Vintage Lace Quilt - 2024 Kona Color of the Year: Julep

Written by Brittany Lloyd

Exciting news! Robert Kaufman's 2024 Kona Color of the Year is HERE!

I was so excited to have the opportunity to make something with the 2024 Color of the Year...Julep! If you aren't familiar, Robert Kaufman releases a limited edition Kona Color every year, and it's always fun to see what colors and tones they add to their already impressive library of 365 solids. This is the third Color of the Year (COTY) quilt that I've made for Robert Kaufman, and I really enjoy this project every time! Here's a look at the two previous Kona COTY quilts:

Which brings us to this year, Julep. The thing that I like about making something with the Color of the Year, is that it's always a fun way to challenge myself with color selections. And I use the word "challenge" in the sense that my goal is always to find a way to make the COTY the star of the show. With the 2020 COTY, Enchanted, I did an ombre fade using various shades of Enchanted. With the 2023 COTY, Crush, I had a lot of fun choosing a similar value color which happened to be a warm/cool combination, which really turned out beautifully. With this COTY, I wanted there to be other colors and shades, but for Julep to really be in the majority of the quilt. I have a few patterns that have a good bit of negative space, but after playing with a few mock-ups, Vintage Lace was the winner!

Julep is a soft minty green that feels bright and vibrant, yet also soft and subtle. I think it really changes based on how much of the fabric you use and also what fabrics you pair it with.

For this Vintage Lace quilt, I made the Throw size of the pattern, which is 72" square. You can find the Vintage Lace quilt pattern here as a PDF or here as a printed copy. The fabrics are:

Background: 2024 Kona Color of the Year, Julep
Color 1: Geranium
Color 2: Gumdrop
Color 3: Ballerina
Color 4: Snow
Color 5: Melon
Color 6: Punch
Color 7: Slate
Backing: Ballerina
Binding: Gumdrop

We have quilt kits for this exact quilt in the shop!

The longarm quilting is by Sara of Stitch Lab Quilting. We used a pantograph called Navy designed by Quilting It. it creates such a beautiful, sparkly texture!

Looking for more Julep inspiration? Here are two different sets of mock-ups using Upscale Plaid, Deco and Vintage Lace.