Every quilter has one — The Stash. That sacred, ever-growing collection of fabric that started as "just a few pieces" and somehow became its own room, its own system, its own beautiful obsession. Mary Kay Lambert gets it. After more than three decades at the Gammill machine and 12,350+ documented quilts, she has earned the right to call her stash whatever she wants — and she calls it art. This snow white hoodie features Mary Kay's signature design in crisp black lettering — clean, classic, and ready for whatever creative chaos your day holds. For the maker, the dreamer, and anyone who knows that a great stash is one of life's quiet luxuries.
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
About this Hoodie:
• Unisex fit — available in sizes XS through 3XL, every design, every color
• Outside: 100% organic cotton (Charcoal Melange: 60% cotton, 40% recycled polyester)
• Inside: 80% organic cotton, 20% recycled polyester — brushed lining for warmth
• GOTS, OCS, and GRS certified — independently verified organic and recycled content
• Raglan sleeves, ribbed cuffs and hem, jersey-lined hood
• Drawstrings with metal eyelets and stoppers
• Direct-to-Garment (DTG) printing — artwork bonded into the fabric, not pressed on top. Won't crack, peel, or fade. Wash after wash, the art holds.
• Tested in real life: washed many times, still looks like the day it arrived
Note: The Stash design is offered in two versions to ensure the lettering shows beautifully on every hoodie color. This listing features black lettering on a snow white hoodie. For white lettering on darker colorways (Black and Emerald Green, see our companion listing.)
Every quilter has one — The Stash. That sacred, ever-growing collection of fabric that started as "just a few pieces" and somehow became its own room, its own system, its own beautiful obsession. Mary Kay Lambert gets it. After more than three decades at the Gammill machine and 12,350+ documented quilts, she has earned the right to call her stash whatever she wants — and she calls it art. This snow white hoodie features Mary Kay's signature design in crisp black lettering — clean, classic, and ready for whatever creative chaos your day holds. For the maker, the dreamer, and anyone who knows that a great stash is one of life's quiet luxuries.
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
About this Hoodie:
• Unisex fit — available in sizes XS through 3XL, every design, every color
• Outside: 100% organic cotton (Charcoal Melange: 60% cotton, 40% recycled polyester)
• Inside: 80% organic cotton, 20% recycled polyester — brushed lining for warmth
• GOTS, OCS, and GRS certified — independently verified organic and recycled content
• Raglan sleeves, ribbed cuffs and hem, jersey-lined hood
• Drawstrings with metal eyelets and stoppers
• Direct-to-Garment (DTG) printing — artwork bonded into the fabric, not pressed on top. Won't crack, peel, or fade. Wash after wash, the art holds.
• Tested in real life: washed many times, still looks like the day it arrived
Note: The Stash design is offered in two versions to ensure the lettering shows beautifully on every hoodie color. This listing features black lettering on a snow white hoodie. For white lettering on darker colorways (Black and Emerald Green, see our companion listing.)
