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Quilters Lifestyle
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Softens Like a Quilt, Wears Like a Favorite
A quilter does not trust anything new. A new quilt is stiff and a little proud of itself; the good ones are the third-winter ones, washed soft, edges worn pale, the ones the family argues over. Clothes earn trust the same way, which is why the Cozy Heavyweight Tees at Chic Quilter are cut from the heavier Comfort Colors cotton that starts out substantial and turns into the shirt you reach for without thinking.
Latest Articles
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The weekend forecast is quilting, with a chance of chocolate
Somebody at work is going to ask what you did this weekend. You already know the honest answer, and you already know the polite version you usually give instead. The Quilting Life Tees say the honest one for you. -
The Mug That Gets Reheated Three Times
Every sewing room has a mug that has been microwaved more than it has been drunk from. It goes in hot, it sits beside the machine while one more seam becomes a whole row, and it comes back to the kitchen at 4pm still mostly full. That mug is not a failure. It is proof that the block was going well. -
The wine sipper that survives the fall off the cutting table
It is going to get knocked off. Not tonight, maybe, but some night, by an elbow or a ruler or the cat, and it is going to hit the floor of the sewing room. The question is what happens next. With a stemless steel sipper and a lid, the answer is: you pick it up, you keep sewing.
