KT Winner
Geri A - I
love Aurifil thread It is simply the best!! Love the way I can find
coordinating colors. Also love basting spray, as I hate to baste!!
Congratulations to Geri A. You're the winner of our new KT Aurifil Thread Box. Please email your shipping address to lynne@ktquilts.com and we'll send it right out!
If you didn't win this week, please check out all the KT Aurifil thread colors by the spool or by the box on our website under Lynne's Favorite Notions. Our shipment of Aurifil should be arriving mid-July so please be patient. Watch for more of my favorite notions, including Sewline glue pens, Cut-a-Round rulers and more!
The cabin was beautifully rustic with lots of wood and natural elements. The best part was the location, overlooking the river and backing up to the mountains.
Other than having to take a minute to acclimate to the higher altitude at times, this Gramma kept up pretty well to active 10-15 year olds. We collected rocks and pine cones on our hikes, swam in the reservoir and visited a Buddhist Stupa (very serene and inspirational). All in all, another successful family bonding experience. But, oh, did my own bed feel great when we arrived home last night!
Comment this week to win our Picket Fence pattern/kit. We'd love to share with those of you too far away to visit our KT Quilt Shop.
Have a Happy July 4th!
Quiet Family Vacation
Each year, we try to get the kids/grankids together for a family trip. We rent a house large enough for everyone to gather and call it "Christmas". No one needs a new blender or another knick knack for their homes, so we decided several years ago to use the money we would spend on Christmas for a family experience instead. It began with Disney World/Universal, then Estes Park. Days of activities were planned, tickets purchased, alarm clocks set so as not to miss a thing. What did the grankids vote was the best part of these vacations? The unstructured-laid back-no deadlines times when we were all just swimming, hanging out, laughing together and wasting time. The unanimous decision this year was to do more of that in a mountain cabin perfect for sleeping in late, hiking along the Poudre River, grilling simple meals outdoors and bonfires with s'mores after dark. The lack of wifi was a bit of an adjustment, but more so for the adults than the kids. (I think I'll confiscate all phones at the door next year.)The cabin was beautifully rustic with lots of wood and natural elements. The best part was the location, overlooking the river and backing up to the mountains.
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| Grampa Robert and I stocking the kitchen with esentials - water and snacks. |
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| The decorating theme of the cabin was definitely WILD! |
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| The loft bedroom had a mountain lion as guard. |
Other than having to take a minute to acclimate to the higher altitude at times, this Gramma kept up pretty well to active 10-15 year olds. We collected rocks and pine cones on our hikes, swam in the reservoir and visited a Buddhist Stupa (very serene and inspirational). All in all, another successful family bonding experience. But, oh, did my own bed feel great when we arrived home last night!
Kansas RowXRow Experience
Do you have your route planned to stop at as many shops as you can to collect your free Home Sweet Home row patterns/kits? With a theme like Home Sweet Home, I figured there would be rows and rows of house blocks that would need a fence to separate the neighborhoods. Here's my version of an easy picket fence using KT Layered Patchwork. The tan pickets are made by stitching 2 small navy background triangles on top of each tan strip. Perfect points every time! And now we have the coordinating Aurifil thread that's a perfect match! |
| KTQ Welcome Home Picket Fence for RowXRow 2016 |
Comment this week to win our Picket Fence pattern/kit. We'd love to share with those of you too far away to visit our KT Quilt Shop.
Have a Happy July 4th!
Excite to see the picket fence idea is in pattern form! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteThis is the cutest Row by Row I've seen. Happy 4th!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to have your row by row pattern. I'd have about a 6 hour drive to your store. I'm going to compete in the row by row challenge and would love to add your pattern!
ReplyDeleteVisiting your shop is on my bucket list. Thank you for the chance to win your row by row pattern. I'm anxiously waiting for my order of your new thread box and templates to arrive. Pauline
ReplyDeleteVery cute row. Michigan is a little far to drive from. Thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeletePicket fence is a great row idea.
ReplyDeletePicket fence is a great row idea.
ReplyDeleteLove the picket fence, I will make it one day to your shop. I heard all about it from a friend.
ReplyDeleteAdorable row! I am doing some row by rows w/ my friends this weekend - sorry your shop is a little out of the way (michigan) thanks!
ReplyDeleteLove the picket fence! Your shop is on my short list!
ReplyDeleteCreative idea to use the picket fence to go with the houses and barns that I am trying to collect in the Row by Row 2016. I live too far away to get to your store but would love to add your fence to the rows!
ReplyDeleteI collected Row by Row kits last year but sadly never completed them. This year I am retired so look out quilt shops here I come!
ReplyDeleteWe are planning on getting all the family in one place too! Sounds like lots of fun!
ReplyDeleteLucky you to have a fun, relaxing family vacation. Looks wonderful and full of memories. Thanks for the great giveaway.
ReplyDeleteYour family vacation sounds perfect! And what's not to love about a picket fence? Thanks for a chance to win.
ReplyDeleteThat is the BEST row by row I have enjoyed! Visiting with family and having a good time is great, we are going to get together next month. Traveling to different shops , gathering a few row by rows too. The Picket fence fits with all the rows, keeps life in order. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI love the Row by Row theme this year! The picket fence is so cute and will work nicely with lots of the other rows--great idea!
ReplyDeleteI love picket fences. We've also discovered that it's the just being together that the kids love the best...a little something to do and then just be for a while. I'm planning a "girls + 2 boys camp" for my kids and cousins this month and I keep trying to remind myself not to have us going too much so we have the fun hang out time. The request so far are sleep in a tent in the backyard and paint nails (although not everyone is crazy about the painting nails idea)
ReplyDeleteI love picket fences. We've also discovered that it's the just being together that the kids love the best...a little something to do and then just be for a while. I'm planning a "girls + 2 boys camp" for my kids and cousins this month and I keep trying to remind myself not to have us going too much so we have the fun hang out time. The request so far are sleep in a tent in the backyard and paint nails (although not everyone is crazy about the painting nails idea)
ReplyDeleteYour family time sounds wonderful! Your picket fence is so cute! What's that Robert Frost saying - "Good fences make good neighbors." Love it!
ReplyDeleteThat a great RxR block and I would love to get the pattern/kit. I like that it is different from the others I've seen and that you put a lot of thought into it.
ReplyDeleteI love the theme of this year's Row by Row. Your picket fence is a great idea. Thanks for sharing your family adventure. We have considered a trip as a Christmas gift. Your story inspires me to pursue it.
ReplyDeleteYour family vacation is like ours only we go to the NC mts. No way can a GA gal get to KS so I hope to win your Row by Row!
ReplyDeleteI love that picket fence and the idea could be so fun mixed with the house quilts that I also love! Your family vacation idea is an excellent one!
ReplyDeleteYour row by row brings back memories of the farmhouse I grew up in. It was surrounded by a white picket fence (surrounded by corn fields). I "got" to paint it one summer; all summer long. Best tan I ever had. Hoping to get to your shop soon.
ReplyDeleteI love the picket fence. To me it symbolizes a happy home!
ReplyDeleteWold be perfect ending for a quilt of neighborhood houses I have always wanted to do!
ReplyDeleteYour "Christmas" vacation is such a great way to gift yourself to your family! Love the picket fence, too!
ReplyDeleteKathleen.mason17@ymail.com
I live in IL and am currently visiting my sister in CO. Plan on picking up a few "souvenir" RxRs!!
ReplyDeleteYou are very blessed to have family time away to renew and restore, Would sew love to be lucky winner of your fence kit. Luv all you share and inspire!
ReplyDeleteThis is a very interesting Row by Row! I'm even tempted to start doing the Row by Row. I haven't yet because I like to finish what I start and it would be very hard to go to all the shops!
ReplyDeleteI love your picket fence! Despite its function as "separating," it has a welcoming effect! Your vacation sounds like it is relaxing and fun! We rent a house on a lake in TN or NC for our summer vacation.
ReplyDeleteLove your Row By Row ... perfect touch to your sharing the family vacay ... which ALSO sounded like a wonderful time ... sometimes the best laid plans are the simplest ones!! Glad you enjoyed your grands ;-) Linda
ReplyDeleteLove the Row by Row picket fence. Your family trip sounds wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThat's one thing I miss the most about my childhood... the two week family vacation in a cabin on a lake in the mountains... either Vermont or Maine... a very medicinal break from the every day rushed life (and pollution) in suburbia! So glad you and your family are enjoying this kind of break as well! :-) LOVE the picket fence row-by-row!
ReplyDeleteLove your picket fence. Too far away for me to come visit this year. Just spent eight days visiting family in Ohio and Indiana. And of course, a few quilt shops along the way!
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