Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Wake Up Kona Blog Hop - My ode to Kona - SPLASH!!


I would like to take the time to thank our wonderful sponsers and the admirable ladies behind the blog hop who have made it a success. Hats off to you girls. 

I love Kona solids. I also love precuts.

I love the fabric so much I enjoy perusing my Kona colour card for just the right solid. 

When I saw the request to join the Wake Up to Kona blog hop I could not resist. I had a Kona brights jelly roll. Why not make a dint in my stash. I also raided my Kona stash for the backing and binding.

The best thing about using pre cuts for me is that I love that when you use a pre cut there is not much waste. My quilt top was made with no waste. I was able to use up the entire jelly. Each strip made 2 blocks. I had 82 blocks for this quilt. I used 81 on the top and 1 for the label on the back for something different.

Drum roll please!!!! Introducing SPLASH!!

This quilt top reminds me of splashes of colour. I joked with one of my girlfriends that she would need a pair of sunglasses for this one. My husband agrees with me

The quilt finished at 56" Square. I used a Kona new Brights jelly roll, Kona Peacock for the backing and Kona Coal for the binding.

It was quilted using straight line quilting with Wonderfil 50wt variegated thread.


Whilst you are perusing another Kona inspiration, go and check out some of the ladies posting on this day was well.



90 comments:

  1. The bright palette is so fun. This quilt is so full of color love. The one patch on the back just makes this quilt sing even more.

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  2. Love your Splash quilt! The bright colors are sew cheery. Thank you for sharing.

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  3. Beautiful and bright! I love the extra block on the back too!

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  4. This looks beautiful! Love the splash of color

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  5. Wow! That is one awesome colorsplash! I "almost" had to put my sunglasses on too it being so dizzy in winter right now! Great job. I like the glimpse of the back too.

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  6. Sehr schön als Babyquilt, die Farben kommen sehr schön raus.
    Gruß Sylvia

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  7. Fun, bright and beautiful! Wonderful job!

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  8. Lovely quilt...I've been considering picking up a Kona brights jelly roll...it is just so hard to choose just one they are all fantastic LOL Great use of colour...and I love your quilting.

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  9. It is a fun, colorful quilt! Kona bright JRs are so fun to play with.

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  10. ohhh yes what a delightful splash you made here today….your quilting is lovely too…
    don't you just working on solids…changed my mind completely allllll you did for us..

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  11. Simply beautiful - thanks for sharing.

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  12. Your color splash is so awesome with a lovely quilting. Thanks for sharing your creativity.

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  13. That's a splash of wonderfulness! I love the straight quilting.

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  14. What a great quilt, so bright and fun. Great job!

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  15. Gorgeous! Love all the different colored blocks. This is a great quilt!

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  16. I love all those bright Kona colors and your quilt design. It made a beautiful quilt! Thanks for hopping with us!

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  17. I love those bright colors! What a beautiful quilt!

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  18. Oh this is delightful!!! Love all those bright colors.

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  19. Love your quilt! Color blocking is always awesome!

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  20. The Kona Brights is perfect for that quilt. svonfumetti at yahoo dot com

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  21. Can only view this quilt while wearing sunglases! This is gorgeous!

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  22. EXCITING! Great quilt for someone in the dead of winter. I can feel the heat right through the computer monitor!

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  23. Love your quilt. Using the brights is wonderful. Great job.

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  24. Stunning, and such a happy quilt too!

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  25. Beautiful and bright! I love the simplicity of the design and the quilting. Great quilt. Thanks for sharing the details of how you made it ... :) Pat

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  26. I love color so I think this is my favorite quilt on this hop!

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  27. You've done a spectacular job using the Kona fabrics! Wow!!

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  28. Beautiful, Kylie! What a cheerful, bold, graphic creation!
    Great job!

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  29. I love it! The bright, beautiful Konas are so pretty. Great job on using the jelly roll - I need to give that a try!

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  30. So cheerful!!! Love the colors!!! Great job!

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  31. Splish Splash, what a gas! This one just jumps off my computer screen. Incredible color! I have no idea why, that that goofy old song Splish Splash I was takin a bath, is now running thru my mind, and will likely get stuck there all day. Not that your quilt has anything to do with baths??? Great job!

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  32. Wow this is wonderful, the colors just make it pop. You did a fantastic job. Thanks for sharing and inspiring.

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  33. Lots of primary colors--great for a kids quilt. Nicely done.

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  34. Fabulous!
    I love the bright colours!!

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  35. Kylie, this is wonderful! Love those bright colours - such a joyful quilt. Thanks so much for sharing and inspiring us today.

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  36. Love it! so bright and cheerful! Thanks for sharing it. vickise at gmail dot com

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  37. I think it is beautiful...bright and beautiful. I made a bright quilt once and my husband also said he needed sunglasses to look. I put it on my porch swing and everyone says how it brightened the porch. Where ever it finds a home...
    It is going to brighten that room up!

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  38. This is gorgeous! I am not normally a fan of bright colors but this looks terrific.
    Great job and thank you for sharing!
    xo jan

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  39. That is a perfect name for this quilt! I love bright colors, they make me happy. This quilt is beautiful. Thank you for sharing. You made me happy today!

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  40. I love rainbow colored quilts and yours is just beautiful.

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  41. Love the bright colors…very pretty! Thanks for sharing :)

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  42. Such a happy quilt with the beautiful bright colors. It's beautiful!

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  43. Your Splash of Kona color quilt is stunning and cheerful. Thank you sew much for hopping...

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  44. Really nice! Love the name. It's wonderfully bright, but that's perfect for the winter - which you might not be having, since I see the picture on green grass! =)

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  45. I love the bright colors and they way you mixed them. Great quilt.

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  46. It's so fun and vibrant - Splash is such a great name!!

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  47. What a wonderful quilt! It is so bright and cheerful! Great job.
    cheers
    maggie

    maggiemine42@gmail.com

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  48. This has always been one of my favorite quilt designs. I LOVE all the color!

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  49. This is a simple and well done design...love your colors. Happy New Year from Oklahoma, USA. crystalbluern at onlineok dot com

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  50. I absolutely love bright colors! This is GORGEOUS! Very very nice and I am so glad you shared!

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  51. What wonderful colors, I love this quilt!

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  52. Kylie, What a fun way to celebrate winter, thanks so much for sharing your projects. K

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  53. What a great use of the Brights jelly roll - very fun!
    Amanda

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  54. I like how you put your label on the back. And, those brights definitely turn out a vibrant quilt - perfect to brighten up winter :-)

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  55. It amazes me how something so "simple" can be so beautiful! Love it. :)

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  56. Love this hop. So many beautiful creations.

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  57. Now that I have my sunglasses on ;) Love your splashes quilt,and that you had no waste/scrap fabric left! Great job on the quilting too,thanks for sharing.

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  58. Love the colours and the quilt design.

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  59. Very beautiful, love the colours ,thanks for sharing.

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  60. So bright and cheery! I really love this quilt, the fabrics and the design. Beautiful work!

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  61. Beautiful quilt!! Love the bright colors! so nice for a gray winter day too!! Grrrreat job!

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  62. I love all the bright, flashy colors in your quilt. It rather reminds me of the background of your blog. I really love the modern look to this quilt.

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  63. those colors really pop together. Loving it.

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  64. Splash is an eye catcher. Great work. Thanks for sharing.

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  65. Its so nice to not worry about "matching;" in this design, the more fabrics the better! Gorgeous!

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  66. love all your bright kona colors on the quilt ... perfect of long winter evenings!

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  67. Splash is a beautiful quilt with beautiful colors. I have that jelly roll and its great to see a quilt made from it. I'm not always good at visualizing what the colors will look like till I have them side by side.....now I know and I like it!

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  68. A splash of color indeed! Such a bright and fun quilt!

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  69. Love the colors the pattern is a nice new twist to simple blocks I love nine patch and will have to keep this pattern in mind. Thanks for sharing

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  70. This is a great pattern for the brights!

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  71. Gorgeous rainbow of colour! Splash is the perfect name! What a great pattern for using a jelly roll. Thanks so much for sharing your process!

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  72. Love! textilerecycler (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  73. Love the quilt! The bright colors are so fun, and happy during these winter months. Thank you for sharing!

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  74. Great quilt! That would be just perfect for any child for sure.

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  75. What a happy quilt! I love the bright colors! Thank you for sharing!

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  76. Thanks for sharing this lovely quilt :-) Great work!

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  77. Oh how wonderful! Beautiful, bright and fun. :) blessings, marlene

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  78. Great quilt! It looks so great in the solids. Lets the design stand out. Sometimes in prints I think the squares get lost. Beautiful:)

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  79. Your quilting was a perfecr choice - great quilt!

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  80. That is one really big splash of bright colors and I love it. Nicely done.

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  81. Oooo, I love Splash! Fantastic job!

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