Hey friend. It is Sunday afternoon. The game is on in the living room, somebody just yelled at the television, and you are exactly where you want to be... at your machine, chain-piecing straight through the third quarter and looking up for the good replays. Sound familiar?
I'm Judy, and I will confess: I have watched entire games through the gap above my needle. That exact kind of Sunday is why the Minnesota Quilter ~ Game-Day Gear collection exists. We made it for the quilter who shows up for the team and the seam, and refuses to choose between them. Half fan, half maker, fully stitching.
Why this collection exists
The sewing room and the stadium have more in common than anybody admits. Both have drafts (ours involve fat quarters and considerably less shouting). Both have game plans that fall apart by halftime. Both reward the one who stays calm and finishes the drive, or the border, whichever comes first. So we took the language of football and ran it straight through the machine, and yes, we pun on quilting words every chance we get. Someone had to.
Picture your game day like this: kickoff >>> first block >>> final border. That is a complete game, snacks already provided.
The designs, in their own words
Every design in the collection is a wink traded between quilting and football, each printed on a Comfort Colors Premium Tee. First, the play-callers:
- Minnesota Quilter - The Fabric Draft ~ Comfort Colors Premium Tee (first pick: that print you have been circling for weeks)
- Minnesota Quilter - Stitch Six ~ Comfort Colors Premium Tee
- Minnesota Quilter - Sewtertime ~ Comfort Colors Premium Tee (we are not sorry about this one)
- Minnesota Quilter - First & Sew ~ Comfort Colors Premium Tee
- Minnesota Quilter - First Down, Sew On! ~ Comfort Colors Premium Tee
Then the badges of honor:
- Minnesota Quilter - #1/4 Quilter ~ Comfort Colors Premium Tee (if you know why that quarter matters, this collection was made for you)
- Minnesota Quilter - All-Pro Stitcher ~ Comfort Colors Premium Tee
And for those who stitch better in company, the roster:
- Minnesota Quilter - 99 Stash League ~ Comfort Colors Premium Tee
- Minnesota Quilter - 100 Fabric Crew ~ Comfort Colors Premium Tee
- Minnesota Quilter - 45 Bobbin Crew ~ Comfort Colors Premium Tee
- Minnesota Quilter - 50 Thread Team ~ Comfort Colors Premium Tee
- Minnesota Quilter - 24 Sew Crew ~ Comfort Colors Premium Tee
- Minnesota Quilter - 1/4 Stitch Squad ~ Comfort Colors Premium Tee
Who this collection is for
It is for the Minnesota quilter who presses a seam during the two-minute warning. For the one who wears team colors to guild and guild pride to the watch party. For anybody whose perfect Sunday involves both a scoreboard and a design wall, and whose family has learned not to touch the pile on the cutting table (that pile is strategic inventory, thank you). And it makes a seriously good gift for the quilter in your life who narrates the game in sewing terms... no judgment, we do it too.
Ready to dive in? Head to the Minnesota Quilter ~ Game-Day Gear collection and find the design that sounds most like your Sunday. We will be rooting for your quilting haul (and, fine, the team too).
Written by Judy. Thanks for reading.
