Honeysuckle Farm by Kansas Troubles for Moda

I signed up for my first quilting class more than 34 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.

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