Kona Color of the Year 2025: Nocturne

Kona’s Color of the Year for 2025 has been revealed, and it’s Nocturne – a rich, velvety purple that feels like a midnight sky. This deep, versatile shade is perfect for adding drama and rich color to your quilts. We’ve rounded up seven stunning quilt patterns, including two free quilt patterns, that really show off what Nocturne can do.

Cosmic Glow FREE Pattern

By Elise Lea for Robert Kaufman

70” x 92.5”

A subtle gradient of blues against a navy background makes this quilt pop. Nocturne is the accent color in each block that ties everything together.

 

Expanding Stars

By Quilty Love

64” x 64”

The classic star quilt gets a modern twist with stacked stars and Nocturne star points. The other solid colors used in this quilt are Ivory, Lupine, Wasabi and Pepper for a crisp and colorful throw quilt.

 

Overlap

By Sew Mariana

33” x 33”

 

Combine a rainbow of criss-crossing solids to give a feeling of a freshly opened box of crayons, against the rich purple Nocturne background with this wall hanging sized quilt project.

 

Oxbow Tote

By Noodlehead 

Nocturne isn’t just for quilts! We love the look of it in Noodlehead’s classic Oxbow Tote. The deep purple pairs beautifully neutral and colorful accents. It’s for carrying your quilting supplies or heading to Quilting Mayhem!

 

Silky Star FREE Pattern

By Ariga Wilson for Robert Kaufmann

70” x 80”

Ok we may be a little biased, but purple always looks great with MORE PURPLE! This FREE quilt pattern uses a range of purple solids to create this radiating star quilt. The unexpected off-center placement of the center star keeps this interesting and the 70” x 80” size is a generous throw.

 

The Charlotte Quilt

By Kitchen Table Quilting

56” x 68”

We may just be excited for the next season of Bridgerton to drop, but a quilt named Charlotte is regal indeed. Nocturne works as the background color, with sweet pinks and purples to create a woven look.

 

Upscale Plaid

By Lo and Behold Stitchery

67” x 67”

Take a plaid and make it supersized with Upscale Plaid from Lo and Behold Stitchery. The pattern includes instructions for 7 (that’s right 7) sizes of quilt. Nocturne is the background, then you use Midnight, Plum, Rose, Orchid, Ballerina, Caramel, Roasted Pecan, Cedar, and Brown to create the fun transparency effect in the piecing. 

 

We love all the quilts we’ve seen using Nocturne in all its deep, moody glory. It’s really a color that can work for so many styles of quilts and projects. We made sure to snag plenty of it with bolts of Nocturne and precut strips and squares. Grab some Nocturne and start stitching, the night sky’s the limit!

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