It happens every year. The basket goes around the guild meeting, you unfold your slip of paper, and there is a name you know only a little: the friend from the far end of the table who always brings lemon bars. Now you have a few weeks to find something that feels made for her. This collection exists for exactly that moment, a collection of Chic Quilter designs sorted by the kind of quilter they suit. Find her type below and your planning is done.
If you drew the coffee friend
She is the one who arrives with a travel mug and leaves with three empty ones. Friends, Quilts & Coffee names her three great loves in bold, friendly type with a scatter of little stars. Powered by Coffee adds a steaming cup and a small print promise of accurate seam allowances, which is exactly the level of precision she brings to everything once the caffeine arrives.
If you drew the friend who brings the good bottle
Inspired by Wine pairs a tilted glass of red with the same fine print about accurate seam allowances, and Meow sets a deep red vintage machine beside a white cat, a bottle and a full glass, a cozy evening in one drawing. For the friend who likes her drink with a lid, the Resting Stitch Face sippers bring faces full of character: Tongue, a patchwork flower blowing a raspberry, Psychedelic Face with pink and teal triangle eyes, Zip It with a zipper for a smile, and Sew-Nia Delaunay, a calm portrait framed in bright color blocks.
If you drew the artist or the adventurer
For the friend who never met a color she did not like, one design sets a machine inside a burst of rainbow paint, dripping every shade down the page, and Sunflower Sew Dayz covers a turquoise machine in sunflowers and poppies. Life is a Stitch says it all in rainbow block letters. For the traveler, Baton Rouge, Stitchin' In sketches the capitol tower, the riverfront and soft magnolias in pastel ink. And for the friend who decorates the sewing room every October, Sew Scary brings a tattered green-eyed ghost holding a pair of red scissors.
For the quilter whose name you pulled
These are for the friend you are just getting to know, the longtime guild buddy who is impossible to shop for, and the quilter who would be delighted by anything that proves someone noticed what she loves. Pick the one that sounds most like the name on your slip of paper. Then wrap it in a fat quarter, tie it with a scrap of selvage and sign the card from Your Secret Quilter. She will guess it was you within about four minutes. Act surprised anyway.
Written by Penny the Mascot. Thanks for reading.
