30 Quilts for 30 Years - Bloghop & Giveaway
Robert Kaufman is celebrating it's Kona Cotton 30th Anniversary the entire month of November with 30 different designers, 30 quilts and a 30 day blog hop. Each day, one of the 30 quilt designers featured in the 30 Quilts for 30 Years Lookbook, will share their Kona quilt and today is our day! We will share some fun details of our Diamond Detour quilt and have a giveaway!
We were really excited when Nichole from Robert Kaufman contacted us early this summer to see if we would like to design a quilt for the Kona Cotton Lookbook. We love deadlines, and this was the perfect motivation to get a quilt pattern finished before the week of Quilt Market!
These smaller diamonds were the perfect way to display a plethora of our favorite Kona Cotton colors. Choosing from 303 colors was not any easy feat, but we finally settled on bright saturated colors on a dark background. We used Cerise, Pomegranate, Honeysuckle, Watermelon, Tangerine, Torch, School Bus, Sunny, Corn Yellow, Citrus, Wasabi, Chartreuse, Parrot, Sour Apple, Cypress, Breakers, Lagoon, Copen, Lavender, Violet and Geranium for the diamonds and Pepper for the background.
The Diamond Detour quilt pattern is available here in PDF and paper formats.
There are so many gorgeous quilts in this group, but one of my favorites is North and South designed by Nichole Ramirez! The combination of triangles, zigzags and colors is to die for!
Now for the giveaway. One lucky winner will receive a Diamond Detour pattern and a Summer '13 charm pack! To enter, just leave a comment on this post with your favorite Kona color to be entered to win! My favorite is Wasabi! Entry is open for 24 hours and will close tomorrow at 12:00 AM US mountain standard time.
Don't forget to stop by the other blogs on the hop to see some beautiful quilts! Below is a list of all the blogs =]
Week 1:
Saturday, November 1st: Johanna Masko
Sunday, November 2nd: Alyssa of Aria Lane
Monday, November 3rd: Dorie of Tumblingblocks
Tuesday, November 4th: Megan of Canoe Ridge Creations
Wednesday, November 5th: Daniela of Cozy Quilt Designs
Thursday, November 6th: Faith of Fresh Lemons Quilts
Friday, November 7th: Anita Grossman Solomon
Saturday, November 8th: Debbie of Esch House Quilts
Week 2:
Sunday, November 9th: Alex of Teaginny
Monday, November 10th: Darlene Zimmerman
Tuesday, November 11th: Nichole Ramirez
Wednesday, November 12th: Rita Hodge of Red Pepper Quilts
Thursday, November 13th: Lee of Freshly Pieced
Friday, November 14th: Julie of Jaybird Quilts
Saturday, November 15th: Latifah of The Quilt Engineer
Week 3:
Sunday. November 16th: Elizabeth Hartman
Monday, November 17th: Erica of Kitchen Table Quilting
Tuesday, November 18th: Karrie of Freckled Whimsy
Wednesday, November 19th: Valori Wells
Thursday, November 20th: Marilyn of Quilt Moments
Friday, November 21st: Cortney Heimerl
Saturday, November 22nd: Shayla and Kristy of Sassafras Lane Designs - that's us!
Week 4:
Sunday, November 23rd: Shea of Empty Bobbin Sewing
Monday, November 24th: Carrie Strine
Tuesday, November 25th: Rachel of Stitched in Color
Wednesday, November 26th: Liz of Lady Harvatine
Saturday, November 29th: Carolyn Friedlander
Week 5:
Sunday, November 30th: Elizabeth of Don’t Call Me Betsy
Monday, December 1st: Emily of Carolina Patchworks
Tuesday, December 2nd: Ken Kaufman
Wednesday, December 3rd: Grand Finale!
Thanks for stopping by!
Comments
jmj said:
Great quilt and fantastic quilting!!! Thanks for sharing!
SewCalGal said:
What a beautiful modern quilt design. Total #quiltlove.
I’ve used Kona Cotton since it was lst released and love it all. Snow, White and Ash are the colors I use the most, but I love Tomato, Papaya, Cyan, Torch, and so many other colors. I even made a Kingsize Hawaiian quilt with Periwinkle (blue) so you could probably say I love all Kona Cotton colors.
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Janie said:
My color of choice has always been purple. Lovely quilt. Thanks for the chance.
Maryellen said:
Great quilt! It really shows the colors well. My favorite right now is Geranium. I love the names. Fun! Thanks.
Afton said:
My favorite was meant to be mint! (I find bad puns irresistible.)
Julie A. said:
Sunny is my favorite.
sunny said:
Congrats on being included in the 30 Quilts for 30 Years – your Diamond Detour is stunning! I color that I’m particularly liking right now is Pear – hoping to win the giveaway!
Barcelo katia said:
I like pomegranate. Such a great choice of colours !
Warm qùilt !
VIckiT said:
My favorite is Tulip.
I really like your quilt. I too, have to agree about the quilt “North and South”. That’s one of my favorite as well.
Lori Morton said:
Your Quilt is AWESOME!!!!! Love it!!! My favorite color is Kiwi …for now…lol (Do love them all !)
Natalie said:
I like one of the new colors, Parrot.
Lesley said:
I like pomegranate
Dortha said:
I love sunflower and pomegranate.
Darlene Felling said:
My favorite color is the hot pink that is shown on the top the charm pack pictured in your blog. My standard, always on hand is the “snow” white. Thank you
Carmen said:
I like Parrot
JoAnne T. said:
If I have to pick just one color, it has to be Lagoon, that blue is fantastic!
Debb Hulseman said:
I love love love your quilt! My favorite new color is Niagra
Elaine M. said:
So many colours to choose from but I do like Honeysuckle.
Mary Ann said:
I generally dont’t care for orange, but love the fabric school bus.
Clara Chandler said:
Spectacular colors in the Diamond Detour quilt!! I’d choose Lagoon as my favorite of the Kona colors…just the name gives a picture of beautiful, blue ocean water. Thanks for the chance to win some fabric and the pattern.
Tamie said:
I’m liking Lagoon today.
Linda Dyer said:
It’s hard to chose a favorite but I’ll pick Cerise. Love your quilt designs.
Charity said:
I have always liked cerise!
Mary O. said:
Cerise is one of my favorite colors.
Tabitha Keener said:
My favorite is Snow! It really is hard to choose because I love them all so I went for the one I use the most. I’ve been wanting that quilt pattern too, so I hope I win! Thanks so much!
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Linda Webster said:
My favourite Moda colour is Snow.
Jeannie said:
I love them all! They look so great with this pattern!
barbara woods said:
White is the one I use the most
Rina said:
My favorite is Azure but I always have Snow and Parchment and Stone on hand for backgrounds.
Michele said:
My current favorite is pomagranite
Karen Hurst said:
I like pickle! Pretty quilt!
Debby E said:
Today my favorite is pomegranate – I usually lean toward all shades of blues but I like to switch up every now and then! Thanks for the chance to win!\ ;)
Andrea said:
I love crocus right now, but will be taking a closer look at lavender now. Thanks for the opportunity!
Kim S said:
so hard to choose. Parrot is my favorite right now.
Jessica said:
Love the vibrant colors in your quilt! I can’t claim a favorite Kona color, but I certainly use a lot of Kona Silver.
Julee Prose said:
they are all so beautiful…really can’t pick just one.
Jean Rasmussen said:
Black!
Ellee said:
Lagoon is my current favorite Kona — of course, I’m liable to change my mind at any time. Actually, all the blues are yummy!
Mandy said:
There’s something about Cerise that gets me every time!
Claire said:
My favorite is whichever one I am fondling at any given moment. I do need to get a color card so it is easier to order online (accurately) . I love the colors you selected for Diamond Detour!
Maja said:
Love bright pink, as much as my daughters do :)
Betty Woodlee said:
My favorite Kona Cotton color is Ice Frappe. Love you quilt.
Regina D. said:
Love the violet! Your quilt is gorgeous and love your blog! Thanks for sharing your talents!
Liz said:
Hard to pick a favorite. I like them used together. Copen is my favorite today.
pam said:
Wasn’t … plus all the grays and oranges … oh and the rest of the yellow greens!
Vicki H said:
I love your quilt pattern and HST.
Kimberly M said:
Love your quilt. As you know, ‘diamonds are a (quilter) girl’s best friend’!
bee said:
Kona colors are so inspiring! I want to buy them all when at the fabric shop. my fav. to use is Medium grey – a perfect background for those bright shades.
Gidget said:
Love the yellows so definitely Sunflower!
Deb said:
Love anything purple so I’ll pick the Violet.