Kona Bay Fabrics Koi Garden Collection Arrives!!

Kona Bay Fabrics is happy to announce that the very popular KOI GARDEN Collection has landed at the Seattle docks and within 7-10 days, it will be in the quilt shops and available for all Kona Bay fans to enjoy!!


In addition, the  free KOI GARDEN pattern is now available on the Kona Bay Fabrics website and you can download it now for free and start to plan your amazing quilt.


When Kona Bay first showed the artwork for this group, we knew we had a huge hit on our hands!!


Quilt shops were excited as well as our  Kona Bay Fabrics Facebook fans --- and we now number almost 7,000!


Prepare yourself for a great fabric collection and a beautiful quilt project by taking advantage of our FREE quilt pattern from our website!


Mahalo and Aloha from Da Textile Samurai!!

Kona Bay Fabrics loves being techie!!!

Kona Bay Fabrics has had a web presence since the early days of the internet.

Kona Bay Fabrics has a webpage, is on Facebook, has a Twitter presence, a blog and now we use QuickResponse symbols to let quilters and fabric lovers all over the world know about our fabrics and our free patterns.

We hope you are following Kona Bay in some or all of our social network activities.

Now you can use your QR reader application and see where our QR code above takes you.

Aloha and mahalo from Da Textile Samurai.

Kona Bay Fabrics is on Facebook Too!!!

Kona Bay Fabrics loves our Facebook fans!!

From time to time, we will preview upcoming fabric collections on our Facebook fan page and solicit their valuable opinion on the fabric designs as well as enlist their suggestions for colors.

Shown above is such a new fabric design that will be a part of our beautiful Lotus flower collection.

We would love to have our Blog fans pipe in with their comments and color suggestions as well. In addition, we would love to have you as a Kona Bay Fabrics Facebook fan!

Mahalo for your support!!

Kona Bay Fabrics Preparing New Tonal Fabrics

Kona Bay Fabrics just loves developing new ideas for fabrics for our customers and our recent new tonal design is a beaut!!!

Kona Bay Fabrics is famously known for their Asian fabrics but we are also building a nice reputation for developing lovely tonal prints for quilters.

We would appreciate very much hearing from our Kona Bay fans as to which colors youm feel would be ideal for this new tonal design. Now that we have finished the design, the selecting coors is the next phase before it becomes beautiful fabric in your favorite quilt shop.

You can leave your comments here on our blog or by joining the Kona Bay Fabrics Facebook fan page and giving us your suggestions there.

Thanks for your feedback!!

Aloha and Mahalo!!

I couldn't resist using this picture!

Recently, I posted on the Kona Bay Fabrics Facebook page to remind our fans that we have many, many FREE patterns on the Kona Bay Fabrics website.

Rather than just show a picture of a lovely Kona Bay pattern, I went for cuteness and posted a kitty picture of someone who would be very welcome to work at Kona Bay but I don't know this kitty.

I couldn't resist using this picture again to bring attention in some way to the fact that you should not forget that Kona Bay has many wonderful FREE patterns on our web site.

We hope you will stop by our web page and select the pattern of your choice.

You have to admit....this kitty is sooooooooooooooooo cute!!

Enjoy the FREE patterns!!

Kona Bay Fabric Contest Winner

Kona Bay Fabrics is happy to announce that Roxann Piaseczny Williams of Virginia is the winner of our "Name that Collection" Contest. The new collection name for this five design group is Gentle Breeze.

Roxann will receive five one yard cuts from this collection when it is printed later this year.

Thanks to all the many people who submitted entries. It was a very tough decision!

There are many colors being worked on for this lovely fabric collection.

Kona Bay has many contests with our nearly 7,000 fans on Facebook and you can be a part of the fun along with learning about our FREE patterns by joining the Kona Bay Facebook page.

International Quilt Market Fun—Spring 2010

Another great Quilt Market!

Just a week ago, the staff and I were in Minneapolis for the semi-annual International Quilt Market. We always look forward to the chance to see old friends and make new ones. The three days of Market leave us inspired and grateful to be part of the warm and creative quilting industry.

We had a wall of amazing projects on display (shown here). Four stunning quilts were created by our celebrated Quilt Designer, Georgie Gerl. Patterns for these projects were included in Issue #19 of Asian Fabric magazine. The magazine was handed out at Quilt Market along with the ever-popular, mouthwatering chocolate macadamia nuts from Hawaii Kona Bay has become known for having at our booth.

Some of the other contributors you see represented in the photos include Cheryl Kuczek, Sheryl Mycroft and Kari Nichols. The skirt and quilt patterns will be in the upcoming issue of Asian Fabric. Leesa Chandler, Helene Knott and Kristen Wright contributed the bag, the children’s wear and the quilt we had on display that was also in Issue #19.

The new collections and several new tone-on-tone groups were well received. The catalog featured in Issue #19 displayed the art for these so shops were anxious to see the new group and place their orders.


Just before Fall Market 2009 in Houston, I set up our Kona Bay Facebook page. Now, just a few short months later, we enjoy over 4600 friends and counting. Every day, I spend time visiting with fabric fans from around the world. It was so much fun to meet and visit with many of my Facebook friends in person. If you haven’t hooked up with us yet, I’d love to have you join us! You can find us here on Facebook.

The last week we’ve been busy filling orders and as always—planning for the future. The fun never stops at Kona Bay Fabrics!

Asian Fabric Issue #17—The Surprise Inside!

One of my favorite things about flying to and fro Hawaii is having time to enjoy my pile of current magazines. Our recent poll tells me it’s at the top of your list, too. It has been both exciting and satisfying to publish the only quilting magazine specializing in working with Asian prints.

Last week we released Issue #17 of Asian Fabric magazine. If you haven’t picked up one at your local quilt shop yet, reports are—they’re going fast! In addition to the usual great array of patterns, this special edition includes the current catalog showcasing the latest and greatest fabric designs from Kona Bay Fabrics.

This sneak preview has previously been reserved only for our customers—the local independent quilt shops that bring you fabric, fun and fellowship. As the list of enthusiastic fans of Asian Fabric has grown, we decided to say thank you by sharing our catalog with our readers as well.

In addition to just having the scoop on new designs, a few readers have mentioned that the catalog images are a helpful planning tool. I’d love to hear your thoughts on this special edition and how it might have inspired you.

The power of the printed page has long fascinated me. Having been in the quilting industry for nearly twenty years, starting and building Asian Fabric magazine has been akin to the documentation of a long, enjoyable adventure that some days feels like it’s only just begun!

Now, if only walls could talk—the staff and I are busy getting ready for the semi-annual quilt industry trade show in October. We’ll be headed to Houston for 2009 International Quilt Market on the 8th of October. I’ll be tweeting updates and posting photos on the Kona Bay Fan Page. It’s a good time to get on board—click here to follow me on Twitter or join in and become a Facebook fan of Kona Bay Fabrics here so you don’t miss a thing!