Artist Mary Kay Lambert | Fat Eighth Hardcover Journal
One clue for non-quilters — no, it's not an eighth note taking up too much space on the staff. A Fat Eighth is a 9 by 21 inch piece cut from a quarter yard of fabric, and it's one of the building blocks of the quilting world. Back in the day, quilts were born from scraps — fabric left over from the clothing people sewed by hand. Quilters gathered a myriad of colors and patterns without the extra cost, and something beautiful grew from what might have been waste. Get Mary Kay's Fat Eighth Hardcover Journal and tell the story of your own favorite scrappy creation. Or if you don't quilt, write about something you made — or remade — that turned leftovers into something you loved.
Mary Kay Lambert was born in 1952 in a small Iowa county hospital, the daughter of Anna Jeanette Miller and Ralph Waldo Miller — owners of the only grocery store and café in Allendale, Missouri. Growing up at the intersection of hospitality, hard work, and homemade everything, Mary Kay absorbed the spirit of entrepreneurship before she could reach the counter. Her mother, Jeanette, was the heart of that operation: head chef, table server, and a gifted hand-quilter whose needle moved as naturally as breathing.
With her mother's encouragement tucked like a quilt square in her back pocket, Mary Kay purchased her first Juki sewing machine and launched Kay's Quilting in 1987. What followed was a remarkable 25-year chapter as a vendor at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri, where she and her Vietnam veteran husband, Keith, sold quilts, quilt-related crafts, and handmade home goods until they retired in 2015. Today, Mary Kay quilts more than 300 quilts a year on her Gammill machine — and has meticulously documented every single one of her 12,350+ quilts. Each one, a stitch in the story of her life.
Kay's Quilting — and now her Monarch Shoppe collection — is dedicated to her beloved mother, who passed in 1989. The quilt in Mary Kay's artist portrait? Made by Jeanette Miller when she was in the eighth grade. Some legacies are sewn in fabric.
"One stitch at a time gets it done." — Mary Kay Lambert
Crafted for those who write, dream, and create, this hardcover journal features 80 lined, cream-colored pages — the perfect backdrop for your next great idea, daily reflection, or creative adventure. A built-in elastic closure keeps your thoughts safe, a matching ribbon page marker holds your place, and an expandable inner pocket keeps loose notes, receipts, and inspirations right where you need them. Available in a range of colors so you can pick the one that speaks to you today.
• Cover: UltraHyde hardcover | Size: 5.5" × 8.5" | 80 lined cream pages | Elastic closure & ribbon marker | Expandable inner pocket
One clue for non-quilters — no, it's not an eighth note taking up too much space on the staff. A Fat Eighth is a 9 by 21 inch piece cut from a quarter yard of fabric, and it's one of the building blocks of the quilting world. Back in the day, quilts were born from scraps — fabric left over from the clothing people sewed by hand. Quilters gathered a myriad of colors and patterns without the extra cost, and something beautiful grew from what might have been waste. Get Mary Kay's Fat Eighth Hardcover Journal and tell the story of your own favorite scrappy creation. Or if you don't quilt, write about something you made — or remade — that turned leftovers into something you loved.
Mary Kay Lambert was born in 1952 in a small Iowa county hospital, the daughter of Anna Jeanette Miller and Ralph Waldo Miller — owners of the only grocery store and café in Allendale, Missouri. Growing up at the intersection of hospitality, hard work, and homemade everything, Mary Kay absorbed the spirit of entrepreneurship before she could reach the counter. Her mother, Jeanette, was the heart of that operation: head chef, table server, and a gifted hand-quilter whose needle moved as naturally as breathing.
With her mother's encouragement tucked like a quilt square in her back pocket, Mary Kay purchased her first Juki sewing machine and launched Kay's Quilting in 1987. What followed was a remarkable 25-year chapter as a vendor at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri, where she and her Vietnam veteran husband, Keith, sold quilts, quilt-related crafts, and handmade home goods until they retired in 2015. Today, Mary Kay quilts more than 300 quilts a year on her Gammill machine — and has meticulously documented every single one of her 12,350+ quilts. Each one, a stitch in the story of her life.
Kay's Quilting — and now her Monarch Shoppe collection — is dedicated to her beloved mother, who passed in 1989. The quilt in Mary Kay's artist portrait? Made by Jeanette Miller when she was in the eighth grade. Some legacies are sewn in fabric.
"One stitch at a time gets it done." — Mary Kay Lambert
Crafted for those who write, dream, and create, this hardcover journal features 80 lined, cream-colored pages — the perfect backdrop for your next great idea, daily reflection, or creative adventure. A built-in elastic closure keeps your thoughts safe, a matching ribbon page marker holds your place, and an expandable inner pocket keeps loose notes, receipts, and inspirations right where you need them. Available in a range of colors so you can pick the one that speaks to you today.
• Cover: UltraHyde hardcover | Size: 5.5" × 8.5" | 80 lined cream pages | Elastic closure & ribbon marker | Expandable inner pocket
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