A Really Late Show & Tell - Comparing DMC Floss to Kona Cotton Colours

I'd forgotten how little time you have to yourself when there's a baby in the house. My time is not so much my own as it used to be. My life is still in transition as well as my sewing room, so no quilting or crocheting has been accomplished. But it's worth it, seeing my adorable grandson every day. In between cuddling and playing with him today, I managed to finally finish choosing colours for my Bluenose II pixel quilt. My goal had been to not duplicate any colours, but I just found it impossible not to. After all there are 454 DMC colours, but only 271 Kona colours. Before I started this project, I didn't realize how many variations of blue there are, and trying to get the best matches has been a laborious process. At one point I actually considered buying all of the floss colours so that I could more effectively match fabrics. For those of you who might be interested in using this process to make a pixel quilt, I will share my colour matches to save you a little labour. As I said, however, they are mostly blues, so this won't help with many other shades.
Here's the list:

DMC #	DMC Name	Kona #	Kona Name
155	Blue Violet Medium Dark	1003	Amethyst
156	Blue Violet Medium Light	1189	Lavender
158	Cornflower Blue Medium Very Dark	1541	Deep Blue
160	Blue Gray Medium	1123	Dresden Blue
161	Blue Gray	195	Evening
162	Blue Ultra Very Light	1513	Sky
169	Pewter Light	456	Shale
310	Black	1019	Black
311	Wedgwood Ultra Very Dark	233	Celestial
312	Baby Blue Very Dark	32	Surf
317	Pewter Gray	295	Graphite
318	Steel Gray Light	1223	Medium Gray
322	Baby Blue Dark	1452	Denim
334	Baby Blue Medium	196	Blue Jay
413	Pewter Gray Dark	1080	Coal
414	Steel Gray Dark	91	Steel
451	Shell Gray Dark	1713	Smoke
517	Wedgwood Dark	90	Pacific
519	Sky Blue	194	Lake
597	Turquoise	1011	Bahama Blue
598	Turquoise Light	362	Dusty Blue
647	Beaver Gray Medium	201	Sweet Pea
648	Beaver Gray Light	413	Parchment
747	Peacock Blue Very Light	1010	Baby Blue
775	Baby Blue Very Light	1028	Blue
792	Cornflower Blue Dark	1171	Hyacinth
794	Cornflower Blue Light	1285	Periwinkle
796	Royal Blue Dark	455	Riviera
797	Royal Blue	25	Ocean
798	Delft Blue Dark	357	Lapis
799	Delft Blue Medium	196	Blue Jay
800	Delft Blue Pale	152	Cloud
803	Baby Blue Ultra Very Dark	1218	Marine
807	Peacock Blue	1282	Peacock
809	Delft Blue	1285	Periwinkle
813	Blue Light	1060	Candy Blue
820	Royal Blue Very Dark	1218	Marine
825	Blue Dark	346	Regatta
826	Blue Medium	405	Alegria
827	Blue Very Light	277	Blueberry
828	Sky Blue Very Light	1028	Blue
890	Pistachio Green Ultra Very Dark	1137	Evergreen
924	Gray Green Very Dark	1361	Spruce
926	Gray Green Medium	1321	Sage
927	Gray Green Light	1328	Seafoam
930	Antique Blue Dark	1058	Cadet
931	Antique Blue Medium	1101	Delft
932	Antique Blue Light	318	Grapemist
934	Avocado Green Black	1166	Hunter Green
939	Navy Blue Very dark	1178	Indigo
995	Electric Blue Dark	171	Water
3032	Mocha Brown Medium	340	Herb
3053	Green Gray	1263	Olive
3325	Baby Blue Light	27	Cornflower
3371	Black Brown	1136	Espresso
3750	Antique Blue Very Dark	1389	Windsor
3752	Antique Blue Very Light	444	Fog
3753	Antique Blue Ultra Very Light	1513	Sky
3755	Baby Blue	448	Stratosphere
3756	Baby Blue Ultra Very Light	1387	White
3760	Wedgwood Medium	1101	Delft
3761	Sky Blue Light	1514	Robin Egg
3765	Peacock Blue Very Dark	454	Prussian
3766	Peacock Blue Light	1009	Azure
3768	Gray Green Dark	356	Everglade
3772	Desert Sand Very Dark	138	Earth
3799	Pewter Gray Very Dark	359	Pepper
3807	Cornflower Blue	357	Lapis
3811	Turquoise Very Light	1005	Aqua
3838	Lavender Blue Dark	1084	Copen
3839	Lavender Blue Medium	318	Grapemist
3840	Lavender Blue Light	1029	Bluebell
3841	Baby Blue Pale	152	Cloud
3843	Electric Blue	1376	Turquoise
3861	Cocoa Light	1371	Taupe

Now I just have to calculate how much of each colour I will need and get the fabric ordered, though I have picked up a few solids in the blue family over the past few months.
Now it's your turn. Here's my button:
 

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