Hello! Hope you all had a very happy New Year! I appreciate each and every one of you. I can’t believe another year has gone by. Cliche I know, but it’s true. I’ll share my year end post next week as I have yet to start writing it! So today I’m sharing my Kona Color of the Year project!

I sewed up this Oxbow Tote in the Kona Color of the Year – Nocturne. It’s a vibrant shade of purple! I had fun combining different fabrics to make the color shine.

Quilting

As with my other Oxbow’s using quilting cotton as the main exterior fabric – I quilted each panel before cutting it to size. I really love how the quilting gives it a whole new look! The grid I quilted is spaced 2″ apart. It’s pretty quilt to quilt up, which is nice. One of these times I’ll have to try some different options. I did also end up using Soft & Stable (foam stabilizer) on the Base piece. I ran out of Peltex so I went ahead and quilted the fabric to the Soft & Stable. A fun opportunity to experiment on some quilting!

You don’t have to quilt the Oxbow if you’re using a canvas weight fabric and a fusible fleece/foam stabilizer. I’ve had people ask, so it’s totally optional depending on your fabric/interfacing choices. Check out my waxed canvas version, or this waxed canvas version, or my Bloom version (green/black floral canvas from this post) as examples.

Project Details:

• Pattern: Oxbow Tote (Regular size), available in PDF and paper format in my shop
• Full sew-along on my YouTube Channel
• Fabrics:
  • Exterior: Kona Cotton in Nocturne
  • Accent: Essex Yarn Dyed in Mauve (by Robert Kaufman Fabrics)
  • Lining: Carolina Gingham in Sand (by Robert Kaufman Fabrics)
• Webbing (in Acorn) available in my shop. Colors restocking soon!
• Hardware kit available in my shop.
• Zipper (size #5 zipper by the yard) is from Zipper Valley (looks like the color I used is sold out?). Or shop the 18″ or 24″ zippers in my shop.