Planning Projects With Your Leftovers
Kim Ratchford
All levels
Do you save leftover fabric from finished quilts but never quite know what to do with it?
In her class, Kim Ratchford shares a practical system for turning coordinated leftovers into future quilts without needing to become a traditional scrap quilter.
You’ll learn how to organize your leftovers, recognize their possibilities, and give them a plan so they can become the beginning of something new.
Free for All Attendees
- Class Bonus – Scrappy Leftovers Broken Dishes Plan
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After watching this class, leave a love note or questions for Kim in the comments of her dedicated Facebook post.
Need help with the class bonus? Email – stitchedinpurple@gmail.com
Kim’s Scrap Success Bundle Contribution
Awards Day
Pattern
Kim Ratchford – Stitched in Purple
Turn coordinated leftovers into a meaningful quilt with the Awards Day quilt pattern. Its ribbon-inspired blocks are perfect for celebrating graduations, retirements, weddings, new babies, and other special moments. The optional Signature Block lets you stitch names, dates, messages, and memories right into the quilt.
Regular Price $15
Pattern Designer
Meet Kim Ratchford!
Kim Ratchford, owner of Stitched in Purple, is an award-winning longarm quilter, quilt pattern designer, magazine contributor, and teacher. After a lifetime of baking, crafting, and sewing — and a 30-year career in banking and finance — Kim combined her love of creativity with her eye for detail and turned quilting into a second career.
Through Stitched in Purple, Kim helps quilters enjoy making more quilts by offering approachable quilt patterns, practical teaching, and professional longarm quilting services. Her work is known for blending precision with joy, giving quilters the confidence to try new techniques while still enjoying the process.
As both a pattern designer and longarm quilter, Kim has seen hundreds of quilts up close and loves helping quilters think through the little details that make a big difference. Whether she is teaching a workshop, designing a pattern, or finishing a client’s quilt on her longarm, her goal is the same: to help quilters make beautiful quilts they are proud to share with family and friends.
➡️ Kim works with quilt guilds. To learn about what she offers, email her at stitchedinpurple@gmail.com.
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