Hi Kokka fans! I’m Anna from Noodlehead. I’m happy to be here today with the beautiful new collection Irome.  It’s a great mix of colors and happiness!

I’ve been wanting to make a Social Tote again for a while.  I was able to design this pattern last year for Carolyn Friedlander.  It was such a treat working with her!

It was so hard to narrow down which fabrics to use for this project, they’re all so pretty!  I fell in love with the yellow lining print.  I love it’s geometric and cheerful colors.

A little leather scrap was perfect to substitute for the front pocket.  I love how the leather combines with the other colors.

Thanks for having me today!  I’m already planning which fabrics I need to buy more of!

This post was written by Anna Graham for the Irome collection series, coordinated by Frances Arikawa for Kokka.
Irome is a quilting cotton collection that will be officially released at Quilt Market in Pittsburgh on May 16th 2014. If you would like to be able to purchase prints from the Irome collection locally, please be sure to let your favourite fabric store know. If you are a store owner planning to visit Quilt Market do come and say hi at booth no. 2045, 2145.

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Hi! I’m Cherie from you & mie and I’m very excited to be here sharing two throw pillows I made with the new Irome collection from Kokka. First of all, I want to say that I do not consider myself a quilter. And yet, something about seeing all the colors and prints together inspired me to try some simple piecing projects that turned out to be really fun!

I love that the 4 colorways of the Irome collection represent the 4 seasons: fall, winter, spring and summer. I immediately had a vision of a “4 Seasons” pillow and could not get it out of my head.

Unfortunately, I mistook the “summer” colorway for spring and ended up mixing the two up on both of my pillows! So while the design is supposed to move through a year of seasons in order, it instead goes from fall to winter, then skips to summer and then spring and back to fall. While my pillow may not match the assigned seasonal colorways, I do like the balance of colors this way.

While I was working on my first pillow cover, I had a vision of a slightly different “4 Seasons” pillow. Like I said, I’m not actually a quilter, but all the simple piecing was a bit addicting and I’m the kind of person that, once I get an idea in my head, I have to do it or it’ll drive me crazy. So, 4 Seasons Pillow #2 was born.

I love both the bold and subtle colors in the collection. Between the four colorways, the fabrics range from fresh and fun to soft and sweet and everything in between. You can really take these fabrics in any direction and while they work so well together in countless combinations, each fabric can also stand well on its own.

Thank you, Kokka, for letting me share my Irome projects with your readers today! I had a great time playing with these fabrics and already have plenty of other ideas for them!

This post was written by Cherie Lockwood for the Irome collection series, coordinated by Frances Arikawa for Kokka.
Irome is a quilting cotton collection that will be officially released at Quilt Market in Pittsburgh on May 16th 2014. If you would like to be able to purchase prints from the Irome collection locally, please be sure to let your favourite fabric store know. If you are a store owner planning to visit Quilt Market do come and say hi at booth no. 2045, 2145.

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Hello, my name is Rita Hodge. I am a quilter and blogger with a fascination for all things fabric ~ especially quilting cottons. You can see all of my work here: Red Pepper Quilts.

When I was asked to preview the Irome collection for Kokka Fabric I jumped at the chance. The colors are delightful, and several of the designs are wonderfully delicate. I love that the collection consists of fabrics for all of the seasons, and  I was immediately drawn to the soft and gentle color palette, mixed with some highlights of bolder/brighter color.

The quilt design is simple (large scale Half Rectangle Triangles) which allows the fabric and the colors to feature. I have quilted the quilt with an all over 1 inch grid of intersecting lines, which adds interest and compliments both the design and the fabrics.

I have made the binding for the quilt from some of the scrappy left over fabric pieces. Scrappy binding is a favorite and I love to see all of the different patterns and colors playing alongside one another so very nicely.

With thanks to Kokka Fabric for providing all of the fabrics for me to work with, and for inviting me to share my quilt here today. I have enjoyed working with the Irome range and look forward to it’s release as well as seeing many more of the projects that will be made with this collection.

Thank you!
Rita

Red Pepper Quilts
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This post was written by Rita Hodge for the Irome collection series, coordinated by Frances Arikawa for Kokka.
Irome is a quilting cotton collection that will be officially released at Quilt Market in Pittsburgh on May 16th 2014. If you would like to be able to purchase prints from the Irome collection locally, please be sure to let your favourite fabric store know. If you are a store owner planning to visit Quilt Market do come and say hi at booth no. 2045 2145.

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