Clara's Garden | Kansas Troubles | Moda Fabrics | 9466-16

Clara's Garden Pattern Collection by Kansas Troubles Designer from Moda Fabrics - Individual Fabrics

Clara’s Garden is named in memory of my great, great grandmother who came to Kansas as a widow with fi ve children to settle in Kansas during the late 1800's. After suffering the loss of her husband at a young age as they were traveling from the East to take advantage of the vast open plains of the West, she was determined to continue their dream of building a home for their family and making a living off the land. She chose Bennington for it’s plentiful water with three rivers close by and a new railroad linking the sleepy farming community to the big cities. As her crops and family grew, she invested in more land and thrived. Years later, my grandfather settled on the 80 acres next to hers and started a family. He and my Gramma Ethel continued the tradition by passing the land down to my father and uncle, who lives there still. Robert and I now live on my family’s 80 acres across the road from Gramma Clara’s original 40 acres. As I’ve researched our family’s history, I’m struck by the similarities in our lives – young widows with children, forging new lives for ourselves, hoping to pass on a legacy of love and family some day. One thing we do not have in common is a green thumb. Gramma Ethel talked of Clara’s skill in the garden to coax vegetables larger than anyone in the county and banish weeds with a wave of her hand. I will have to be content stitching my garden in her honor. I would have loved to know her.

We offer our fabrics in Fat Quarter Units. The minimum cut quantity is 1 Fat Quarter. So if one unit is purchased we will send 1 Fat Quarter

If you are purchasing more than 1 Fat Quarter (more than 1 unit) then you need to increase the number of units to suit how much fabric you need. For example 4 units will be 1 metre of fabric, which we will send as 1 piece of uncut fabric, unless otherwise requested in the order. List of units to width is:

• 2 units - ½ metre x the width of the bolt
• 4 units - 1 metre x the width of the bolt
• 6 units - 1 ½ metres  x the width of the bolt
• and so on

If purchasing an odd number of Fat Quarters (units) such as 3, 5 or 7 units etc. then we will be send the fabric as 1 piece plus 1 Fat Quarter (unless otherwise requested) eg:

• 3 units - 0.50m + 1 fat quarter
• 5 units - 1.00m + 1 fat quarter
• 7 units - 1.50m  + 1 fat quarter
• and so on

Fat Quarters – approximately  50cm x 56cm  / 20” x 22”

Fat Quarters are a 50cm length which is (times the width of the bolt) which is split in halfway along the width to give 56cm/22”

Some fabrics may have slightly different dimension due to the width of different bolts of fabrics. 

For more information about our fabric sizing, please click here

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