Best quilting solid
 

I'm making a Quilt with all solids. Which is the best Quilting solid? Bella solids? Kona solids? Cotton Supremes? Free Spirit solids?

Thanks for your thoughts.

All you listed have their qualities. Which ever You like best is the best ( for you) I ( personally) love Kona's...my best quilting pal loved Bella's ...everyone has their own personal likes.

I am a bit of a rebel, but I mix my solids. I am not wedded to any one brand, it is more about finding the colours I want or need at the right price.

I do buy a Kona Grey, black and white in bulk, as I find I use quite a bit of them.

I have the opportunity to buy American Made Brand Solids at Sew Expo and they are great too.

I, too, go by finding the colors I want. I've used most of the major brands and honestly couldn't tell you that one is better than the other. If the colors that I need are available at HL, I buy the Kona there for a good price.

I haven't seen the others, but I love the feel and weight of Kona solids.

I always used Kona until a LQS owner showed me Michael Miller black. Loved it! Bought it!

I like both Kona and Moda Bella.

I learned about American Made Brand through this board and love it--sometimes their colors are limited though.

My favorite line is Maywood Studios' "Shadowplay." Their marbled solids; I realize "marbling" is not truly a solid, but if you're working with a pattern that works with subtle marbling, then you might consider Maywood Studios "Shadowplay" fabrics. I use that line of fabrics for about 80-90% of my quilts. I haven't found a line that I like better in terms of thickness and workability. (I also learned about Maywood Studios via this board..... :o )!

Let us know what you choose!

Oh, I'm not a regular user of the Kona cottons, but I've found the Kona cottons from Jo-Ann's to be of a lesser quality than those from other places. Others who use Kona more regularly might disagree but if you do go with Kona, I'd buy from a LQS rather than Jo-Ann's.

I love Northcott solids. They have extra threads in one direction and it is super soft. Hard to find. But I purchase it whenever I can find it.

Unless things have changed since this post - - - about Kona fabrics - - -

http://www.quiltingboard.com/search....rchid=11801722

The Michael Miller cotton couture solids are wonderful. I always check that line first to see if they have the color I want. It has a higher thread count and is very silky and lustrous.

http://www.hawthornethreads.com/fabr...cotton_couture

there was a big discussion on here about this about 1 year ago. As a result of this, I bought several different brands of fabric in several different colors (all neutrals). I have to agree that Michael Miller has the nicest feel. I also like the Free Spirit and Art Gallery solids.

I agree. I made one quilt with plain solids and another with marbled solids. Don't know if it was all Maywood Studios, don't really care, I just know they were fabrics with some texture. The solid quilt looks soooooo flat and uninteresting! I much prefer the color variations and textures of the marbled prints. Makes for a much prettier quilt.

i really like the konas and bellas best. I have both their cards so I can mail order exactly the color I want. Its hard to tell color on the computer, and few LQS carry all 303 kona colors.

I buy the colour I want not the make. Usually find they are kona.

You are going to get different opinions on brand name just like guys have their favorite car line. I have always used RK Kona Cotton. I don't buy from anywhere where the label on the bolt is not from the manufacturer. Those fabric are 2nd quality fabrics.

I personally Kona best because it does not fray like Bella does

This conversation has been on this blog many times, but, maybe it needs to be on one more time. Fabric names (Kona, Bella, RJR, etc) do not make 'different' versions of their fabric. This would compromise their integrity. We have had representatives from RJR discuss this on this blog. If they make other types, they are named different. So, if you buy a basic Kona grey at ANY, ANY store, it will be the same fabric. If the label has a different name or fabric content, then yes, it is different. But same name, same content = same fabric (but often wildly different pricing).

I love Northcott too. They ARE hard to find. Sometimes I will have better luck finding them at fabricdepot.com, which carries the Northcott Brand. Their Stonehenge line is very pretty too.

I prefer the feel of Bella over Kona.