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Every Friend at Sew Night Says It in Her Own Handwriting
Pass a signature block around the table at sew night and something lovely happens. Everyone writes the same thing, usually her name and the date, and no two look alike. One friend loops every letter, another prints in tidy capitals, and somebody always adds a little heart. Sew Night Wine Sippers works the same way. The sayings are the ones we all agree on, and each one comes in its own hand, lettered in rainbow color on stemless wine sippers with lids. Pick the handwriting that looks like the fr
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Move Over, Plastic Lawn Flamingos: These Pretty Birds Can Sew
Somewhere in every neighborhood there is a pair of pink plastic flamingos stuck in a flower bed, standing on one leg and doing absolutely nothing. We quilters respect the look. We simply think a flamingo that pretty ought to have a hobby. Stitching Pretty is our flock of flamingos who found theirs, nearly all of them with a hairdo that says Quilt Hair Don't Care, and every one with a quilting habit to match. -
Two Grand Marshals Lead the Sewing Room's Hometown Parade
Small towns do a parade right. There are lawn chairs staked out along Main Street by eight in the morning, a fire truck that toots its horn for the kids, and somewhere near the front a float wrapped in red, white and blue bunting with a quilt draped over the side. Stars, Stripes & Stitches is the float we quilters would build. It carries two American icons, both reimagined by someone who has clearly spent a lot of hours at the machine, and both wearing the same unmistakable expression: Resti -
While the Bobbin Winds: The Sewing Room's Official Break Schedule
Nobody sews straight through a Saturday. There is always a pause while the bobbin winds, a stretch after the last seam in a row, and one long, lovely break when the whole block finally lines up. Sips Between Stitches keeps those pauses company with wine sippers and quilter's flasks, each one carrying a member of our wild-haired Quilt Hair Don't Care flock. Every bird comes in both, so the only hard choice is which break you are planning for.
