Welcome to The Woolen Needle

Welcome to our home away from home. The Woolen Needle specializes in hand-dyed wool and reproduction cotton. We offer kits for quilting, wool applique, rug hooking, and punch needle. One-on-one help is always available. Classes for beginning wool applique, quilting, rug hooking, and punch needle are scheduled at your convenience. Gather your friends and give us a call to book a date in our classroom for the class of your choice.  We invite you to shop the web-site, call or come and visit us in Williamsburg.

Fall Welcome

Fall Welcome

Price range: $4.00 through $36.50

“Fall Welcome” – 15″ x 18″ designed by The Woolen Needle

Our Fall Welcome banner is a nice size to display on a door to welcome guests into your home.  It could also hang on a wall or lay flat on a table.  Our kits feature hand dyed wool for the pumpkins and leaves.  We are planning to continue this welcome banner through the seasons, making it a nice banner to switch out throughout the year.  Be sure to watch the video below where Annette demonstrates how to lay out the design using an Appli-Fuse Mat.

Options:

  • Pattern Only
  • Kit Only – includes the wool and cotton backing and binding (kit does NOT include the pattern)
  • Pattern Download

Threads Used:

  • Eleganza 2232 Earthy Brown
  • Eleganza 2233 Tarnished Black

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 Featured Quilts

Pam's Stars Special Edition

Pam’s Stars Special Edition

$128.00

Pam’s Stars Special Edition – 76″ x 76″  – fabric by Pam Buda

If you love blue, this quilt is for you!  This beautiful quilt is made using Pam’s Stars Special Edition fabric line.  It uses a panel in the center, which makes this a quick quilt to make, and yet it is an impressive looking quilt.  The star border is pieced with the beautiful fabrics in rich shades of blue.

Options:

  • Kit/Pattern Combo (includes cotton for quilt top and binding and the pattern)
Hello Fall Forever Thankful

Hello Fall Forever Thankful

Price range: $15.00 through $125.00

Hello Fall – Forever Thankful – 40″ x 50″ designed by The Woolen Needle

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Options:

  • Pattern Only
  • Kit/Pattern Combo
  • Pattern Download

We offer a thread kit, which includes five Eleganza perle cotton threads (1030, 1083, 1094, 2232, & large spool of 2233).  If you need all five threads, add the Hello Fall – Forever Thankful Thread Kit to your cart.  Threads can also be purchased individually for those who already have some of these threads.

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Treasured Stars

Treasured Stars

Price range: $44.98 through $194.50

Treasured Stars – 80″ x 80″  – by Missie Carpenter

This is a beautiful quilt made using the Treasured Past Fabric Collection.

Options:

  • Kit/Pattern Combo
  • Coordinating Wide Backing
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Jane Austen Coverlet Kit

Jane Austen Coverlet Kit

$210.00

Jane Austen Coverlet Kit

The Jane Austen Coverlet Kit includes pattern, fabric, and acrylic template for quilt top and binding. Backing not included. Fabric featured is Jane Austen at Home. The coverlet is a reproduction of the one made by Jane, her sister Cassandra, and their mother. It is a medallion quilt with a large central motif cut as a diamond. This is surrounded by a 232 smaller diamonds and interconnected by spotted sashing. The outer border contains over 2500 smaller diamonds. The kit comes in a keepsake Jane Austen box. Finished coverlet size is approximately 80″ x 100″. Box size is 4″ x 12″ x 18.

 

Bear Hugs

Bear Hugs

Price range: $2.00 through $47.25

Bear Hugs – 42″ x 48″ – by Tricia Lynn Maloney for Villa Rosa Designs

Options:

  • Pattern Only
  • Kit/Pattern Combo (includes pattern, cotton for quilt top and binding)
  • Coordinating Cotton Backing

Fabric Requirements for this pattern include 8 fat quarters, 1/3 yard for border, and 1/2 yard for binding.  This pattern works well with any of our fat quarter bundles.

We also have the Palette Indigo Fat Quarter Bundle, as well as yardage, available HERE.

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Classic Christmas Blocks

Classic Christmas Blocks

Price range: $10.00 through $44.25

Classic Christmas Blocks –  34″ x 46″ – by The Woolen Needle

Class Christmas Blocks is a quick panel, sashing, and borders wall hanging or lap quilt to brighten the holiday season.

Options:

  • Pattern Only
  • Kit/Pattern Combo (includes pattern and cotton for quilt top and binding)
  • Coordinating Cotton Backing
  • Pattern Download

 

 

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Featured Wool Kits

Lily Pin Cushion

Lily Pin Cushion

Price range: $4.00 through $15.00

Lily Pin Cushion  – by The Woolen Needle

Finished pin cushion measures approximately 5″ diameter.

Options:

  • Pattern Only
  • Kit/Pattern Combo (includes pattern, wool, butterfly charm, and cotton lining)
  • Pattern Download

Thread used:

  • Eleganza perle cotton:  1054 (or 1094), 2229, and 01.

We stuff our pin cushions with ground walnut shells.  They are available in the drop down menu.

 

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Row by Row 2025

Row by Row 2025

Price range: $4.00 through $24.50

Row by Row 2025 – 9″ x 18″ – by The Woolen Needle

Options:

  • Kit/Pattern Combo – includes free pattern, cotton, and wool for quilt block (does not include binding, batting, or backing)
  • Threads used:  Eleganza 2233 and 2228

We find the Sulky Totally Stable Iron-on Tear Away product very helpful with this project.  It can be found here.

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Sunflower Box Top

Sunflower Box Top

Price range: $4.00 through $22.00

Sunflower Box Top by The Woolen Needle

We designed our removable Sunflower Box Top specifically for our small round wooden boxes that we love. Our kit/pattern combos include the pattern, wool, cotton backing, velcro, and beads to complete the project.  The round wooden boxes are also available to purchase by clicking the link below. Watch for future additional patterns with removable designs for the box top.

Options:

    • Pattern Only
    • Kit/Pattern Combo (includes the pattern, wool, cotton backing, velcro & beads)
    • Eleganza 2227 harvest Gold
    • Eleganza 2215 variegated green
    • Round Wooden Box
    • Pattern Download

Wooden Box Round

We have additional flower box tops that can be interchanged with our little round boxes.   Check out our Poinsettia Box Tops and Zinnia Box Tops.

We used Aleene’s Tacky Glue to attach the Velcro to the round wooden box.

 

 

 

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Falling Leaves

Falling Leaves

Price range: $4.00 through $59.50

“Falling Leaves” – 18 1/2″ x 31 1/2″ – by The Woolen Needle

“Falling Leaves” is a delightful design that lets you enjoy the beauty of autumn right from your living room. The pre-cut leaves are a joy to stitch, and adding the vein stitching and curly vines makes it a fun and engaging project. This lovely piece will surely be a charming addition to your fall decor.

Options:

  • Pattern Only
  • Kit Only (includes the wool background, precut leaves and cotton backing –kit does not include the pattern)
  • Pattern Download

Threads Used:

  • Eleganza 19 – Autumn Leaf
  • Eleganza 2227 – Harvest Gold
  • Eleganza 2232 – Earthy Brown
  • Eleganza 2233 – Tarnished Black

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***Please Note*** Our new kits have a slightly different background wool than what is shown in the photo.  It is the same shade of brown with a lightly textured look, but without the stripes through it.  Once we have a new sample made, we will post a new photo.

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Autumn Comforts

Autumn Comforts

Price range: $2.00 through $52.75

Autumn Comforts  – 15″ x 17″  – by Jane Currie Wile & Erin Wile Piccini

This primitive fall design makes a wonderful addition to any fall decor.  Primitive sunflowers, a tall pumpkin, cattails in a crock, and a sweet sheep make up this 15″ x 17″ design.  Our kit/pattern combo includes the pattern, wool for the background and applique, and cotton backing.

Option:

  • Kit/Pattern Combo (includes the pattern, wool for the background and applique pieces, and cotton backing)

Threads Used:

  • Eleganza 2233
  • DMC 640

 

 

 

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A Note from Annette…

Stitching takes me to my happy place! And I think about all the friends I have made over the past number of years. I look at these friendships as pieces of my Life Quilt. The goal at The Woolen Needle is to continue to inspire and share creativity with everyone who visits the website or walks through our door.  I would love to have you join us!