awash

Awash in color.

When I was a brand new quilter, I heard about Kona cotton solids from other bloggers.  All the many colors drew me like ants to sugar.  In 2010 I bought my first. color card and never looked back.  I've always been a Kona fan, because I'm a woman who loves options and a woman who wants the right color - not a close color, the very. Right. One. 

I think my second ever sponsor carried Kona.  Now, so many of my sponsors do and then this year I welcomed the makers of Kona, Robert Kaufman, as my first manufacturer sponsor.  These days Robert Kaufman sends me all the Kona I need.  It is heaven.  I am awash is color and good fortune.

So I want you to know that Kona and I are tight.  In fact, I have an obligation to tell you that, to be open.  But this is a partnership that most definitely fits my real self.  And even if I had to spend my hard-earned blogging pennies on Kona, I most definitely would.

This week I received a shipment from Robert Kaufman of some things I needed (including more Kona Kale for my Cobblestones quilt!).  I had asked for a new color card, since I never did get one that reflects the new 2013 colors.  What I got was this gorgeous stack of 1/4 yard cuts, each labeled with its Kona name on a sticker.  Well, thanks!

Only guess what?  These aren't the new 2013 colors - they're the new 2014 colors, releasing this August!  Oh my, happy dance!   Altogether they're deliciously saturated, with a bit of a neon tinge.  I'm thinking to make something with just the new Konas, for the pure color fun of it!

But first I have another project in the works.  These fabrics are for a quilt I'm making for my new class and in conjunction with a Kona cotton event.  It's the first time I'm making something for Robert Kaufman itself, and I'm so honored to have been asked.

More color coming up soon!