Welcome to Kim’s teacher page!
Here you’ll find:
- Her Tips & Tools for Scraps video
- Details about the class she’s teaching
- A link to a free class bonus
- Her contribution to the Scrap Success Bundle
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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Teachers were asked to give their definition of a scrap, show projects made with scraps, share organizational strategies, and mention their favorite scrap tools and books. You may hear some or all of these helpful tidbits in this Tips and Tools video.
Kim’s Class
WHEN: Monday, November 9, 2026*
10 minutes
All levels
Planning Projects With Your Leftovers
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.
*This class becomes available at 9:00am CST (UTC -6) on the day listed above and is online for free viewing for 48 hours. CONVERT THE TIME TO YOUR TIME ZONE to ensure you don’t miss it.
Free for All Attendees
- Class Bonus – Scrappy Leftovers Broken Dishes Plan
Questions, comments, or 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
Want to enjoy the classes and not feel rushed?
Watch (and rewatch) the classes whenever you want.
With the Scrap Success Bundle, you get:
- Extended access to ALL classes AND the Tips and Tools videos so you can watch on your schedule and revisit whenever you want, with no expiration date. ($1276 value)
- 16 amazing teacher bonuses for more scrap inspiration ($231 value)
- Transcripts of ALL classes AND tips and Tools videos ($80 value)
- Exclusive coupon for the Sewing Rhythm™, a brand new course by Nicki Hibbits, the summit host ($47 value)
- Scrap Summit branded printable and digital 2026 Note-Taking Worksheets ($20 value)
The Bundle is only available until November 20, so don’t wait.
Conquer Your Fabric Scraps Summit is sponsored by
