Category: inspiration
a tea cup pin cushion for mother’s day…
Mother’s Day is always a bittersweet holiday for me – – my mom is no longer around, but of course with me everyday in my heart. She also was one of the biggest inspirations to open Pins & Needles. She was incredibly creative and taught me how to sew and do all the other crafts [...]
sarai mitnick from colette patterns visits pins & needles
Many of you have probably heard us rave about Colette Patterns and today we are back to rave about them again, but also share our excitement about a recent visitor we had at the shop – the maker behind Colette Patterns, Sarai Mitnick! Sarai was visiting the Big Apple for some workshops she was hosting [...]
spring fling sale…
Although it may not be a new trend, florals for spring are classic and fresh and the team at P&N wants to celebrate the season and everything in bloom. We hand-picked some of our favorite floral fabrics and selection of craft supplies that have a flowery feel to share with you today and hope they [...]
freshening up the shop…
We are constantly challenging ourselves creatively to freshen up the shop with new displays, samples, inspiration boards as well as highlighting new and old product to keep the P&N community inspired and excited about “making” things. So of course with the arrival of Spring we were quick to make some exciting changes at the shop [...]
skirts for spring…
We always enjoy sharing about the projects we design for all of our classes, but it is even more exciting for us to show you the actual creations that are made by the students! Today with the weather warming up in NYC and Spring top of mind we wanted to share examples of some of [...]
nuts about neon
Neon colors are making a come-back this Spring and they may make some of us have flashbacks of the 80′s when big hair, big fashion and big color was all the rage, but we are excited that these bright and bold shades are appearing in everything from fashion, home decor, beauty and even in the [...]
a sneak peak at a spring class project…
The Winter Sewing Semester just finished at Pins & Needles and as our students head off on Spring Break we are getting busy stitching up all the fun and stylish projects we have in store for them upon their return. We do our best to mix up the kinds of projects we plan for our classes [...]
In Your Stylish Craft Kit: Tasia Pona of Sewaholic
A few months back we started carrying patterns from the fabulous Sewaholic. These contemporary and extremely “sewer friendly” patterns have quickly become go to patterns for us at Pins & Needles. Today we are thrilled to feature the pattern collection creator and owner, Tasia Pona as our special guest for the P&N monthly column “In [...]
a pillow case you can doodle on…
I don’t know about you, but I was the kid who whenever was left with markers or crayons, I wanted to draw and scribble on everything! I was really excited when I discovered the Doodle By Stitch products. They are a collection of tableclothes, pillow cases, duvet covers, aprons and more that you can “doodle” [...]
p&n fashion mood board and illustration class
One of our most popular classes at Pins & Needles is our Kids/Teen Fashion Mood Board and Illustration Workshop. Our Winter Session is just a couple of days away – Monday, February 18th at 10:30am – so we are busy getting everything ready! How appropriate since NY Fashion Week is about to finish… Not only was this [...]
