers have been busy too. Please join us in putting up our feet, grabbing a nice cuppa, and looking back at the beautiful quilts our creative customers have brought into the shop lately to share with us.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If this delightful photo of Betty bringing in her armload of charity quilts doesn't epitomize the generosity of our customers, we don;t know what would. Thanks to everyone who donates to CARES NW.<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Barbara proudly shows off her beautiful Sequoia quilt.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cheryl used a fun panel fabric to make a fun and easy quilt for a grandchild.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can you believe that Evelyn used all Australian Aboriginal prints in these fantastic wheels? It's a great combination of traditional and unexpected.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nancy's Melbourne quilt is also made using dynamic aboriginal prints.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's another surprise from Evelyn. She mis-cut triangles for her Spinner table runner, so she used them in another arrangement to make this "Plan B" runner.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joie wouldn't let us photograph her face so here's her feet. We love her happy quilt made with dog-themed fabrics. Even the quilting includes a dog bone motif!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kathy's Dancing Churndash made with the Quick Curve Ruler is stunning! We're a big fan of her grey and yellow (grellow) color scheme.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dawn's Seeing Stars class produced stunning results. Here's Maxine's stellar blue version.<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our Pinecones are pretty creative too. Kristin made good use of the Quick Curve Ruler and our Awesome Odds stash to create this glowing quilt for a friend's birthday.</td></tr>
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We'll be back to posting more regularly as we re-stock the shop and get ready for cooler months and more indoor quilting weather! Be sure to also check us out on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ThePineNeedleQuiltShop/?fref=ts" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/the_pine_needle/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> for quick posts about new fabrics, show and tell, and more.The Pine Needlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14325247132559035504noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990795522104874874.post-4798027237618083762016-09-14T22:29:00.000-07:002016-09-14T22:29:38.632-07:00Westside Modern Quilt Club August 2016Kristin here. Please accept my apologies for posting this so long after our August meeting and delicious pot luck. We've been busy at The Pine Needle getting ready for, and enjoying, our Open House, a visit from Mary Fons (just a few days away!), and Northwest Quilt Expo at the end of September! Phew, there's a lot going on!<br />
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The quilts presented were exciting in their variety of subject matter and aesthetic. Everyone had a meaningful story behind their work, and there was a broad range of skill from first quilts or first time trying a technique, to old pros pushing their comfort zones. Several club members thanked Geri for challenging the group each year as it has really helped them (and all of us, really) to expand our horizons and to delve deeper into our quilt making. There is no doubt, the challenge quilts this year will be as wonderful and well received at Expo as the Pearl and Bridges exhibits of the last two years.</div>
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This quilt by Linda is inspired by petroglyphs in the Columbia River Gorge.</div>
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Mary Pat's quilt is inspired by a basket weaving design which represents eagles in flight -- a fine metaphor for the native american spirit.</div>
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Again, we encourage everyone to come see the entirely of this special exhibit at Northwest Quilt Expo, along with all of the other spectacular quilts which will be on display. Be sure to stop by The Pine Needle's booths and say hi too -- we've got half the team at the notions booth and half at the fabric one so you know there's going to be some healthy competition going on between the two! See you there.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Mary is all grown up. For the past 8 years, Mary has been learning, teaching, failing/succeeding, creating video, designing fabric, recording TV shows, creating podcasts, lecturing, traveling, and of course, making quilts. She has learned a few things about making patchwork and teaching it - and she has learned about life too. Full of quilt-making tips and inspiration, this funny/touching lecture is a favorite. </span></div>
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