Wake Up To Kona Day 6 and a Giveaway!

Plus 2 extra days - January 20 and 21

Panic set in Monday morning when I woke up to a computer problem.  ACK!!!!!!!!  My post wasn't written and I didn't want to be a no show for the Kona blog hop.  There's never a good time to have computer problems but the problem could have waited until tomorrow.  Fortunately I was able to repair the problem, but it took a while.  Hopefully this taught me a lesson to not wait until the last minute to write my blog hop posts.  BWAAAAA HAAAAA HAAAAA!

Kudos to Madame Samm (Sew We Quilt) and Carol (Just Let Me Quilt) for everything they did and are doing behind the scenes to make the Wake Up to Kona Blog Hop successful.  Thank you to the sponsors Amanda Murphy, Robert Kaufman Kona, and Aurifil.

I had a heck of a time coming up with something to make just using Kona solids.  It really was harder than I thought it would be.  Then, lo and behold, one morning while drinking my coffee it hit me smack dab in the middle of my head.  BAM!  

Here is the inspiration for my creation.

Almost every morning for many years this mug has been filled with some hot coffee.  This was a gift from a woman I used to work with.  Some of the people I worked with called me "Sunshine" so this was/is a perfect mug for me.

My idea was to make a mug rug to match my mug.  My project may be small, but it's something I haven't made before and will be quite useful. 

Using three shades of blue Kona, I did the quilt-as-you-go method to make the background and fell in love with the process.  This is something I haven't tried before and would love to make a larger project using this method.  

Now how about a little giveaway.  A charm pack of Eat Your Fruits n' Veggies.

To be eligible to win just leave a comment.  For a second chance to win, leave me another comment telling me how you follow my blog ... either Google Friends Connect or email. Easy peasy.  Enter by midnight on January 22. The winner will be contacted via email on January 23.  Good luck!

Thank you for stopping by to see what I made using Kona solids.  Here's the list of the rest of the hoppers for today.

January 14

Sew Me Something Good

Sew Peace to Peace (that's me)

Quilting Prolifically

Linda D. (shown on Just Let Me Quilt)

In The Boon Docks

The Cosmic Quilter

Until next time, Peace.


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