🌻 Kansas Quilt Pattern Spotlight: The Sunflower State

Welcome back to Brooke’s Bitchin’ Road Trip, where we’re stitching our way across the U.S. one pixel at a time 🚗💨This week, we’re stopping in Kansas — The Sunflower State, and let me tell you… this one glows.

🌻 Meet The Sunflower State Quilt Pattern

Kansas is known for its wide-open skies, endless fields, and iconic sunflowers that seem to stretch forever toward the horizon. That’s exactly the feeling I wanted to capture in this pixelated quilt design — warm, grounded, and full of heart.

For the quilt pattern cover, I chose gold yellow, orange, deep red, and green, and every color tells a little Kansas story:

• Gold yellow — the unmistakable sunflower 🌻, symbolizing warmth, resilience, and Kansas pride

• Orange — inspired by glowing prairie sunsets that light up the sky at golden hour

• Deep red — a nod to the rich soil and hardworking agricultural roots of the state

• Green — representing rolling fields, growth, and life across the plains

Together, these colors create a quilt that feels bold, welcoming, and deeply connected to the land.

👉 Interactive moment: If Kansas were a color vibe, would you say it’s Golden Glow, Prairie Sunset, or Sunflower Field Chic? Drop your answer in the comments 👇

✂️ What’s Included in The Sunflower State Quilt Pattern

Like all designs in my Home Pattern Series, this pattern was created to be fun and approachable:

• 3 quilt designs

  • One throw-size quilt

  • Two mini quilts

• Step-by-step instructions written for quilters of all skill levels

• Appliqué templates for the mini quilts

• A customizable appliqué heart so you can mark the Kansas city you call home

✨ The mini quilts are perfect for pillows, wall hangings, or collecting multiple states to turn into one unforgettable quilt.

🧵 Fabric Tips to Make Your Kansas Quilt Shine

Let’s talk fabric — because this color palette is a dream.

Try these ideas when pulling fabric for your Sunflower State quilt:

• Mix small-scale florals with solids to echo sunflower fields

• Use gold or orange batiks for extra depth and glow

• Add textured greens (linen-look or crosshatch prints are gorgeous here)

• Choose warm neutral backgrounds to let the sunflower colors pop

💡 Pro tip: This pattern is precut-friendly and stash-friendly — think of your fabric like Legos and have fun building your own Kansas masterpiece.

👉 Interactive moment: Are you team batiks, solids, or prints for this quilt? Tell me below ⬇️

🌻 Road Trip Worthy: Places to Visit in Kansas

Kansas might surprise you — in the best way. If you ever find yourself road tripping through, add these to your list:

• 🌻 Sunflower fields (late summer = peak magic)

• Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve — sweeping views and endless inspiration

• Monument Rocks — dramatic limestone formations you don’t expect to find in Kansas

• Wichita — museums, food, and artsy vibes

It’s the kind of scenery that makes you want to come home and immediately start a new quilt.

🌻 Special Road Trip Treat

To celebrate our Kansas stop, enjoy 10% off The Sunflower State Quilt Pattern!

✨ Use code SUNFLOWER at checkout(valid on printed or digital formats — for a limited time)

Kansas reminds us to stand tall, face the sun, and keep growing — one stitch at a time 🌻If you make this quilt, I’d love to see it. Tag me on Instagram @brookesbtchinstitches or send me a photo so I can cheer you on!

💬 Final interactive question: Is Kansas your home state, a favorite place you’ve visited, or one you’d love to explore someday? Let me know in the comments — I read every single one 💛

Happy stitching,

Brooke ✂️🧵