Monday, August 1, 2011

Robert Kaufman No Prints Allowed Challenge

The Las Vegas Modern Quilt Guild participated in the Robert Kaufman Kona "No Prints Allowed" Challenge.  We each received a charm pack of the Kona Classic Palette and we were allowed to add 1-2 solid prints.  I don't have an official name for my quilt, but I've been calling it my Rainbow Flower Quilt.  I really had so much fun making this.  It's bright and cheerful and a big rainbow.  Who doesn't love rainbows?


This is the Classic Kona Charm Square pack I started with. I was a bit terrified to cut into it.  I was hoping I didn't get half way through it and realized I made a mistake or hated it or wanted to change my idea.


After making the petals, I rearranged them about a 1,000 times on my floor and had my friends vote for the favorite.  (fyi - image A below won)


Then I played with the sashing width for another day and another 1,000 arrangements on the floor.  Even though I ended up adding sashing to make the flowers, the below no-sashing layout had me paused for a few hours because I fell in love with it:


The rest of the colors ended up on the back with my label... and the fly-away petal on the top left.  I spent a good hour getting the flower on the bottom right to line up with the one on the top so my quilt lines would match up.




The dark gray is Kona Coal and the binding is Kona Medium Grey.  I intended on binding it in more Kona Coal, but as I was throwing fabric around (I'm messy) the Medium Grey happened to land on my quilt top.  I saw the combo from across the room in passing and knew it was even better!




All of the Las Vegas Modern Quilt Guild Kona Challenge Quilts have been posted on Flickr.   (I wish I could have been there to see them all in person!) They are all so amazing and I'm so lucky to be part of this guild!

11 comments:

  1. Nice job. This really turned out great.

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  2. I love the pictures in the daylight! I only saw your quilt under the yucky lights at nighttime... this looks awesome! And I love getting to hear about the process... I'm glad I'm not the only one who obsessed about my layout!

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  3. Do you have a pattern or tutorial for this block you could direct me to? Or how big are the squares you used to make the triangles on the 2 corners of each colored charm?

    I have a pack of Kona Brights and would love love LOVE to recreate this in a similar manner, so pretty!

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  4. I love it!! You are so talented! Hope to see you in August.

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  5. Your quilt is really gorgeous! Everyone remarked on the quilting, it really adds to the overall appeal!

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  6. Your setting was very original and it turned out awesome!!! Great job!

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  7. Cola, your quilt is featured as a favorite on incolororder.blogspot.com....one of my favorite sites!!! Yeah!

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  8. I love your work and this quilt came out wonderful. Hope to see you at the end of the month.

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  9. I love this quilt - did you make it up as you went along or did you have a pattern you worked from? I'd like to use it for a quilting charity I'm in (do. Good Stitches). Thanks!

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  10. Lovely and am sypatico with your process of deciding on piece placement... all part of the fun!

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  11. Lovely and am sypatico with your process of deciding on piece placement... all part of the fun!

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