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Kona® Illustrator File Updated + Kona® Adobe Library
content A while back I put together an Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop Swatches file of Kona® Cotton colors. This file makes designing quilts easier in Adobe applications. Now Robert Kaufman has a whopping 340 Kona® Cotton colors! Updated Video Tutorial Swatch Changes I felt like some of the colors in the old swatches file were not quite accurate, so I went through each color one by one with...
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August Kona Cotton Fabric Club
The Kona Cotton Fabric Club bundles for August 2017 have shipped! This Month's Kona Colors This month's fabric selections are from the red color family, Kona Cotton in Wine, Rich Red, Cardinal, and Lipstick. This Month's Quilt Block This month's block is called Xanadu and was designed by Tara J. Curtis of Wefty Needle. This block uses foundation paper piecing and comes together very quickly. It finishes...
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Kona Fabric Club // Monthly Monochromatic's
Have you heard about the Pile O' Fabric Kona Fabric Club? Our monthly subscription club started in June and filled up extremely fast. I have decided to open up 18 more seats in the club if you decide to join your first package will ship by August 15th, 2017 and will include June and July's printed block patterns and the fabric and pattern...
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Kona® Illustrator Swatches File Updated
UPDATE: See new blog post and files here. A while back I put together an Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop Swatches file of Kona® Cotton colors. This file makes designing quilts easier in Adobe applications. Now Robert Kaufman has a whopping 303 Kona® Cotton colors! Updating the file to add the new colors has been on my to do list for months, but thanks to...
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Kona® Cotton to Aurifil Thread Conversion Chart Updated!
Kona® Cotton Solids now come in 303 colors, so I thought it was about time to update the Kona® Cotton to Aurifil Thread Conversion Chart that I put together a few years ago. The original list of colors was provided by Aurifil.com and I added a bunch of missing colors myself by matching up my color cards for a few hours. Aurifil has...
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Raceway Quilt // 30 Quilts for 30 Years
Robert Kaufman is celebrating it's Kona Cotton 30th anniversary the whole month of November with a fun blog hop. Each day, one of the 30 quilt designers for the "30 Quilts for 30 Years" will share their inspiration and process for making his/her Kona quilt and each designer will be hosting a Kona giveaway! I am honored to be one of the 30 designers...
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Fall Blooms Stash Bundle // Pile O' Fabric Stash Share
With days still reaching over the the hundreds here in Arizona, I am dreaming of cooler weather and fall festivities! This week I am naming the color scheme for Pile O' Fabric Stash Share, Fall Blooms. This color scheme was inspired by turning leaves, fall holidays and since I am such a sweet tooth I can't help but think of Candy Corn!...
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Fabric Giveaway Friday - Kona Essentials Bundle
This week I wanted to start off the new Fabric Giveaway Friday (which will be giveaways from my shop from now on) with a bang! This weeks prize is the Pile O' Fabric Kona Essentials Bundle of 40 Fat Quarters. With now over 300 colors in their line up, choosing which Kona Cotton colors to use as the essentials in your...
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Topple Quilt
About a year ago I finished this little mini quilt which I call Topple. For a while I wanted to create a pattern in multiple sizes, then life happened. Someday perhaps I will make a pattern, but I figured it was about time I at least share it with you. And what better time to share than when the Pantone Color of the...
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Kona® Illustrator Swatches Install Tutorial
I design all of my quilts in Adobe Illustrator before they are ever made. Most of my quilts use Kona® Cotton Solids and for the longest time I would stare at my physical color card trying to get the colors right on the computer. I probably wasted hours doing that, fed up I decided to take the time and create swatches...
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Kona® Cotton Genetics Quilt
What is the longest work in progress you have ever had? Almost 2 years ago I started a Kona® Cotton quilt. I blogged a little about it in 2012, but somehow this was that one quilt that just always got pushed to the way side when I was busy. Finally, 271 colors later, I am happy to say that it...
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A Quilt Just for me and Groovy Linky Party! ~ Totally Groovy QAL
This post is part of the Totally Groovy Quilt Along. Click here to see all of the posts and learn more about the Quilt Along. This is week twelve of the Totally Groovy QAL! I can't believe we are approaching the end of the QAL, time has completely flown by! Today submissions for the QAL will officially open with details...
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Sprout, Berry, Peapod, Pacific…Swimming in Kona!
Today I began working on a quilt I have been planning for quite some time. Thanks to the folks at Robert Kaufman for making this quilt possible! I don't wan't to give you too many details yet, but here are some pictures of what I have been working on today! Lets just say at this point I could probably name...
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For the Love of Kona! Building my Kona Stash…
So you all know I am a huge fan of KONA cotton. I love working with solids, but hardly ever have any in my stash because I usually order it on a per project basis. When I took on Marmalade Fabrics as a new sponsor I was excited because, Tammy has the perfect program for Kona lovers like me! Gemstone...
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Fabric Giveaway, and a New Sponsor! Welcome Marmalade!
Today I would like to introduce you to one of my new sponsors. I asked Tammy to share us a little bit about herself and her wonderful shop, so please Welcome the owner and creative mind of Marmalade Fabrics, Tammy Vasser. Growing up, I was introduced to quilting at an early age but none of it really stuck until I began...
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W.i.P Wednesday and a Kona Cotton Giveaway!!
Today I join Freshly Pieced for W.i.P. Wednesday to share with you my project progress this week. First off my most important accomplishment and main focus this week, as most of you know has been sitting by my little Everett's side while he was in the hospital and taking care of him. Poor little guy is only 7 weeks old...
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Patchwork Prism Quilt, Planning Colors
On Friday I got my Kona Charm Packs in the mail from the Fat Quarter Shop, so this weekend I spent time arranging my colors and planning my layout for the Patchwork Prism Quilt. This is definitely going to be one of those projects that takes a lot of planning and brainstorming! I arranged the colors into groups using...
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Patchwork Prism Quilt Along - Day 1
Well things have been really slow for me the last week or so. My family has been passing around a terrible cold, which I now have! I'm resting often, but I did take some time out yesterday for a new Quilt Along I will be joining. Yesterday was day one of the Patchwork Prism Quilt Along! The Patchwork Prism quilt...
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Project: B&W Memories Quilt, Quilting and Binding
I find that one of the hardest parts of creating a quilt, is choosing the quilting design. I am always very hesitant to start quilting as I don't want to ruin all the work I just did. In fact I have some quilt sandwiches ready to be quilted, but just sitting in my projects tub, because Im to scared to...
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Project: B&W Memories Quilt, Finishing the Quilt Top and Backing
I woke up fresh in the morning and finished my piecing, which wen't pretty smoothly. Once I had all the blocks together I pressed them all with my Mini Clover Iron, and cut them down to 9.5". Once I had all the blocks up on my design wall (someday soon I will tell you how I made the most awesome...