By Vanessa Whiteside on December 17, 2024
Quilt Shops Provide Crafters Sew Much to Offer
A handcrafted quilt adds warmth and a decorative touch, especially during wintertime. For some quilters, making the quilt is more than adding a layer of bedding. The quilt’s pattern sometimes tells a family’s legacy, and if created with other quilters, it symbolizes connection.
Sixty-one percent of average quilters prefer to shop for supplies at their local quilt shop, and 48 percent of those quilters most frequently are shopping for fabric, according to Craft Industry Alliance’s 2024 survey.
Kansas quiltmakers have access to more than 70 shops for supplies with some retailers offering educational classes and retreats.
Sew Country
Belleville
For more than three decades, Sew Country has provided an extensive collection of fabric, kits and patterns, books and notions to quilters en route from the Missouri Highway 36 Quilt Trail. The store’s walls are adorned with completed quilts serving as inspiration. Shoppers have access to more than 6,000 bolts of fabric, which includes an extensive collection of seasonal designs.
Dedicated quilters can ask about staying overnight at the Sew Country Stitchin Retreat House, a reservable gathering spot where quilters work on projects while socializing with friends.
Sew Country
1834 M Street, Belleville
(785) 527-2332
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Beehive Quilt Shop
Wellington
Whether you need fabric and thread for a new quilt or supplies to finish one you’ve started, the Beehive Quilt Shop likely supplies it, and the inventory is restocked regularly.
Nearly 10,000 bolts of cotton fabric, pre-cut bundles, batting and notions make shopping easy. Additionally, the store is a Brother Sewing Machines dealer and can provide machine service and repairs. Quilters interested in new techniques can select from weekly classes appropriate for all skill levels. Retreat getaways for up to 16 quilters are hosted by the store’s owner.
Beehive Quilt Shop
122 N. Washington Avenue, Wellington
(620) 440-8191
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Field to Fabric Quilt Company
Winfield
A passport stop on the annual Central Kansas Quilt Shop Hop, Field to Fabric Quilt Shop specializes in longarm machine quilting and stocks supplies for every project. It’s also the only Kansas quilt shop to focus on do-it-yourself T-shirt quilts.
A hallway of vibrant quilts of various patterns serves as a gallery leading to classroom spaces. Various quilting groups gather to work on quilts for causes throughout the year, and the store hosts Sew Along sessions for an affordable fee.
Field to Fabric Quilt Company
907 Main Street, Winfield
(620) 229-8540
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Take your love of the craft to the next level and follow the Kansas Flint Hills Quilt Trail through 22 counties, a road trip showcasing barn quilt artwork.
