Melanie Grace

Tag: sewing room

  • A Love Story (With a Quilting Ruler)

    Every Quilter Remembers Their First Ruler

    Mine was a simple 6×24. Standing in that quilt shop, I had no idea what I was getting into. I thought I was buying a tool. What I was actually doing was starting a relationship that would, over time, take over an entire drawer. Then a second drawer. Then a wall-mounted organizer that my husband still doesn’t fully understand.

    “The Ruler” is written as a classic 70s rock love song because, honestly, that’s exactly what this story feels like. There’s the meet-cute (a pegboard in a quilt shop), the honeymoon phase (“this is all I’ll ever need”), and the slow, inevitable expansion into a full collection of squares, rectangles, triangles, wedges, and specialty templates for shapes you didn’t know existed before you started quilting.

    Why This Song Has a Big Guitar Moment

    Some stories deserve a little drama. The bridge of “The Ruler” builds with electric guitar as it lists everything that came after that first purchase: the squares, the triangles, the long rulers for cutting yardage, the templates for applique. It’s nostalgic, it’s a little ridiculous, and it’s completely true to how most quilters’ ruler collections actually happen.

    The Moral of the Story

    I regret nothing. And if you have more than three rulers in your sewing room (let’s be honest, more than ten), I think you’ll feel the same way by the end of this song.

    Frequently Asked Questions About “The Ruler”

    Is this song really about a quilting ruler? Yes, and it’s also about how one small purchase can lead to a full collection without you ever noticing it happening.

    What genre is “The Ruler”? 70s classic rock, with nostalgic verses building into a big guitar bridge.

    How many rulers does a quilter actually need? According to this song: one to start, and an unlimited number after that.

    🎧 Listen to “The Ruler” and go count how many rulers are currently in your sewing space. No judgment. We’ve all been there.

  • The Quilting Anthem About Bobbins (Yes, Really)

    The Quilting Anthem About Bobbins (Yes, Really)

    Why I Wrote a Song About Bobbins

    If you’ve been quilting for more than a week, you already know the moment I’m talking about. You’ve got your fabric pressed, your pattern laid out, your coffee fresh and hot. You sit down at your machine, full of confidence, ready to power through an afternoon of sewing.

    And then it happens.

    Your bobbin runs out. Mid-seam. At the worst possible moment.

    “Wind Em Up” is an anthem for every quilter who has ever played a high-stakes game of “bobbin chicken” and lost. You know the game. You see the thread getting low and think, “I can probably finish this seam before it runs out.” Spoiler alert: you cannot.

    What “Wind Em Up” Is Really About

    This song isn’t really about bobbins. Not entirely, anyway. It’s about preparation. It’s about the unglamorous, behind-the-scenes work that every quilter does before the “fun part” even begins. Threading the machine, winding bobbins, pressing fabric, prepping your space. Nobody puts that on Instagram, but every quilter knows it’s where the magic actually starts.

    I wanted to open the album with this song because it captures that feeling of excitement and readiness that every quilting session begins with. The energy of “let’s go, let’s get this started” felt like the perfect way to kick things off.

    Frequently Asked Questions About “Wind Em Up”

    Is this song actually about sewing bobbins? Yes. One hundred percent. If you’ve ever run out of bobbin thread mid-project, you’ll relate immediately.

    What genre is “Wind Em Up”? It’s an upbeat, high-energy pop-rock anthem, perfect for getting motivated before a big quilting session.

    Who is this song for? Any quilter, sewist, or crafter who has ever underestimated how much thread they had left on a bobbin (which is to say, all of us).

    🎧 Listen to “Wind Em Up” now and tell me, are you a “wind five bobbins just in case” person, or a “live dangerously” person? Comment below!