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2012-02-24T10:14:00.000-08:00

The Pinecone Press: 2/24/12

2012-02-24T09:34:00.001-08:00

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February 24, 2012

Dear Pinecone Friends,

This email is full of exciting opportunities! Whether you want to purchase a finished quilt or sale fabric at our Cresco Outlet store, are in the market for a new Bernina sewing machine, or just have a hankering to learn to quilt in 2012. Read all about it!

PNQS Cresco Outlet Open
Saturday, February 25, 2012
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Probably for the LAST TIME! :(

Learn to Quilt!

Saturday, February 25, 2012
Classes begin tomorrow in Decorah!

Pine Needles Quilt Shop / 415 West Water Street / Decorah, Iowa 52101 / 563-382-4646

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Pine Needles Quilt Shop | 415 West Water Street | Decorah | IA | 52101

SPRING ACROSS THE BORDER–GET READY, GET SET AND GO GO GO TO SEW SEW SEW!

2012-02-20T19:29:00.000-08:00

Sneak peek at the quilts! This one will be featured in DECORAH.

Join Pine Needles and our quilting friends - All in Stitches, Stewartville and Quilters Window in New Hampton. You and your friends will be able to get wonderful Civil War Reproduction 2 1/2 inch strips at each shop at discounted prices or FREE with qualifying purchases!

This quilt is Jelly Roll Junction. Blocks are ready to sew together and were sew easy to make! Ask the gals in RACINE how you can get this done in a flash with a Nifty Notions Quarter Square Ruler!

Each of FOUR shops will have samples from the strips! All samples are made from two great books by Anka’s Treasures and will be specially priced for our special hoppers!

MARCH 15 – 16 – 17

PNQS will have TWO quilts and a runner at each location, sure to inspire you.

News from Pine Needles Quilt Shop

2012-02-15T12:35:00.000-08:00

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February's Sweetheart Special
VIP in Decorah
The Latest Issue of Through the Needle

Hotel Winneshiek Retreat

2012-02-04T10:38:00.001-08:00

January 2012

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Pix from Florida

2012-02-04T10:29:00.001-08:00

February 2012

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The Very Last VIP in Racine :(

2012-02-04T09:47:00.001-08:00

February 2012

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Sweetheart Special

2012-02-03T10:11:00.001-08:00

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The Pinecone Press

Dear Pinecone,

We have several recently traded machines available:

1 - 830
1 - 820
4 - 640E
1 - 630
1 - 450

Fully-serviced, remaining warranties transferred - all include the exclusive PNQS Green card.

Financing available! Learn more...

It's cold outside, but the deals are HOT! Hurry in for fantastic savings, special offers and great financing deals.

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Marcia & Suzie are heading to Florida

2012-01-25T14:32:00.000-08:00

Visit Your Local Quilt Shop Day - January 27

2012-01-25T10:26:00.000-08:00

In this email:

Visit your local quilt shop day is January 27! We are having 20% off storewide (some exclusions apply.)
We feature 3 new fabric lines at each location
Cool Temps, Hot Deals Bernina financing offer
PNQS Cresco Outlet is open on Saturday, January 28

Read all about it here!

Decorah CLOSED today, January 20, 2012

2012-01-20T05:41:00.000-08:00

The Decorah shop IS CLOSED today, January 20, 2012 due to the weather.

Racine is open as usual, but if the weather gets bad there, we will most likely close it, too. Details will be posted here as soon as possible.

Decorah will reopen tomorrow, January 21 at 10:00 a.m. There will be NO VIP this month in Decorah. Stay safe and warm!

Winter Weather Closings & Cancellations

2012-01-19T06:28:00.000-08:00

Find out how to learn about PNQS closings/cancellations.

VIP on Friday only in Decorah

2012-01-18T06:58:00.000-08:00

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Superbowl Mystery Quilt & T-Shirt Quilt Classes

2012-01-10T12:17:00.000-08:00

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Racine VIP–January 2012

2012-01-07T09:43:00.001-08:00

We had another funny incident on Friday at VIP! Marcia, as usual, was digging through people’s sew and tell items. Sarah surprised Marcia with an empty chocolate candy bar wrapper and this note, “Sorry, but I, too, love chocolate!” PRICELESS!

VIP Pix

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January Special & VIP in Racine

2012-01-05T11:56:00.000-08:00

Learn more about the January Bag Lady Special, VIP in Racine, New Monthly Minis in Decorah, and New Valentine's Day Fabric at both locations!

Read all about it!

2012-01-03T08:45:00.001-08:00

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Happy New Year! Excitement is the word at both PNQS locations! Come along with us, it is going to be a marvelous journey!

2012-01-01T13:30:00.001-08:00

2011 is now history and 2012 is a fresh new page – ready for you (and I) to finish some quilting and sewing projects you have previously started – or a time to begin some fun new adventures. My advice is that we do BOTH.

PNQS has many new classes and clubs in the works, something for everyone, beginners or if you just want to freshen up some of your sewing skills. We have 2 sessions that will be offered mid year that will stretch you beyond traditional, you will experiment with many specialty feet and techniques, with or without machine embroidery. One will be a quilt and one will be a fantastic jacket for those of you that are ready to dive into embellished garments. Monthly Minis #4 from Patchabilities begins January in Decorah, #5 will make its debut at Rochester PNQS in July. Virtual Bernina, All about ME and Software Sampler begin anew again for class of 2012 this month. Your classes on a CD with all of these, no need to attend special sessions if it just does not work into your schedule. Also many of you have asked me to facilitate another “SCRAP” program to help some of you burn through those boxes, bags and drawers full. A great new program will begin in both of the shops as a “back to school” program for quilters! We will also offer a dynamic BOM for a smaller project to learn many methods of quilting, traditional, paper piecing, applique to name a few, it is gorgeous and each shop will have their own rendition. We are also planning an embroidery retreat at the Ramada in Rochester. Come to VIP and/or watch newsletter and website for details and starting dates.

Spring Across the Border Shop Hop – 8th annual March 15-16-17 with our friends from Quilters Quarter, All in Stitches, Quilters Window and both PNQS locations. Featuring 2.5 inch strips and a book special from Anka’s Treasures.

Hanspeter Ueltschi – owner of Bernina will be flying in from Switzerland to open the doors of our NEW ROCHESTER LOCATION for the first time the evening of APRIL 18 – Save a bit of time on this Wednesday after work to join the festivities and be the first through the doors along with Mr. Ueltschi!

Kaye England, favorite national educator from Indiana, will christen our new state of the art classroom with two days of seminars and sewing/quilting sessions, APRIL 19 and 20 – we are not yet sure of content or cost but you will want to pencil in you name as this is sure to fill quickly! If you have ever been to a class with Kaye before YOU KNOW how knowledgeable and entertaining she is.

Goose Chase Gone Wild begins the same weekend of our Rochester opening and continues through the following Saturday. Friday, April 20- Saturday, April 28th. Hours: M-F 10-6, Saturday, 10-5, Sunday, Noon-4 We have a marvelous Moda fabric promotion planned for this.

Decorah is hosting a wonderful Saturday/Sunday BUS TRIP so the “working gals” can get on the bus too. Only $139 and includes about everything plus great gifts! April 28 and 29 – get YOUR seat reserved soon!

JULY 26 thru August 3 - Extra special shop hop/bus trip – see below for limited details (at this time!)

BOTH Decorah and Rochester shops will be participating in State Wide Shop Hops – Iowa in June and Minnesota in August! Stay tuned for more details.

Our famous FALL RETREAT AT EAGLE BLUFF – will again be on the schedule for October.

We are exhilarated about moving our Minnesota shop from Racine to Rochester! It is extremely bittersweet; Racine has been a fun ride for five wonderful years, but as our shops continue to grow and evolve, bigger spaces with a dedicated classroom has become necessary.
Decorah (now entering our 4th year!) continues to thrive and will not be left out, we have an extreme makeover with some new fixtures in the works for our Iowa location too – look for major spring cleaning and “tune-up”!
                       YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE-LOVE-LOVE IT!
DO YOU KNOW SOLIDS ARE THE RAGE RIGHT NOW??   Wouldn’t you LOVE to have half yard cuts of these Moda Bella beauties, along with a great book full of patterns to use them?
Well, yes……. I am teasing you! We are not quite ready to let the cat out of the bag ---- but ---- there is a dynamic shop hop/bus trip in the works for JULY 26 Thru AUGUST 3! This will include SIX of SE Minnesota’s premier quilt shops (buses leaving from Decorah too)!   More details later. I guarantee this is a hop/bus trip like no other you will not want to miss!    We will soon reveal more, including a cooperative blog of its own.
Check http://www.pnqs.net%20or%20facebook/ often dear PineCones, 2012 is going to be the best year ever for all of us!

Let us inspire and energize your quilting and sewing journey!

End of the Year Sale

2011-12-28T08:14:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas & Exciting News!

2011-12-22T07:31:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas, Dear Pinecones!

VIP in Decorah

2011-12-20T07:43:00.000-08:00

Stocking Stuffers & VIP

2011-12-15T09:58:00.000-08:00

Check out our great ideas for stocking stuffers and get more details about VIP here.

Sarah's Day: I need a rider.

2011-12-14T09:15:00.000-08:00

You've just gotta read this! Funny Stuff!

Sarah's Day: I need a rider.: Dear Home and Auto Owners Insurance Company: Yesterday my husband freaking lost his mind pointed out that I have a crazy bat-sh*t amount ...

Make This Christmas Very Merry!

2011-12-08T08:39:00.000-08:00

48 month special financing, Bag Lady Sale, Cresco Outlet open Saturday, New Issue of Through the Needle, and Machine Quilting Reminder