I am really in the minority here, but I love the Moda Bella solids - use the black lots. I don't like anything about Kona and I can spot it a mile away. It has a coarser weave to it that I do not like. I love the hand of the bella line - I have lots of colors and they are all the same. I needed a certain color and was at Fabric Shack, and Kona had the color I needed, but I couldn't do it. This one was thin and the weave was distracting. I found Moda Bella at a quilt show a few years ago and fell in love.