Kansas Troubles Fabrics
I signed up for my first quilting class more than 25 years ago at a local quilt shop. When I admired a pattern with houses and stars the owner asked if I’d like to make a sample for the shop with my payment as a kit for the same project. I returned a week later with two completed quilts – one for the shop and one for me. The sample for the shop was made exactly like the pattern had instructed with dozens of template pieces and yseams. My quilt was a bit different… I had simplified the pattern by using connecting corners and layered triangles. That’s when the shop owner informed me “You’ll never amount to anything as a quilter if you can’t follow instructions.”
I took this as a challenge.
For the next few years I made little quilts to sell and peddled my own patterns locally until I finally took the leap and attended International Quilt Market. A BlockoftheMonth quilt I’d created using mostly Moda fabrics caught their attention and I was asked to join the Moda Designer team the following market. That was almost 17 years ago. More than 50 fabric collections later I still embrace the natureinspired color palette and prints that are Kansas Troubles’ classics.
I’m continually learning and growing as a designer developing more simplified ways to piece traditional quilt blocks using my Layered Patchwork technique. I enjoy sharing my quilts and methods with quilters all over the country teaching at quilt guilds shops and on cruises. What a delightful way to spend your life surrounded by quilts and quilters!
I took this as a challenge.
For the next few years I made little quilts to sell and peddled my own patterns locally until I finally took the leap and attended International Quilt Market. A BlockoftheMonth quilt I’d created using mostly Moda fabrics caught their attention and I was asked to join the Moda Designer team the following market. That was almost 17 years ago. More than 50 fabric collections later I still embrace the natureinspired color palette and prints that are Kansas Troubles’ classics.
I’m continually learning and growing as a designer developing more simplified ways to piece traditional quilt blocks using my Layered Patchwork technique. I enjoy sharing my quilts and methods with quilters all over the country teaching at quilt guilds shops and on cruises. What a delightful way to spend your life surrounded by quilts and quilters!