Tomorrow is the final day of the Wake Up to Kona blog hop at Sew We Quilt.  People have been posting such amazing projects – makes me so happy!  You can see the vast array of ideas and techniques over at the Wake Up to Kona Pinterest page as well.  (Tomorrow – the 21st – is also the last day to bid on City Lights, with all proceeds benefitting the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation.)

I thought I’d celebrate by showing one last quilt from Color Essentials.  This one is called On Pointe and it is sewn using a Kona Sunset Fat Quarter bundle.  It is pieced with Aurifil thread on my Bernina 580.  Quilting by Deborah Norris!

I hope everyone has a wonderful, colorful week.  Happy quilting!
Amanda

This winner of this giveaway, according to the random number generator, is PK Sews!  Congratulations!

Window Boxes is a fun, modern design that I pieced this summer for Quilters Newsletter Best Modern Quilts Issue.  I’m so excited to be able to share it with you here today as part of the last day their blog tour, for which they have generously sponsored a giveaway of both a magazine and a Jolie fat quarter bundle by Anna Griffin!

Some of the larger wonky windows sport just a bit of appliqué!

Window Boxes is sewn in a combination of my “Bella” and “Bonjour, Mon Ami” lines for Blend Fabrics.  I used Aurifil thread for the piecing and appliqué and Warm and White batting.  My good friend Cherry Guidry of Cherry Blossoms Quilting Studio, quilted the fun floral pattern.

“Jolie” fat quarter bundle by Anna Griffin

To enter the giveaway of a copy of the magazine and the Jolie fat quarter bundle simply leave a comment telling me about a quilting project you are currently enjoying or are excited about starting.  Deadline is tonight (Friday the 17th of January) at midnight.  One entry per person please.

And be sure to stop by Quilters Newsletter and another designer on the tour, Janet Jo Smith (a little bird told me it was her birthday today so be sure to wish her “happy birthday”), for more chances to win prizes!

Happy quilting and have a great weekend!
Amanda

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Hi everyone!  I hope you’ve been enjoying the solids projects popping up on the Wake Up to Kona Blog hop over at Sew We Quilt!  To celebrate the final week of the blog hop I’m offering up the Sunset version of City Lights as featured in Color Essentials, with proceeds going to CCFA, the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America.  (This organization is a non-profit, volunteer-driven organization dedicated to finding the cures for Crohn’s Disease and ulcerative colitis.  They are also a great resource for people living with the disease.)  Lots of people have a misconception Crohn’s disease and colitis only afflict the older population but there are millions of people of all ages who deal with these diseases on a daily basis.  Chances are you know one… or a few.

“City Lights” in the Sunset Palette (64″ x 82″)

I had a lot of fun making this quilt, and figuring out how I water to colors to flow in alternating blocks.  It is set on an Kona Amethyst background and the appliqué is done in various cool shades of Aurifil thread.  I used Warm and Natural batting for vintage feel.  Deborah Norris quilted it for me using an “Interlocking Shooting Stars” pattern by Bonnie Borseth.

I hope you like it!  If you are interested in bidding on it please visit this link!

Happy sewing!
Amanda