20 Years of KTQ BOM - Week #19

 Week #19 - Flying Geese

Gather up your leftover scraps and stitch up a gaggle of geese. Sixteen, to be exact. Keep in mind the tips on creating accurate Connecting Corners and you'll have no trouble piecing these fun, scrappy blocks. The secret to perfect flying geese points? Make sure you have a 1/4" for the seam allowance where the two triangles overlap at the top of the block.

Once you've made the flying geese blocks, sew them together in sections, as shown. Now, you're ready to add them to Section #3 of your quilt.

For Section #3, lay out the blocks indicated, as shown. Piece the blocks together in order shown, pressing carefully. You're almost done with the center of your 20 Years quilt! Woohoo! (insert happy dance here)

I'll see you on October 30th for a very non-spooky Block #20, when we'll be just a couple weeks from finishing our quilts. Please post your blocks/quilt on our 20 Years of KTQ BOM Facebook page. I love to see your progress.

Bittersweet Lane Arriving Soon!

 We're eagerly awaiting a truckload of Bittersweet Lane fabric & precuts any day now. The rich, yummy colors and prints are perfect for quilts for any season. 

 I added a few precuts in with my collection of pumpkins on the dry sink for fun. The color palette is perfect for my home - and yours, too.

Bittersweet Lane Precuts

Bittersweet Lane offers colors and prints for any season with golds, greens, pumpkins, purples, reds, blues and browns to contrast with the lovely tan prints and tone-on-tones. (I'm saving a bolt of the background tan print for myself. It's great backgrounds and backings.)

Bittersweet Lane charm pack

 

I had so much fun playing with Moda's KT Bittersweet Lane Honey Buns. I made a dozen projects to decorate my home all through the year - wall quilts, table runners & pillows to coordinate. 

Bittersweet & Honey booklet & kits

Bittersweet Pumpkins offers two ways to piece this lovely quilt - with a Layer Cake for year round appeal, or with a Honey Bun for fall pumpkins. This is the project I designed for our KT & Friends Retreats last summer that were cancelled. I hosted (3) Facebook Live tutorials for all our retreat ladies, and anyone else who's interested in making these projects. Find it on the KT & Friends Retreat FB page.

Bittersweet Pumpkins (2 lap options)

 

Make a charm quilt with a scrappy zigzag border, then whip up four adorable panels to change with the seasons. Two Bittersweet Lane charms plus yardage make the quilt and all four panels.

Bittersweet Seasons charm quilt w/4 seasonal pin-on panels

Everybody needs a reason to smile these days. Who could resist these happy guys with their silly grins! Make Happy Jacks for the season this year, or get a head start on next year's fall stitiching.

Happy Jacks charm Pattern & Kit

Watch for all the Bittersweet Lane fabric, precuts and patterns at your local quilt shop, or ktquilts.com.

KT October Special

 Bittersweet & Honey Booklet + Pumpkin Pickin' Kit

I'm so excited to decorate for fall! The rich colors and textures of the season call my name. Here's a deal to add a little fall to your home. Bittersweet Lane fabric & precuts are due later this month, but I couldn't wait to share some of the new projects for the season. 

 My new Bittersweet & Honey booklet features a dozen seasonal projects using Moda's precut Honey Buns (1 1/2" strips). Three of the projects are for fall with a pieced pumpkin surrounded by gold, brown and tan strips. The Pumpkin Pickin' wall quilt is 23" square, but could be made any size you desire with additional brown/gold strips. The booklet also includes a pillow cover and runner with the pumpkin motif.

Our KT October Special includes the Bittersweet & Honey booklet plus the Pumpkin Pickin' wall kit (above) for only $45+Free Shipping. (Retail value w/shipping $64+). 

Find the KT October Special HERE.

Kit includes a KT Favorites III Honey Bun with additional Bittersweet Lane strips from my stash. (There's even a little sneak peek at the whole collection included.)

Supplies are limited. Order soon! Go to ktquilts.com and click on KT Specials, or call the KT Quilt Shop at 785-488-2120.

20 Years of KTQ BOM - Week #18

KT Winner

Congratulations to the winner of the Star Cluster PDF pattern:

cannewa - Starch fabric before you cut, helps stabilize bias edges.

 

Thanks for all your comments on design walls, piecing, etc. The tip on using starch has helped me especially when I'm piecing smaller blocks for more perfect intersections. 

 

cannewa, please send your email address to Kansas Troubles at lynne@ktquilts.com. Robert will email your pattern as soon as possible.

 

Watch my blog and Instagram for more giveaways in the coming weeks. Bittersweet Lane is due to arrive in October. Can't wait!

 

Week #18 - Goose in the Pond

Piece 9-patch and rail fence blocks. Make half square triangles. You're good to go! 

This large block is simple to piece with traditional elements. Use what you've learned about half square triangles (HST) to piece the red/tan units.  Press the blue/tan 9-patch/rail fence strips carefully. Do not stretch the strips when pressing seams toward the dark for opposing seams.

 

Congratulations! You're ready to assemble Section #2. Lay out all the blocks and sashing strips, as shown. Piece each part of the section; note arrows for pressing.

See you October 15th for Flying Geese and assembling Section #3. We're on the home stretch!

 

 

All 'Round the Seasons Club

A Mini Table Treat for Every Season

Quilter's who have taken a Mini Table Treat workshop with me love how fast & fun they are to make. No one can make just one! I've put together a six-pack of colorful treats for any season of the year, from Valentine's Day to 4th of July, plus table toppers for Fall, Christmas and Spring. Or, whip up Maker, the Mini Table Treat that celebrates the creative soul in all of us.

Join me for a year long program of Mini Table Treats (MTT), one every other month for a year, beginning in our KT November Special. The booklet, All 'Round the Seasons, plus the Sweet Holly kit are only $35 + Free Shipping (retail value w/shipping of over $50).

For the remaining (5) months, each kit is only $24+ $5 shipping. Shipments will be in January, March, May, July & September.

These unique table toppers are so easy to make. Cut the (2) circles, layer with batting and backing, quilt, add fusible appliques, topstitch & bind. In about 3 hours + hand binding you'll have a delightful seasonal table topper to welcome each season. I'll announce my Facebook Live tutorial for Sweet Holly on November 1st along with the official blog post for the KT November Special. Mark your calendar!

Sweet and easy fusible appliques of a candy cane, ribbon and holly leaves adorn a 17" round table topper that requires no piecing. The Sweet Holly kit includes all fabrics for quilt top, back & binding plus fabric for appliques & buttons. All you need is an 18" square of lightweight batting. 

In January, you'll receive the second MTT in the series, String of Hearts. It's perfect for Valentine's Day or a gift for that special sweetheart. The String of Hearts kit includes all fabrics for quilt top, back & binding plus fabric for appliques & buttons.

For March, we'll stitch up some sunny flowers with First Signs of Spring. Kit includes fabric for quilt top, back & binding plus fabric for appliques and our KT Mini Melon Template.

May is time the perfect time to prepare for summer celebrations and all things red, white and blue. My 4th of July Mini Table Treat will set the mood for your patriotic parties. Kit includes fabric for quilt top, back & binding plus fabric for appliques and buttons.

In July, let's make something just for ourselves. Maker salutes the creative spirit in each of us with tools of our passion, quilting. Kit includes fabric for quilt top, back & binding plus fabric for appliques, measuring tape ribbon and buttons.

The final Mini Table Treat in September will pay homage to my favorite time of year with Fall Harvest. KT's rich autumn hues will enhance any fall decor.Kit includes fabric for quilt top, back & binding plus fabric for appliques.

So here's the breakdown:

KT November Special - All 'Round the Seasons booklet + Sweet Holly Kit - $35 + Free Shipping.

Months #2 thru #6 = $24+$5 shipping.

Call Robert at the KT Quilt Shop to preorder your KT November Special and sign up for the continuing Mini Table Treat series today! 785-488-2120

20 Years of KTQ - Block #17

 Block #17 - Churn Dash Star

I can't believe we're already on Block #17! Only a few more weeks to go and we'll be making the pieced border and putting our quilt together.

Today's block combines two of my favorites - a churn dash and a star. (More on that later.) Both are simple to piece with traditional half square triangles (HST) and star points made with connecting corners (CC). Your reference sheet has step-by-step tips for both units.

 The Churn Dash

First, we'll piece (3) churn dash blocks - (2) for the Churn Dash Star blocks and (1) for a filler block. For perfect HST, cut the squares oversized and trim to the exact measurement. I made mine red, green and black. I set the black churn dash aside for my filler block.

The Star Points

Next, we'll use the connecting corner (CC) method to create the star point units. If you have ever cut off the star points or blunted the point of the intersection when piecing your block into the quilt, #3 is the most important step. If the 90degree corners line up, you're good to go. (From CC Info Sheet)

Piece the blocks as shown in the instructions with a churn dash block for the center. Make (2) Churn Dash Star blocks.

Assemble the Section

We pieced the checkerboard filler a few weeks ago, so we have all the ingredients to make the Churn Dash Star section. Add the tan background strips, as indicated in the pattern, and sew it all together. You're one step closer to a finished quilt!

Star Cluster Giveaway

As I was designing this block, I tried it in a couple of sizes for the BOM quilt. I really liked the idea of multiple sizes of churn dash and star blocks, so I made a quilt called Star Cluster with a Through the Year fat 1/8 bundle. In the instructions, we piece the larger blocks first to practice/perfect our HST and CC, then move on to more challenging 4 1/2" and 2 1/2" stars and churn dash blocks. I love it!

And I hope you do, too. Want a chance to win the PDF downloadable pattern of Star Cluster? Comment below with your favorite quilting tip. Winner announced September 30th with Block #18.

 

I love it so much I made a second quilt in my Sweet Holly Christmas fabric. The pieced borders are done, just waiting for a free weekend to finish. Maybe before Christmas???

 

KT September Special

 8-Pack Fat Quarter Bundle

Is it time to build up and refresh your stash? We have just the solution with our KT September Special. Joy selects (8) small print and tone-on-tone basics of each KT color and bundles them together just for you. 

We have earthy pumpkin prints for your fall projects, golds and greens and reds for holiday quilts, rich blues, plums and blacks to fill in when you need one more strip or square for a precut quilt. And, of course, who doesn't always need a few more tans on hand. We've got 'em!

Each pack contains fat quarters from a variety of KT fabric collections for the perfect stash builders.

Our KT September Special is only $24 with FREE SHIPPING. Order today at ktquilts.com HERE.