Keely Shaw You can make ANYTHING with a BERNINA! As you may be able to tell, I'm not much of a quilter. I'm not awful at it, but when I look at the quilts Joy, Suzie, Kendra, Marcia, basically EVERYONE at Pine Needles makes, mine PALE in comparison.... Feb 12, 2024
Joy M Inglett Done is Better Than Perfect Done is better than perfect may lead you to believe I am a willy-nilly sewer. For me, this phrase embodies a freeing philosophy and embodies more than just the process of sewing accurate seams. Someti... Feb 6, 2024
Kendra Fredrickson Hello, 2024! Now that we have made it through all of the Holiday Celebrations, January 2024 is upon us. I always hope to set good New Year resolutions to look forward to attaining in the new year. This year, I am ... Jan 8, 2024
Keely Shaw The Things I Do For HER (NEVER AGAIN!) She is the absolute WORST, and I can't believe I do anything for her at all. But again and again she ropes me into doing favors and projects and there are always annoying deadlines and obligations con... Jan 1, 2024
Joy M Inglett Projects of Christmas Past Saturday started the first day of 4 days off in a row. It will be a quiet Christmas at our house as only one of our four children will be home. Yesterday morning I decided to fill my coffee mug and he... Dec 25, 2023
Suzie Nagel Blast from the Past - Cresco, Iowa Beginnings Join me in a little trip down memory lane. Grab something warm and toasty and scroll through just a few (YES, this has been narrowed down, believe it or not!) of my favorite pictures from WAYYYY back ... Dec 18, 2023
Marcia k Nagel Quilting at the Cabin Back in 2018, Tom's family cabin on Leech Lake of 44 years was no longer an option to retain ownership. While we did not get there more than 1 maybe 2 times a year especially when we had the dairy far... Dec 11, 2023
Keely Shaw What They Don't Tell You About Quiltworx I looked for a warning label. I looked all over the pattern, all over the kit, on every single paper sheet, and there was NOTHING. I thought maybe it'd be in the directions after you sort out your pie... Dec 4, 2023
Joy M Inglett Funsies Quilts by their nature are practical items. Quilts provide warmth, shelter, love and comfort. There are some of us who create quilts to mark and celebrate special occasions and others that love to cre... Nov 26, 2023
Kendra Fredrickson Can you believe that Thanksgiving week is already here? They say that time flies when you are having fun and I have been having so much fun these past few months with all the events, classes and activ... Nov 22, 2023
Suzie Nagel Mason's Senior Year Football Many of you got to know Mason this past summer when he worked here in the tech department. He was great to have here during that time, and we sure missed him when he went back to school in September. ... Nov 13, 2023
Marcia k Nagel Fall Retreat 2023, our 19th annual and simply the best! Oh my goodness, we all seem to be still on the retreat "high", staff (even though a couple of weeks have passed) We are almost daily commenting on all the fun, fellowship and inspiration. It was aweso... Nov 6, 2023
