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Quilters Lifestyle
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Roses Are Red, Bindings Are Mitered, and Other Quilter Valentines
Every February the world talks about true love, and every quilter quietly nods, because she found hers years ago in a fabric store. Valentine Specials is our collection of love notes to the craft: sweet sayings with hearts tucked into the letters, rainbow declarations of devotion, and one very romantic rabbit. Think of it as a box of valentines from quilters, for quilters.
Latest Articles
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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.
