I finally broke down and bought a Kona color chart from Kathy! I have been wanting one for awhile, but they seem to go out of stock so fast. As soon as I noticed she had more in stock, I grabbed one right away.
I have taken several color classes – fabric and art-specific – over the years, so I love playing with the traditional color wheel. I could just stare at all these luscious colors on this big chart for hours. I can see why Ashley brought one with her on vacation!
This color chart is so much bigger than I realized. It opens not just once,
not just twice,
but a third time.
Oh yeah, did you notice I ordered a few solids in spring colors to accompany this chart on its journey to my house?
I don’t have a big stash of solids, but I love working with them in so many different sewing projects. I usually order Bella solids from Anina’s store, but since I was ordering the color chart, I decided to try a small stash of these lovely solids.
While bumming around on my lunch hour this week, I discovered a selection of these very solids at the local Hancock Fabric store. They seemed to have a pretty good range (which didn’t completely fit in the picture above), so I should be able to stock up on a few more as needed. As needed, yah, right! I can’t wait to go back and get more, after I study my chart for awhile longer.
Terri's Notebook 
I love color! Thanks for mentioning my store.
I’ll be stocking Bella Color Charts as soon as they update them to include their latest colors.
Have fun!
yay! glad you bought one – don’t you love it?! and those are some lovely spring solids you picked!!
When I first started quilting, I was all “Bah, Humbug” about solids. That lasted about five minutes! What was I thinking? Like always, I can’t wait to see what you do with all those beautiful colors, Terri!
I love my Moda Bella solids color samples…it helps so much in ordering. And after attending Becky’s lecture last week on color I really want to buy a color wheel…do you have one? Have you seen any on-line that you’d recommend?
I love mine (http://homemadepineapplemarshmallows.wordpress.com/2010/01/16/jealous/) too 🙂 seems like such a guilty pleasure but I can spend many happy hours matching and looking at colors and fabrics!
LOL — and now they are out of stock again! One of these days I am going to get one of those for myself. This year I am going to play with solid colors!
joan
I love the Kona cottons. I’ll have to look for a chart myself!
I love the new spring colors you chose, I can’t wait to see what you make with them!
What a great idea to buy a color chart, a good way to match fabrics in your stash. Love those pretty bright colors you bought.
Can’t wait to see what you do with this Kona cloth I also love it and have it in serveral colors. It really works up nice in my quilts. I think you will like working with it. Have fun and enjoy
How inspiring! I want one too…
This is on my wish list. I picked up a few Kona solids at our Hancocks while they were half off. Love ’em!
love your beautiful solids!!!
I hope to get more into solids this year after seeing so many wonderful modern quilts. Having a colour chart would be certainly make finding the right shade easier.