I am super excited to share this quilt with you! I got to work with the wonderful people at Robert Kaufman to make a new quilt using the amazing palette that is Kona cottons. Why? Because Kona is turning 30 and they’re having a party! They want to give you a present!
Quilt first, present later.
When I sat down to make Rock Jetties, I knew I wanted to make a row quilt. I had been having a lot of fun playing with this style in both my Somewhat Herringbone quilt and my Fresh Pack quilt. I love blue and gray and I usually head to these colors first. For this quilt, where I could use ANY of the many Kona colors, I wanted to ratchet up the intensity a little. I went to tide pools for my inspiration, and thought of the shore where I grew up and the beaches on a recent trip to Israel. The ocean’s darker deeper colors are brightened up with seaweed and reflections of intense blue skies. I wanted to get a little bit of all of that in this quilt. The Kona colors I used are silver, iron, bonsai, cactus, aloe, ice frappe, celestial, prussian, indigo, aqua, azure, and graphite.
My quilt was quilted by the amazing Angela Walters, which is giving me gah-gah eyes to this day. It is unbelievably good. The quilt has big chunks of geometric color, and I love how the quilting enhances the organization of the shapes and tells a more detailed story.
The pattern for Rock Jetties is available free on the Robert Kaufman website, right here.
Now the present. You might know that Kona just came out with new colors, which brings the total number of Kona cottons up to 303. (Woah.) We’re giving away a charm pack of the new colors – just leave a comment on this post with your favorite Kona color to be entered to win! Entry is only open for 24 hours and will close tomorrow at 10:00 AM US eastern time.
I am just the third stop on a 30 stop blog tour of all the amazing quilts that Robert Kaufman and some seriously talented people have created for the Kona celebration. I particularly love the quilts by Carrie Strine and Lady Harvatine. And, I’m pretty sure those two quilts love each other too. They are page mates in the 30th Anniversary look book!
Follow the whole tour! Much more to see!
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
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!
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Looks like I am first. I am loving the new colors that Kona has come out with. It amazes me what fantastic quilts can be made with solid colors. I use solid colors, but I have never done an entire quilt in all solids.
I forgot to say that I love Ultra Marine Green.
my (current) favorite is cerise!
I really love Kona Robin Egg. But I’m sure I haven’t seen all the colors — 303, that’s a lot!
My favorites are Breakers and Pomegranate.
HELIOTROPE is my favorite.
My favorite is Goldfish.
Parrot is my favorite.
Limestone! Great neutral.
Kona pomegranate. Love a pop of color. Your quilt is beautiful.
I absolutely adore all the Kona colors and the fabric is “sew” soft. “Crocus” is my fave of all.
beautiful quilt, the quilting is seriously amazing! I love Mediterranean, Kona do some great blues!
I can’t believe that there are 303 Kona solid colours – whoa indeed!! If I had to pick only one it would be Sangria to be my very favorite!!
I am forever a fan of charcoal. I love it as my neutral in quilts.
Beautiful quilt! Pond is my favorite color!
Love the pomegranate! Would love to win!
HELLO,love Kona Robin Eggs Blue !
Thanks for a neat giveaway!
They are all beautiful, but my favorite is Ultramarine. Thanks!
I love aqua. Thanks for the chance.
I use kona turquoise in a lot of my quilts.
Your quilt is so pretty. So good. So everything. I love Kona Curry with the heat of a thousand fires.
I really like the row quilt right now as well. I followed several state’s Row by Row Experience and they were all very unique. Thanks for the opportunity!
Love to colors you chose- so pretty together! I love Kona Sunflower. Thanks for the chance to win!
Love your row quilt! I love greys and blues! Great design!
Love the Cabbage as well but my favorite Kona fabric color is the K001-1039 Bordeaux.
Sprout!
1066 Cerise, obviously…. Love the quilt!
LOVING the new color Limelight!
Peridot is my favorite; I love all things green!!
Kona, Kona, Kona, each one representing 100 fabulous colors. Who wouldn’t want to have more of their luscious colors to work with? Thanks so much for the giveaway opportunity.
PICKLE looks yummy
So many beautiful colours but of the new ones, ultramarine caught my eye!
Surf! Love the quilting in your quilt!
Iced Frappe
Very cool quilt, and I love the name of it. I would pick “Jade Green”.
love the quilt, i really like bold geo shapes, be checkin out your blog more for sure, and no way can i pick one color, i haven’t even seen the new ones yet, my favorite could be one of them lol
My current favorite color is watermelon. I like the geometric pattern of your quilt and the quilting is spectacular. Tthanks for the chance to win.
I love them all. But I will pick Sangria. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
I’m really in the mood for Kona Cotton Watermelon, K001-1384, today!
Wow! So many beautiful choices, but after changing my mind a dozen times, I have to go with Jamaica.
Beautiful use of the Kona colors. Thank you for sharing.
I love all the Kona colors, it is so hard to choose. I Love Tulip, but I would say I use Coal the most. It is just such a wonderful grey!
I love, love, love Kona Snow!
Love periwinkle! Thanks for the chance to win!
Teal is a favourite of mine.
My favorite is Green Tea.
I love your quilt. It reminds me of the mountains around Unalakleet, Alaska. I am going to make a shorter version of this quilt to represent part of the area I live in. Thank you for the wonderful design.
My favorite color is sangria.
Watermelon! Although it is very hard to choose just one.
ASTRAL is my new favorite of the Kona solids. Breakers will always be my go to color for skies and ocean water as you mentioned, it’s a deeper blue in Israel.
Thanks Dorie, your Rock Jetties quilt is truly awesome!
Just plain RED.
Lagoon is my favorite!
I love Kona Snow! I seem to use this the most but I love all of their colors! Thanks
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It is difficult to chose one, or even two. I love the Terracotta and the Titanium…. and the teal. Yes. I really grow tired of prints sometimes and just love the calmness and excitement of solids. Yes, they are both.
All the shades of purple!!
Today my favorite color is jade. My favorite neutral is ash.
What a wonderful quilt. I checked out the new colors and how hard is it to pick a favorite? I love them all. ASTRAL was the one my eyes hit on first.
I love your quilt, Dorie! It’s stunning. My new favorite Kona color is Grasshopper. big surprise, right?!?
I love these new colors. My favorite is Robin’s egg blue. It is so peaceful and calm.
My favorite is Indigo.
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