Kansas Troubles
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 y-seams. 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 Block-of-the-Month 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 nature-inspired 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!
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108 Thistle Farm Thistle yardage
$17.00
Bittersweet Lane Bark Small Flower Yardage
$12.00
Bittersweet Lane Cornflower Stars Yardage
$12.00
Bittersweet Lane Hydrangea Yardage
$12.00
Bittersweet Lane Sand Flower Yardage
$12.00
Bittersweet Lane Sand Small Flower Yardage
$12.00
Bittersweet Lane Sand Vines Yardage
$12.00
Country Road Flannel Blue Dots yardage
$13.00
Country Road Flannel Charm Pack
$11.00
Country Road Flannel Pumpkin yardage
$13.00
Country Road Flannel Purple Tone on Tone yardage
$13.00
Country Road Flannel Tonal Tan yardage
$13.00
Country Road Flannel Tone on Tone yardage
$13.00
Freedom Road 10" squares
$48.00
Freedom Road 2.5" strips
$48.00
Freedom Road 5" squares
$12.00
Freedom Road- Blue and Tan Stars yardage
$13.00
Freedom Road- Blue Small Print yardage
$13.00
Freedom Road- Tan Dots yardage
$13.00
Freedom Road- Tan Flower yardage
$13.00
Freedom Road- Tan Multi yardage
$13.00
Freedom Road- Tan Stars yardage
$13.00
Fresh Cut Flowers 5" squares
$10.00
Gooseberry Lane Charm Pack
$10.00
Harvest Hill- 5" squares
$10.00
Holiday Medley Green Yardage
$11.00
Kansas Troubles Beige Dots Wide Backing
$20.00
Kansas Troubles Navy Solid Wide Backing
$17.00
Kansas Troubles Tan Wide Backing
Kansas Troubles Tin
$2.95
Maple Hill Beech Wood Dainty Floral Yardage
$12.50
Maple Hill Blue Spruce Grid Yardage
$12.50
Maple Hill Charm Pack
$10.99
Maple Hill Evergreen Branches Yardage
$12.50
Maple Hill Golden Oak Twigs Yardage
$12.50
Maple Hill Hawthorn Sassafrass Yardage
$12.50
Maple Hill Jelly Roll®
$44.99
Maple Hill Layer Cake®
$45.00
Maple Hill Sugar Maple Leave Yardage
$12.50
Milestones 5" squares
$10.00
Milestones- Black Dots yardage
$12.00
Milestones- Black Floral yardage
$12.00
Milestones- Gold Flowers yardage
$12.00
Milestones- Green Small Flowers yardage
$12.00
Milestones- Purple Small Print yardage
$12.00
Milestones- Red Small Flowers yardage
$12.00
Milestones- Tan Small Print yardage
$12.00
On Meadowlark Pond Charm Pack
$10.00
Paisley Park Gold Floral Yardage
$11.00
Paisley Park Gold Yardage
$11.00
Paisley Park Tan Yardage
$11.00
Paisley Park Tan Yardage
$11.00
Prairie Cactus 5" squares
$10.00
Sunflower Song Charm Pack
$10.00
Thistle Farm Layer Cake
$39.00