Wake up

Good Morning - its time to Wake Up with Kona!

I must admit, I have never worked with solids - I even have trouble using them with prints, never mind by themselves. When I signed up I thought it would be a great time to use up the Jelly roll I bought ages ago. Then I looked at the Jelly roll and it wasn't Kona. Oh stink! I have less than a week to find fabric and then make something fabulous. Why didn't I check that sooner? ( because it's me) Of course last week - we were in a polar vortex and it was 16 below zero. and my driveway was very full of snow. Thankfully I had a friend who was going the right direction and she offered to pick up my fabric! (I have the best friends)To make things easier I  told her  just to grab 2 blues, 2 greens and a white.at this point I didn't really care- I just needed fabric. I still didn't have a clue what to make. 



you will meet professor Kona in a moment

Stanley doesn't care about the catnip, but he
did play with it a little

In my Hawthorne Threads Newsletter there was a pattern for catnip mice- "hey, they are solid I will try those!" Of course they are made from felt so it didn't work quite right- it took me a few tries but I got one to look ok!

 

Making the mice got my creativity jump started and I found the pattern for Owl you need is a Sewing buddy and made....

Professor Kona:

 

Professor Kona is holding all my little necessities.
I added some elastic on the one wing to hold more stuff! 



He also sells my supplies so I can't find them

I noticed with the rotary cutter covering his eye that he looked rather villainous. I believe this could be the gremlin responsible for all those sewing mishaps. 

Kekoa Pueo means Warrior Owl



Kekoa Pueo's Pet is one of the earlier attempts at the mouse
I just couldn't get the formula for the ears right



 

 

 I found this pillow on Pinterest and decided to give it a try- I really love the pattern and will definitely make it again. I made it a pillow case for my favorite reading pillow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another Pinterest find ! I fell in love with this heart

 decided to try a solid one- I found a piece of black solid in my stash- I stole it out of a kit so hopefully I will remember to replace it before trying to make that project. It is definitely NOT Kona- not good quality at all. I made a postcard ( thanks Sheila for getting me addicted to these) This picture is not the greatest. :(

Since these hearts were so small, I decided to FMQ all
 over them instead  of around the edges of each one.

 

 

 

For my last project- I was inspired by a comment left on another post- " I was expecting a coffee cup"  Since the logo for this hop is a coffee cup, I made another postcard.

 

The Best Part of Waking up is Kona in your Cup- be it coffee or fabric! Since I didn't have much color to work with  ( the yellow is a scrap of "not Kona" from my stash) I used a variegated thread for some more color and rickrack for fun.

 

 

 



the postcard backs



 

This hop was a challenge and I will definitely be adding to my solid stash and making more all solid projects! (although I still really want to add some polka dots to my owl!) Thank you Madame Samm and Carol for S t r e t c h i n g my creativity!

Be sure to check out these other GREAT Projects!

 

 

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