Today is my stop on the We Love Color blog tour.
I blogged a while back about the book and my quilt that is included. The book features lots of beautiful quilts!
The focus of the book is all quilts made with only Kona Cotton solids. I’m supposed to pick my favorite Kona cotton color and that’s incredibly hard to do! Do I go with the one I use the most (Coal) or with a more vibrant fun color?? I guess I’ll go with something more exciting than a neutral and pick the yellow in this quilt because I love it a lot… Butterscotch. It’s a great color!
And did you know that there are 28 great new Kona colors?
As part of the tour we were asked to feature one of the new colors, and mine is Parchment which you can see in the photo above, third from the top on the right. It’s a nice tan-ish, taupe-ish neutral. There are so many great new vibrant colors!
The book tour has been running for awhile now and is wrapping up soon but you have another chance here to win a copy of the book and a bundle of all of the 28 new Kona Cotton colors! Comment telling me what you love about sewing with solid fabrics and I’ll post a winner on July 11th. Good luck!
I like how sewing with solids makes the shapes pop – you don’t muddy the waters with print. Also, choosing colors with a color card is like choosing penny candy at the candy store. Almost. Maybe Mr. Kaufman could work on the taste a little.
I love using solids, they bring print fabric projects together, and they are also wonderful all by themselves.
I LOVVVVE the quilting designs that POP with using solids.
I love your colors! Thanks for a chance to win.
Solids do not have much agenda or baggage – girl print – boy print – flowers or monsters all only work for a smaller group but solids work for everyone.
I’ve recently started using more solids as i think they are timeless. Some prints can look dates after a while but solids… they’re really starting to steal my heart!
I love working with solids, as they seem to give more places for the eye to rest and enjoying just the quilt composition. I would say about every quilt has at least 50% of it in solids, and I love to try new shades of my standard colors.
I love the freedom that solids give. They also leave the story of the quilt to the imagination.
i’ve actually been thinking about this a lot lately, and i don’t know if this even makes sense, but for me, i like that you’re actually creating the print, instead of using prints. for example, you’ve made quilts that look plaid, but you don’t use plaid fabric. i love that!
I love that using solids allows your quilting to really POP!
I love using solids like paint to creat an image. Thanks for the chance to win.
I love that you can use solids to make a very minimalist quilt or you can use solids to provide bright saturated shapes that pop.
I have been a traditional quilter but am leaning toward adding more solids as I am being drawn into the modern quilting arena. Thnx.
I am a rather traditional quilter,who loves bright colours,and in the past, I have almost never quilted with solids. Lately, I have been reading lots of blogs on Modern quilting and I am falling in love with solids. Whatever am I going to do with my print stash?!!! I guess I will have to use it as accents to the solids I am going to start buying now!! I hope this give away will get me started!
Solids have the potential to be timeless, whereas patterned fabrics may be dated. I also like to showcase the quilting.
I love the richness of color that solids can give! Thanks for the chance to win this book.
No matter how bold my fabrics are, solids calm them down and give a place for your eyes to stop.
I really love the clean lines. And it really let’s the quilting shine through. Thanks for the chance!
I like to use solids because I like clean feel it gives quilts.
Solids highlight the design of the quilt. With all of the beautiful fabric lines out now sometimes the fabric takes center stage over the design but not with solids. Solids are also more economical to work.
I’ve been a traditional quilter, but with the new modern movement my tastes are going in a whole new direction. It’s exciting to create quilts my daughters love. Solids make the creating process SO MUCH FUN!!! Thanks for the giveaway.
I love the variety of colors! They just make me happy!
Solids give me a freedom in designing quilts: work w/ prints and without, work w/traditional quilt & w/modern… Imagination of using it is unlimited! Love it!
Solids can allow for a striking design- with or without prints.
I love how versatile solids are, whether you’re using a neutral (or not so neutral) as a place for the eyes to rest, or pops of color to move the eye across a design, there’s little a solid can’t do. My favorite way to use them is as a pop of colorful binding–cerise and grass are two of my go-to’s!
I love the solids and how bold and saturated the colors are. I would love to make something for my husband – a lap quilt for football season – he would appreciate the color and lack of flowers!
I was originally drawn to quilting after seeing the Amish style of quilting. What I love about solids are that they have that Amish appeal with a bright and modern twist.
I love how solids can be the focus of a quilt or just a background, and the myraid color combinations are so fun to play with.
I love how all the colors pop, thanks for a chance to win.
I love solids because they are so timeless. Solid quilts will not go out of style. I also love solids with a print or two or with lots of prints. I love that they are less expensive, but they really add zing because of the clean lines.
Solids make me focus on design, more than prints. I love working with solids.
I love sewing with solids because you can use them in any way shape or form and more than likely it will look great! Thanks for the chance to win!
I love solids in quilting because of how bold and graphic quilts can be. I also love the simplicity of solids; I love patterns, but sometimes they can distract and detract.
I love sewing with solids, to add contrast to the print!
I love that yellow color too! Thanks for the chance at such a great giveaway!
Have not sewn much with solids but enjoy using as accents to prints.
A favorite room I visit matches your parchment!
Solids just make such strong contrast, that is why I like them
i *love* solids. i love solids because i like the “cleanness” and simplicity of them. and while solids might be “simple,” they give you the opportunity to create something “simple” or something “complex.” i love that with solids i love how i can just focus on that color. solids are timeless.
I love the way it makes me feel so artsy when I use solids. Like I’m composing an abstract painting.
What I love about solid colors is using them against really busy coordinating fabrics. Just because it gives your eye a place to rest. And I think quilts made with all solids look like they have cleaner lines.
I like the clean, minimalist but vibrantlook solids create.
I have been quilting with prints for many years now and I am always excited when I see new fabric lines come out, but recently I find myself drawn more and more to solids like never before (except Amish quilts). Thanks for the opportunity to win this book so I can plan my first solid quilt!
I think they add a crispness to a piece. Also it gives some solid area for the eye to rest if you use a lot of busy patterns.
Everything matches.
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When I use a solid it is usually to make a bod statement, you want it to be noticed
Thanks for the chance to win 
I really love using solids for more graphic and modern quilt designs. Thanks for the chance to win!
I love how sewing with solids really lets the design stand out.
I love the way that certain combinations of solids can seam so plain alone, but just buzz when put together.
I love color! The thing I like most about quilting with Kona colors, (besides the great colors), is all of the possibilities for patterns. I like to use big stitch quilting and that type of quilting accented so beautifully on quilts using Kona solids. Thank you, Lori
Love solids and am so glad to see them “in” as a main component of a quilt! They used to be just for sashings!
Thanks for the chance to win!