color of the year

Pantone Quilt Challenge, 2024 from Ellyn's Place

Well, I sure didn't mean to step away from my blog for months and months, but here we are! I have no excuses really and lots to share with you so let's get to it, shall we?

My most recent quilt finish is Seasons in the Sun, my entry for the Pantone Quilt Challenge this year. In case this challenge is new to you, Pantone chooses a color of the year ever year, this year it is Peach Fuzz. Not really a favorite color of mine, but when you combine it with shades of teal and aqua anything ...

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Pantone Quilt Challenge 2023 from Ellyn's Place

I love participating in the Pantone color of the year quilt challenge and have made a quilt just about every year since I learned about it! This year the color of the year is Viva Magenta. Sarah and Elizabeth hosted a challenge and I am happy to share my finished quilt.

My intention was to simply make a wonky square in a square quilt and call it good enough. ahhhh intentions! When I got this pieced together I knew it wasn't done. First of all my "wonky" blocks were not wonky enough! It looked like I had tried unsuccessfully ...

added by Ellyn 11 months, 4 weeks ago. under challenges , color of the year , improv , quilt

Color of the Year 2021 from Ellyn's Place

I always look forward to the announcement of Pantone's color of the year. This year's colors really resonated with me...

Pantone's swatches for its latest Colors of the Year: Illuminating, a vibrant light yellow, and Ultimate Gray, the first neutral shade to ever be selected.

Illuminating and Ultimate Gray. Both beautiful, separately and together. In fact, I have decorated my guest bedroom and bath in these colors. So it felt good to dive in and use them together in a small quilt. Small because the McKinney Modern Quilt Guild will be displaying them in the display case at the library again this year, as we did in 2019.

I actually made my quilt several months ago. After I pattern tested my friend Jane ...

added by Ellyn 2 years, 7 months ago. under bloggers , challenges , color , color of the year , mckmqg , quilt

Sparkle from Ellyn's Place

My friend Jayne (Twiggy and Opal) has released a new quilt pattern today and it's a winner! I was so thankful that she asked me to test it out for her. I had so much fun with it and just love the finished quilt top....

You can (and really should!) purchase a copy of the pattern here.

I had so much fun with the design I decided to see how small I could go with the blocks. The other day I made this two color block...

which led me to pulling out the pantone colors of the year.... Ultimate ...

added by Ellyn 2 years, 11 months ago. under color of the year , friend , pattern testing , quilt

Kona Color of the Year: Horizon from Fabrics 'n Flowers

It’s that time of the year! Have you chosen a color of the year for your personal creative works? I

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colors of the year from Ellyn's Place

When the 2020 colors of the year were announced at the end of last year I stocked up on both solids knowing I would want to do something fun. What beautiful colors they are! Perhaps the best thing to come out of 2020.

Kona Enchanted, a beautiful deep green with a hint of blue tone....

And Pantone Classic Blue. A gorgeous true blue! Per Debbie's advice (she always does such a good job evaluating the options) I opted for Kona Regatta.

At first my plan was to use just the Regatta and Kona White for my little quilt for ...

added by Ellyn 3 years, 8 months ago. under color of the year , quilting , quilts

Introducing the KONA Color of the Year 2020 from Fat Quarter Shop's Jolly Jabber

The 2020 KONA Color of the Year is here and we have sew many quilts ready for it! The gorgeous color is one of our new favorites and reminds us of rich, emerald jewels! This year’s color of the year is Enchanted, a beautiful, deep color we cannot keep our eyes off of and cannot wait to start using in our quilty projects! Robert Kaufman’s quilting cotton line, KONA Cottons, identifies one color every year to make their color of the year and designs free patterns and projects to display the bright color chosen to represent that year ...

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Color of the Year quilts on display from Ellyn's Place

You might remember my color of the year quilts I shared earlier in the year, "mirror image". They were made with the Kona color of the year, Splash, and the Pantone color of the year, Living Coral. I made them as part of a challenge with the McKinney Modern Quilt Guild. Here are most of the other quilts and their makers...

This month the quilts are all hanging in a display case at The Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Public Library in McKinney, TX. Hubby and I went to check it out the other day...

Alice and Catherine, guild members ...

added by Ellyn 4 years, 6 months ago. under color , color of the year , mckmqg , quilts

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