Black Friday/Small Business Saturday Deals

KT Winner

Congratulations to the winner of our KT Christmas Cactus charm pack & pattern:

Aleta -What great finds on your antique shopping excursion! I love the Christmas cactus pattern and it would be wonderful to make!

 

Please send your mailing address to lynne@ktquilts.com. Jamie will send it right out.

 

 

Black Friday/Small Business Saturday Deals

For 2 days only - November 25 & 26 - the KT staff would like to offer our $50 KT Gift Certificates for only $40 each. That's a 20% savings! Buy one for your quilting friend, sister, daughter, spouse - and/or yourself! It's the perfect gift for any KT fan. Gift certificates are good for all merchandise online and in our shop (sale items excluded).

Call 785-488-2120 or come into the store for the simplest Christmas shopping ever! Don't fight the crowds. Shop from home for all your quilting wishes.

 

 

 Don't forget our November Special ends next week. Prairie Cactus fabric is just $9/yd.; Prairie Cactus booklet is $12.  

 

 

Check back here on Tuesday, November 29th to find out about our year end December Special. 

You won't want to miss it!

 

All of our kids/grankids are with the in-laws this year, so Robert and I will spend a quiet day at home being thankful for all our blessings. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with all your favorite people.

                   Lynne

 

 

 

 

A Little More Christmas Inspiration

KT Winners

We have a double giveaway this week! Congratulations to both of our winners.

The winner of 6 KT Prairie Cactus fat 1/4's is:

Marian Allen -I HAVE to make that table runner, it is beautiful and perfect for my Craftsman furniture.Thank you for all your beautiful inspiration.

And a KT Mini Charm pack plus the new Mini Marvels book goes to:

myzbarb -Mini quilts made with KT minis, what's not to love. So many possibilities!


Thanks to everyone who stops by my blog. I'm delighted you all love the Prairie Cactus projects. One more to try before the holidays is our Christmas Cactus charm pattern. With a couple charm packs and a few fabrics, you can whip this up in time for your holiday decorating.

Christmas Cactus charm pattern/Prairie Christmas charm packs

Antique Obsessed

After a busy fall teaching, hosting retreats and preparing for Market, Robert and I look forward to a weekend away doing what we love - antique shopping. Our good friends, Jenny & Ron Doan (Missouri Star) joined us this year for our trek to Arthur, IL for a two-day mega antique shopping blitz. We also met up with veteran antiquer, Pam Buda (Heatspun Quilts), and her husband who introduced me to this wonderful venue (Thanks, Pam!). This show is held twice a year and offers the best of the best in Early American antiques and primitives in the Midwest. Since we missed the spring show, I was itching for my antique fix.


This year, we found some wonderful treasures, including this grain winnower complete with metal patches. Love, love it! It looked huge in the car, but when we hung it over our bed, I regretted not buying a cool architectural piece we saw that would have been perfect in the space above it. I told Robert I seldom regret buying an antique, but almost always regret when I see something I love and I don't buy it. Oh well, that'll give me something to hunt for next year. I'm excited to find some great seasonal accents to decorate it thoughout the year.

This assemblage includes several of the quilts I found to inspire future fabric collections, a great "Cabins for Rent" sign from Maine, a set of blocks, three lightning rod globes with stars (in the box), and a tiny red stripe child's stocking.  I admit, I'm addicted to old, worn, handmade items that would have been used by the pioneers on the prairie in their everyday life. I love the warmth and character these found objects add to our home and am grateful for the inspiration they offer. These trips are the perfect opportunity for me to unwind and recharge my soul at the same time.I'm blessed that Robert enjoys these adventures and has his own list of collectibles when we shop. (The blocks and lightning rod globes are his finds.)

Thanks for letting me share my obsession. I hope to post more pictures of our home and my studio as we find the perfect spots for our purchases.

Comment this week to win a Prairie Cactus charm pack & Christmas Cactus pattern to help you on your way to holiday stitching. Happy Fall!

Moda's Mini Marvels Giveaway

Ok, ladies, here's the info I promised to win some great prizes from Martingale and Moda to introduce the new book, Mini Marvels. It was alot of fun  conspiring collaborating with my fellow Moda designers to make adorable little quilts for this book. So many options, all of them very do-able in pint size.

From simple to simply amazing, this book has so much to choose from. And the color photography is truly yummy. A great book for inspiring the imagination.

My Dashing quilt has found a home atop a vintage wooden box that still boasts its mustard yellow lettering. At present, the box serves as a small table in front of our Ikea loveseat/sleeper. When the grankids come to stay, they'll have a spot to rest a drink or keep their phone handy next to their temporary nest. 

 This mini churn dash features my unique layered patchwork technique for perfect points and less fuss working with small pieces. I'd love to see what you'll do with the inspiration - brights? light background? solids? The possibilities are endless!


Comment here to win a copy of the Mini Marvels book and a KT Mini Charm pack. 

For more great prizes, here’s the link to today's blog post: http://blog.shopmartingale.com/quilting-sewing/moda-stars-share-sewingsuperpower-mini-marvels/

Good luck! 

More Prairie Cactus

KT Winner

Congratulations to our winner this week:

Tu-Na Quilts -Of course, throw my name into the hat to win this box of scraps. I'm making a 1.5" postage stamp quilt so I can handle even small scraps. Very lovely quilts you've featured.

I hope you enjoy your box of Prairie Cactus scraps. Send pics of your finished postage stamp quilt. Sounds awesome!

More Prairie Cactus

If the Cactus Stars lap quilt from last week is more than you want to tackle before Christmas, how about a smaller project perfect for gift giving? Perhaps a runner...

 ...or a pillow?

Both of these projects are from the Prairie Cactus booklet along with last week's Cactus Stars quilt. The runner offers a generous background for a centerpiece without competing with the quilt's design. It features our small diamond template. The cactus points are made just like the Cactus Star. Layer a diamond over a triangle, topstitch, sew half squares together, done! 

The pillow is even simpler using just 3 Prairie Cactus fabrics and the large diamond template. It makes an 18" pillow with a split back so you can easily cover an everyday pillow for the holidays.

Kits are available for both of these projects at ktquilts.com. 

Don't forget our November Special - Prairie Cactus fabric is $9/yd. and the Prairie Cactus booklet with 6 projects is $12.  

Comment this week to win a fat quarter 6-pack of assorted Prairie Cactus fabrics.

Watch for a special post this Friday for a chance to win some super prizes from Martingale and Moda - Martingale's new Moda Mini Marvel's book or a bag of 15 Moda Mini Charms. So fun! We'll have the link here.

It's not too late for Christmas quilts!

KT Winner

Congratulations to:

Heather - Your mini marvel Dashing quilt is so sweet! I love it!

Thanks for commenting and sharing, Heather. Hope you enjoy the new Moda Mini Marvels book. It's loaded with tons of mini fun!

I love to hear from each of you every week. I read every word and appreciate your support and enthusiasm for everything KTQ. Working alone in my studio most days, it's such a happy connection for me. The next best thing to traveling and teaching amongst quilters.Thanks for taking the time to comment. Let me know if there's someone you'd like to see in these pages in the future. Another KT Stitch With Me? More info on layered patchwork? More pictures of the store? I want this to be a conversation between us as friends.You're all so important to the success of KT. Thank you.

November Special

This month, we're featuring our Prairie Cactus fabric and booklet in the KT Quilt Shop and online. Prairie Cactus fabric is on sale for $9/yd. (KT price $10.50/yd. MSRP $11.95/yd.) Our Prairie Cactus booklet with 6 different projects is on sale for $12.00 (KT price $15.95). Watch over the next few weeks for more project options for fast & easy quilts that are still "sew" doable by the holidays.


My favorite quilt in this book is the Cactus Stars lap quilt featuring our new KT Diamond Template and my layered patchwork technique. It simplifies and perfects the traditional Hunter's Star for less stress and more dimension.

Cactus Stars featuring Prairie Cactus fat 1/8 bundle.

Rustic Stars featuring assorted KT fabrics.

The block starts with simple half square triangles layered with a diamond.

Topstitch the diamond and piece together the triangles. Easy!

Comment to win a box of Prairie Cactus scraps leftover from all the different projects. More giveaways to inspire Christmas stitching next week.

Happy November!

Moda All Stars Mini Marvels

KT Winner

Congratulations to:

Laurie Brown  -  I'm so excited about the KT Kut-ups! Thank you for making quilting easier with this product and your quilting method. 

 

Thanks, Laurie for your comment. Please email your mailing address to lynne@ktquilts.com. Jamie will send out your Kut-ups ASAP.  

Moda Mini Marvels

I'm delighted to be included in another of Martingale/Moda's designer compilation books. The latest is Moda Mini Marvels featuring little quilts of all shapes, sizes, colors and techniques by more than a dozen different designers. My quilt is Dashing -  mini churn dash blocks floating in a dark background featuring my layered patchwork technique. This method guarantees perfect points every time! 

Dashing by Lynne Hagmeier

Look at all the intriguing options - just on the cover!

Our books arrived last week so we'd like to share one with you! Comment here to win a Mini Marvels book. 

Have to finish my super hero cape for the Moda party, so better make this brief. Watch for our November Special in store and online in my November 1st blog post. Hint: it's not too late for Christmas!

NEW! KT Kut-ups!

KT Winner

Congratulations to the winner of our Barn Raising pattern, great in cotton or flannel.

Nan Martino -Oh my Oak Haven! It should be re-named Oak Heaven! I love this line. 

Thanks, Nan, for visiting my blog. And thanks for the kind words about Oak Haven. I love this collection, too! Hope you enjoy your KT pattern.

KT Kut-ups

We now have all the KT Kut-ups for the 5 Oak Haven projects available in the store and online. Our locally made, precut fusible appliques make these quilts so much easier and save your fingers! My thumbs were sore for a week after cutting more than 500 pieces for several of the projects. Yikes! That's alot of hand massages! Here are easy links to each of the projects:
Oak Haven Lap quilt Kut-ups

Oak Haven Runner Kut-ups

Oak Haven Pillow Kut-ups

Harvest Runner Kut-ups

Acorn Medley charm quilt Kut-ups

We're making plans now to have more Kut-ups for earlier KT quilts, such as Bees 'n Blooms and several Mini Table Treats. Interested? Let me know what you'd like and we'll put it at the top of the list.

Quilts from KT Fans

I love to receive pictures of my quilts - or any projects made up in KT fabric. Here are a few...

Bees 'n Blooms variation by Ruth Steinle. So innovative!

Mini Christmas Cactus charm quilt using mini charms by Lynnette Glotzbach

Charming Stars by Vivian Lemmon in beautiful batiks.

Snow Days by Karen Connelly in Olathe, KS

Keep the pictures coming ladies. It makes my heart sing to see all the wonderful quilting you do.

This week's giveaway is the Oak Haven Pillow Kut-ups pack. You can whip up this pillow sleeve in an evening. Great for a holiday gift or keep for yourself to spruce your home for fall.

Back to whipping down binding for Fall Market projects.Watch for sneak peeks of the new Thistle Farm projects in November.