What's on Karen's Needles

   I'm Karen and you may have seen me here at A Verb for Keeping Warm. I knit all the time that I'm not here (seriously, you can ask my somewhat neglected family) except for when I'm sew...
quilting

New fabric, and First Friday Fabric Sale!

We received a new fabric collection from Moda yesterday: Quilt Blocks by Ellen Luckett Baker. These bright geometric shapes look perfect for summer, and would be a great choice for our new Intro to...
quilting

New fabric: Summersville

We have four new bolts of fabric from Moda: the Summersville collection! These sweet summer prints are from screenprinter Lucie Summers, who hand draws all of her designs in the UK. Here are clo...
sewing

New Colette patterns!

We just received new Colette patterns for spring and summer 2012: Iris, Hazel, and Lily! Iris is a beginner's pattern for simple shorts: Hazel is another beginner's pattern for a simple dress, ...
quilting

New fabric from Lecien!

Did you know that Lecien USA is headquartered in Emeryville, CA? Adrienne picked up these new bolts a few days ago! Etoffe Imprevue:         Mrs. March's Antique: &n...
quilting

Ikat, Shibori, and Indigo Panels

Let me say up front that these photos do not do justice to these pieces of fabric AT ALL. Kristine brought these back from the quilt show last weekend. There are scraps of shibori, ikat (also c...
quilting

Cloud 9 Organic Cotton

 Everyday is fabric day here ... Today we got four bolts that Kristine has been referring to as "the monsters". They are very cute! Spotlight - Orange: Sweet Dreamz: Adventurez: ...
quilting

Dear Stella fabric

Today we received more Dear Stella fabric! Fez, blueberry flowers, birdcages, peacocks: Closeup of the peacocks, which is printed on cotton canvas: And the birdcages: We also have some bo...
quilting

More fabric!

 New fabric from Westminster Fibers: Close-up of the top bolt: And also from Alexander Henry: Here are close-ups of all three: We'll have fat quarters cut of all of these and S...
quilting

The Oakshott Cottons are here!

Our amazing quilting and applique teacher, Marisa, has been nudging me to stock Oakshott cottons for a year. Marisa has such great taste, just her comment alone should have pushed me immediately to...
quilting

New fabric!

We've gotten a lot of great fabric in the past few weeks! Most of it is already on the shelves, so I don't have all the names and colors sitting next to me, but if you see something that interests ...
knitting

Stitches West 2012: Chapter One

Every February, we attend the largest cash-and-carry yarn convention in the U.S, Stitches West. This is our fifth year and we did things a bit differently. We had two booths. I shared my space ...