Do you celebrate Kansas Day on January 29? According to Google, Kansas Day is “fairly unique” among the different states. I grew up in Missouri and I have no memory of a classroom party for my state or coloring pages of the state tree, bird or reptile! When my children were in elementary school and I volunteered to be a co-room mother due to my working/single mom guilt, many cup cakes were decorated like sunflowers for Kansas Day parties. Later, my husband, born and raised in Kansas, created Kansas trivia contests for us. I have made him sunflower placemats. It is a big deal in our family.
The Quilters at First may not have a party to celebrate, but we do like sunflowers, the state flower. They work well in January as well as part of your fall decor.
This table runner is 12″ x 42″ and made from various batiks. The sunflowers win the diagonal corners are “Dresden petals”. Dresden quilts were very popular during the 1920-30’s, but have been adapted into contemporary designs. The runners is $40.
The pillow measures 18.5″ x 18.5″. Dresden templates were used to make the petals from tonal yellows, oranges and browns. The petals are hand appliqued. Pearl cotton was used to hand quilt around the flower as well as the petals. The back of the pillow is machine quilted. The pillow is $30.
At present Kansas is suffering from drought conditions. I can not remember the last time we had rain of any substance. We need moisture and would welcome precipitation in any form–well, maybe not ice, but measurable snow would be fine!
These snow people express our feelings well.
The pillow is approximately 15″ square. The snow people are hand embroidered. The pillow is machine quilted. It is $30.
Shades of green fabric was used to create the framework of sawtooth stars and flying geese. The table runner is 22″ x 57″ and would fit into your decor all winter long.
These hand embroidered snow people would be happy as a table runner or chest of drawers topper or even a wall hanging. It is $75.
If you are interested in any of these pieces leave a note in the comments section. We will ship these items for the cost of the postage. Happy Kansas Day–even if you are living in Virginia or Washington–temporarily 😉!
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