The one thing about area, it has a good selection of good quilt stores. Quilter's quarters used to be in Leavenworth, closed, but I hear another quilt/sewing shop has opened at the same location. Haven't visited yet.
If you don.t mind going into KS (it's a hour's drive of NKC), they have some pretty good shops as well.
Highwy 36, toward Hamilton and well beyond has a shop hop going on during the summer. Check it out on the internet.