Jungle Friends!!!

Blue Hill Fabrics has been very busy designing the cutest fabric lines! Today's featured line is Jungle Friends, a cuddly flannel just perfect for that baby shower on your calendar!

Jungle Friends would be a lively compliment to any nursery, come by the Pine Needle  and pick out your favorites. Kits for our popular cuddly quilt are also available.

Rainy Day Inspiration

The Pacific NW often brings  a load of liquid sunshine! We will not be let down this week!!!

A rainy day is perfect for starting a new project, stitching on that binding, labeling a completed quilt...

Here are a few patterns I have either made or am contemplating...

This book is written completely in Japanese. Although I don't understand a word of Japanese (who cares!) the pictures are so inspiring...

These are my favorite little scissors, great for clipping threads at the machine or while doing hand work...

If you've never tried printed treasures for making a label, take advantage of a rainy day and try it...

 More inspiration can be found by hopping on over to The Pine Needle to check out all the beautiful fabrics, books, quilts and notions.  You can join us this Friday, April 2 for Happy Hour from 10:00 - 12:00 where Janet Pendergrass will be teaching a class to help you construct the Bistro Apron designed by Michelle from Busy Bee Quilt Designs. Saturday, April 3, we are hosting an Easter Egg Hunt for all you quilters. The pinecones will be hiding eggs all around the store filled with candy, discounts and fabric!

We love to hear from you, leave us a comment about your rainy day inspiration!!!

*The patterns, books and notions in this post are all available at The Pine Needle

Making Memories

The Making Memories Breast Cancer Foundation is at the Pine Needle! One of their programs is called Quilters Against Breast Cancer. This is what the foundation has to say about the program...

Stitching Wishes

Is quilting your passion? Then join the scores of quilters who donate thier time and talent to help Making Memories Breast Cancer Foundation grant wishes to terminally ill breast cancer patients.

The Quilters Against Breast Cancer program gives you the opportunity to transform damaged wedding gowns into beautiful works of art. We provide the fabric, you provide the imagination! Quilts made for us by volunteers are then offered for sale by QABC with proceeds going toward Making Memories' wish fulfuillment fund. Selected quilts are reserved for dispaly in QABC's traveling exhibit, The Quilt a Wish Collection, for thousands to enjoy.

The Traveling Exhibit is on Display at the Pine Needle

429 1st Street

Lake Oswego, OR

97034

Come by and view these gorgeous quilts for yourself! The quilts are available for sale, if you would like more information on the QABC click here ...

Can you say Field Trip...

"What would happen," we wondered, "if each of us made a piece that had a common element? A green line that danced from piece to piece, to suit the vision of each artist, yet spoke to the others in the room."

Line Dance

by the members of High Fiber Diet
First Unitarian Church

Fuller Hall

SW 12th and Main, Portland

(enter through the door on SW Main St. on the corner of SW 12th and Main)
March 7 - March 29, 2010

Open Sundays from 8:30 am to 1 pm

Meet the artists Sunday, March 7 following church services

services held 9:15 am - 10:15 am and 11:15 am - 12:15

Quilter's are amazing artists aren't they? Don't miss this opportunity to expand your creative horizons and meet the aritists of these fabulous quilts!

While the Cat's Away...

The Pinecones are having a little sale "while the cat's away..."

The fat quarter elves have been to the Pine Cone and we are fully stocked! The sale goes through Sunday, February 28th. Come by and see us!!!

P.S. don't tell Geri, but I thought I saw one of the Pine Cones wearing Denim (while the Cat's away)...

Sewing and Stitchery Expo

It's almost here!!! The Sewing and Stitchery Expo opens bright and early this Thursday, February 25 - 28th. Shopping starts at 8:30am! If you're new to this spectacular event, here's a little info to head you in the right direction (which is straight to the Sewing and Stitchery Expo of course)!

The Sewing and Stitchery Expo is the largest, most comprehensive consumer education and trade event for the sewing industry in the United States!

This is the perfect place for both experienced and beginning sewers and quilters (and everyone else!) to indulge their creative passions or explore new ones. With more than 400 booths to shop from, you are sure to find what you are looking for!

The Sewing and Stitchery Expo is held at the Puyallup Fair and Events Center in Puyallup, WA. Just about a 2 hour drive from the Portland/Vancouver area.

Set your GPS coordinates for:

Puyullap Fair and Events Center

110 9th Ave SW

Puyallup, WA 98371

At the Pine Needle, Geri and the "pinecones" have been very,very, very busy preparing all sorts of goodies to take along...

Fun, new patterns and fabrics are being packed as well...

Yes, we are also packing the popular line of Gee's Bend fabrics and patterns...

Not only are we featuring these wonderful new spring fabrics, beautiful flannels, gorgeous batiks, civil war and more... The Pine Needle will have a notions booth as well. If that's not enough, all notions will be 20% off!

Get your carpool together, set your alarms, and we'll see you bright and early on the 25th!!!