

We have some exciting news today plus a special giveaway! We’re so pleased to announce the newest in Spoonflower’s lineup of fabric choices: Kona Cotton, a premium quilting-weight cotton by Robert Kaufman Fabrics. Our new quilting-weight cotton fabric balances a soft hand with a durable medium weight and a fine, smooth surface that prints beautifully. The price for the new Kona® will be the same: $16.20 per yard for your own design, or $18 per yard for marketplace fabrics.
Kona® is a brand that is already known and beloved by many quilters, but this lovely fabric lends its versatility and fine qualities to many other sewing projects, including shirts and dressmaking, children’s clothes, and home decor. This new fabric will replace our current quilting-weight cotton beginning Monday, January 23rd at 9am EST. Orders placed before Monday morning will not be printed on the new quilting-weight.
Here at the Spoonflower office, we’re loving the new quilting-weight and can’t wait for you to try some in your own design (or one of the amazing designs from the Spoonflower community) so we’re offering one very lucky winner three yards of Kona® Cotton in the print of her or his choice. To enter the drawing to receive a credit for three yards of custom-printed premium quilting-weight cotton, leave a comment on this post (or on the corresponding Facebook post) that includes your Spoonflower screen name. Entries for this giveaway close Tuesday, January 24 at 5pm EST, and we’ll announce a winner Wednesday morning. Read More About Kona® Cotton: Premium Quilting-Weight
Important note for those of you who have ordered our quilting-weight cotton from us before now: The old quilting-weight will continue to be available to you, existing customers, for the next couple of months. Previous purchasers will continue to see basic quilting-weight in the list of fabric choices, along with the new Kona®.
LOVE kona cotton! Yay! (holdenslanding)
Oh lovely new fabric! (yarndoggie)
Yes please! Sounds wonderful.
Yeah! Very happy about this! (jessab)
aw seriously? that is fantastic news! (laurels)
That’s great news! I love Kona cotton! (jenniferladd)
Oh seriously Hooray! vo aka virginiao
yay! that’s awesome! can’t wait to order more
HURRAY HURRAY HURRAY HURRAY HURRAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love Kona! Can’t wait to print something up!
This is so exciting! I love Kona. Can’t wait for my next order! (raevenfea)
it looks to be a wonderfull quality!
MariaO
can’t wait to try it! my username is youngcaptive.
Very excited to try it!
Username: katieschrader
That is so exciting!!
This is such exciting news!! Looking forward to it!
Great news with the Kona cotton, and great idea with the give-away! (Spoonflower name: leeleeandthebee)
Fantastic! (lemonadefish)
Oh I definitely need to try this! (littlekahootz)
Yes!! I would love to try this!! (audzipan)
Great news! Kona has a nice hand to it and quilts wonderfully. (Spoonflower name: craftymapmaker)
Wonderful! can’t wait to try it! (amyelyse)
How exciting! Can’t wait to see how it prints! (robyriker)
Looks great! (hojobj)
What excellent news! (naiadkitty)
This is wonderful news. (tommyandjimmy)
Free fabric is always welcome 🙂
Username dawnams
I can’t wait to try this!
Absolutely I’d love to try it. Corinne Vail
Woot! How exciting!! I can’t wait to try it, looove Kona cottons!
What’s the width of this one?… I see the onsite link does answer this: viz 42″ (the same as before).How does its weight (and stretchiness and bendiness) compare with the previous standard cotton (which has already varied a bit in its softness across the various orders I’ve made)?
… and looking at the pages side by side:
http://www.spoonflower.com/konacotton
http://www.spoonflower.com/spoonflower_fabrics
it seems this new quilting cotton is even heavier than the sateen! No thread count is given for comparison but less shrinkage is expected.
what a great giveaway. thanks for the chance to win it.
my spoonflower nick is: pepie
So exciting! 🙂
I’m so glad to know about this – time for me to start assembling my next order! (Oh, and PS: great giveaway opportunity, thanks!)
(designer name karmacranes) i would love to have a chance to win this!
So excited for this new fabric – it is gorgeous!!!! (tammikins)
So exciting!!! (howtouseart)
I love Kona! great news. thanks for the giveaway.
This is great news!
Great news! Kona wears so well and is a dream to sew with, I can’t wait to order some.
Chelsea Rogers
Great news! I love Kona! (marisa724)
Time to make some shirts! (Marrok)
That is lovely! ♥ I’d love to win. (Krab is my spoonflower ID)
Very Exciting! (mysterjay)
Mrs3Jz loves cotton!
That’s fantastic news! (alliegerlach)
super pretty! (beadgalsarita)
Exciting news! (meganreitz)
Yeah!!
Excellent news! Much nicer fabric. Can’t wait to try it with a Spoonflower design.
Love Kona fabric. (drmithome)
Great! Kona cotton to go with the Kona coffee print I want to make!! Yay! (dollie_mama)
Kona is fantastic- this is really exciting! (madfabriholic)
I love Kona cottons! Spoonflower + Kona = pure creative bliss!
(digitalmisfit)
Oooo… nice!!! Looks very cozy. 🙂 (lulakiti)
Sweet! I love kona cotton so much…very excited to try it out!
(user:lighthearts)
Excited to try this! Thanks for always being wonderful 🙂 (thelizabeth)
This is fantastic news! I can’t wait to try this out!!!!
(user: voxwoman)
What can I do to get this??
~Ravenous
Great fabric from a great company! (from erdp).
I’m not familiar with it yet, but new fabric options are fantastic!
Very exciting news! (Rachml)
How fantastic! (wendyklassen)
Wow. That is amazing. Can’t wait to feel it. The poplin I recently got was fantastic; I’m sure this will be equally good. (LemonCadet)
Great! I love kona cotton.
Way to collaborate! That’s woo cool!
Elikapeka
This is fantastic! (sheilakelly)
lovely fabric can’t wait to try it!
I love Kona…what a great addition!
Great news! Let the summer dress sewing commence! (freelancergal)
Fantastic news…Robert Kaufman Kona..be still my heart. Winning would be a dream come true.
username: auntiethesis
Great news, more fabric!
hopemarie1210
Just in time for getting the Featherweight out 🙂 (maevalentine)
amazing! i love kona cotton – this is going to be great!!
That’s fabulous- I can’t wait to give it a test run! 😀
(Squishylicious)
Great! (jahelmi)
Exciting! (marycatharine)
Wow, looks like a great upgrade! 😀
Ooh! New fabric! Looking forward to trying in out sometime.
Ooh! New fabric! Looking forward to trying in out sometime.
This is great news! I’ve been hesitant to print anything because I had heard negative reviews of the previous base cloth, but this changes everything! (thought_&_found)
Oh fantastic!! Hii I’m over heeere!!! *waving frantically*
mrshervi
Wonderful! The Kona Cotton is so lovely to sew with. (melonkelli)
Wooo! Looking forward to it 🙂
This is really cool! (jennxlynch)
Great price for yet another superior Kauffman product!!
That’s an amazing partnership idea — thanks so much for making it happen! (csiu)
Wonderful news!
I love the feel of Kona cotton and would be so happy to win some!
Just when I thought your site couldn’t get any cooler, you add Kona fabrics! Very exciting
mideva from kona,I love kona cotton
I’ve recently started using Kona and like it – I’d love to win! (cursivequeen)
Great news! Would love to try it out! (Kgrothaus)
awesome! i love kona cotton! (stellasophia)
This is fantastic news!!
fantastic! wahoo spoonflower!!
(awilldesign)
Oh wonderful. I am so excited to use Kona! (Angrias)
This is fantastic news. Sign me up! ~ Susan M.
This is great! (monaw)
VERY nice giveaway.- lydianna
Lovely! (haleystudio)
Oh how exciting…I love Kona fabric I’m a cloth doll artist and that is what I use for my doll bodies and tell my students to use…this is just the best news
I love what Spoonflower is doing! tb0969
Excellent! I love Kona cottons 🙂 (mpfox223)
This is awesome!! So excited to try the new cotton! (Jolene Forcier AKA Puncezilla on spoonflower.)
So exciting! (jessdunstan)
Oh count me in! (amel24)
will try it soon!
Woo! Kona!
I’m so excited; I LOVE kona cotton.
Oh, count me in! (amel24)
Sign me up! pond_ripple
(oakice) I want to win so bad!
This sounds great! (binako)
Awesome! Can’t wait to try it! (thingsivemade)
Kona will be great!
Hooray! So very cool. Can’t wait to use it!
What a wonderful news!! I’m a big fan of Kona cottons, it’s a good improvement
lenarod8
Great news, Kona cotton is excellent quality (alchymyst)
Great news, Kona cotton is excellent quality (alchymyst)
Exciting news! Would love to win!
That’s really exciting!! (melxcloud)
Well this is very exciting. I love Kona Cotton and am thrilled you are switching.(bloomingwyldeiris)
This is going to be WONDERFUL!
this is so exciting! (jessica333)
Exciting! I love Kona! (bridgeywidgey)
That IS great news! (ronimadethis)
Love love love Robert Kauffman fabric 🙂
Ooops, forgot to include the screen name(lalaluckypants)
<3 Robert Kauffman
Sounds great! -NB_Design
What a great gift! I’m sewingprincess
Yes please! I think I’d make a bed spread for my toddler. FIngers crossed! (villa figura)
sounds intriguing, would love to try it ~angelorum
Kona in prints! Wow!
New fabric…very exciting!! (joonmoon)
sounds fantastic, can’t wait! spoonflower name: dogdaze
Love kona, excellent change! (lesdoigtsdanslenez)
Looks fantastic!! (koshakee)
Exciting! I can’t wait to get my hands on the new fabric =)
This is lovely fabric! (staceyspins)
I’m a newbie to quilting so this is a great op for me!
Terrific!! I hand dye my own fabric and use Kona cotton. Nice weight and feel.
Love it! Count me in! (juliagooding)
Awesome news! 🙂
Can’t wait to try it! (seeruh)
very exciting!
(MoCo)
Fantastic, would LOVE to try some! (Mangomail)
Looking forward to it!
SEF, I know this is not terribly helpful, but here is a side-by-side photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spoonflower/6727407535/in/photostream
I’ll ask Caitlin to weigh in tomorrow on the stretchiness question.
oh my!!!! My favorite fabric!!! my username is jesseesuem
YAY, Kona cotton is awesome quality! (InkTreePress)
VERY COOL!
Kona cotton is such nice fabric – thanks for the chance to enter
Kaufmann Kona is my favorite solid fabric, so it will be easy to love it in any Spoonflower print. I’m not a designer – and wish I understood the software so I COULD design my own fabrics – but I’ll settle for being a winner and receiving Spoonflower credits. Thank you very much for the chance to win. I appreciate your generosity.
Excited to try the new cotton!
Can’t wait to try it! (becb)
I love Kona and Spoonflower, so I can’t think of anything better to combine! (screen name: katiemay)
yes please!!! (katastrophic)
What great fabric!!
Higgie
yay! so excited about this!!
Can’t wait! My user name is kristynk. Thanks!
I love Kona – this is so exciting!! (bethrose)
Looks great.
-crinkled
That is great! (aprikotdesigns)
how exciting! (spoonflower sn: littletoki)
That’s great to hear! Kona cotton is lovely 😀 (bumblevee)
Then my fabric would match the Kona charm squares I won a while ago! That would be great.
I’d love to give this new base cloth a go. (Voodoo Rabbit)
How exciting! (catying)
I’d love to win this one! What a decision to make. Gail/Buzz
Great news!
Lovely! (KittyInthebox)
Lovely! Can’t wait for the full change over!
I love Kona fabric! What a great partnership!!!
Wonderful! I, princessmax, would love to try this out.
Looking forward to seeing how it prints!
– purplesprinkles
exciting news!
Wonderful! I can’t wait to try it out. (estrellada)
SpoonFlower name is lorigrace! 🙂
Yes, I would love some Please!
Weeeee, terrific news!!! Hope to be a lucky girl on this one 😀
Awesome! I can’t wait to try it out ^_^ (rottendoxie)
fantastic news!
jojoebi.designs
Actually that is quite helpful, thankyou, Stephen. On the face of it, the new cotton has gone a long way in the wrong direction for my purposes (while presumably being an improvement for other people).
I was just about to do another batch of ordering (should already have happened!) but I’ve been a bit too busy to put it together this week. I’ll have to see if I can be fast enough to snaffle some of the last of your old stock before you run out and then I’ll probably be forced to switch to sateen (which I find far more annoying to work with but which proved on my test before the holidays to produce a good result in the final item).
Will the “old quilting cotton” option be (temporarily) available to existing designer-orderers on all things they see on the site; or only on those designs they’ve already ordered in it on a previous occasion?
Can’t wait for a sample I can compare to the old cotton; must finish that “next sampler” collection! (karendel)
I’d LOVE to win this! (onliskyn)
Good news – meagangracie
Now that is exciting! (esposetta)
Very cool. (leighr)
This is just fantastic news … I will certainly take advantage of it and maybe even design something myself this year … that would be such fun!
… thank you for the chance to win such a super prize! Whenever I want something just a little bit more special I come here and am never disappointed with what I’ve bought.
(pingsandneedles)
This is so awesome! I can’t wait to use it! (oneblessedmama)
looks lovely… (mkbemish)
i’m excited to try out the new Kona cotton sometime soon! thanks for the giveaway!
It looks great – count me in please!
‘forest&sea’
Congratulations & looking forward to trying it out :)! (vib)
I’m so excited about Kona Cotton! It’s going to make some really great projects. (rockabirdie)
Love your fabrics! User name: DuckyStuff
Brilliant! Looking forward to ordering. (frankenstitchery)
I love Kona cotton. I’m glad you made the switch! (Ali Coe)
This is very exciting! I can’t wait to see how it prints! (cateanevski)
Wonderful giveaway! The fabric looks great.
I would love to win the fabric! I know exactly how I would use it. Kona is wonderful, I love working with it.
This is such exciting news!!!
I’m just about to put in another big order of my marble and lego fabrics and it will definitely be on the new Kona. Can’t wait!
[flowerpress]
Great news! Count me in please (eriven) 🙂
sweet!!! (michelamaxwell)
This is fantastic news
Yes please, I would love to try the new quilt cotton! (neeedlebook)
Love Kona cottons and love Spoonflower!
I loves Kona Cotton! (hueiseiong)
So Exciting!! I’m gonna wait to place my order now. I love Kona Cotton!
I am excited to try it! – Evenspor
I forgot my username when I commented the other day (khowardquilts).
I just spent some time hunting up my Kona cotton charm squares. I finally found them. Kona cotton appears to have a lower thread count than the current quilting cotton, but may actually be the same weight as the treads appear a little coarser. Quilters like it because it hand quilts easier with the needle passing between the threads more freely.
THE GOOD THING I SEE ABOUT IT FOR PRINTING IS IT APPEARS TO BE FREE OF THOSE LITTLE FUZZY SLUBS AND LINT THAT CAUSE WHITE SPOTS TO APPEAR ON THE PRINTED FABRIC, (but I can’t be completely sure just looking a a couple of squares). The printers may stay cleaner if that is really the case.
I have washed some of the 5 inch charm squares because I was using them with washed fabric. Shrinkage didn’t seem much different than the other fabric. All cotton is going to relax back to its original shape.
Fantastic 🙂 (sazzra)
I’d love some free fabric! How exciting! – Maxandella
If you’re excited about it, we certainly should be. Those of us who are constantly learning new things need you to lead us to good stuff and teach us good practices.
Cool, I want it! (rutger)
Like everyone else, I think this is wonderful news, Kona cotton is fabulous quality, and I am curious to see how it will print up. It would be wonderful to win some free fabric!!!(Purplemum)
Please count me (nekineko) in.
Not familiar with the brand, since I’m not in the quilting business, but very interesting news. (shirayukin)
Great news! The Kona cotton is great quality and will make a beautiful addition to your shop – (clapncheer)
Great idea! (alive)
This is awesome news!! I may have to get an order in this week!
Rebekah (sewshine)
Yeay! I can’t wait to see how this prints…
Sounds like better fabric — for the same price! How great!!
Yes please! It sounds fantastic. zoebrench.
SO exciting! great news! (tammiebennett)
Spoonflower screen name: Quiltsmith
Woot! Woot! This is fabulous news. I LOVE the quality of Kona solids. Can’t wait to order some new fabric. I’m planning a special momento quilt with some B&W photos on it, to be printed at Spoonflower. I’m very excited that it’ll now be on Kona! Yippee!
Thats sweet! I primarily sew clothes but know just what fabric I want to try my hand quilting with! (alim)
I’ve always enjoyed working with Kona… can’t wait to compare. (CoreyDina)
This is exciting news. I just placed an order using the new fabric. Thanks for including me in your giveaway draw.
Karen
KarenHarveyCox on Spoonflower
How exciting! (jubilli)
ooh la la! Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton is divine! (scoutmom131)
This is wonderful news and a great giveaway…thanks! (SmallWhimsy)
Exciting – can’t wait to try it! (klgall)
yay! Best news I’ve had all day!
(xoelle)
Awesome choice. angielatte
This giveaway is closed. Look for a winner tomorrow!
Thanks for offering this giveaway. 🙂