Continuing this week with another 2021 finished quilt. This quilt is June Dyson Coverlet; a pattern by Emma from Treehouse Textiles in Mornington (not far from Melbourne, in fact the perfect day trip from Melbourne, and a fabric store truly worthy of visiting in person!). Emma has a unique eye for pattern and fabric/color placement and her quilts and patterns are on my quilting bucket list.
I started this quilt at the end of May this year and finished it some time in July. The quilt consists of just two shapes - an octagon and a square - and much like a traditional hand pieced Trip Around the World Quilt it was pieced from the center out. I chose to English paper piece my quilt for that process continues to give me so much joy, and I find it a super accurate way to piece. I love the fabric placement for this quilt, and found myself spending a lot of time audition fabric after fabric fabric.
All fabric used are designer quilting cottons, and include prints by popular fabric designers like Heather Bailey and Heather Ross, and by Cotton + Steel and Ruby Star. The large scale gingham fabrics are woven checks from Cotton + Steel (Checkers). I cannot resist a gingham fabric, and you'll regularly see them make an appearance in my quilts.
QUILT DETAILS
Finished Quilt measures 59 inches x 59 inches.
Started: May 2021.
Finished: June 2021.
English paper pieced.
Machine quilted - domestic sewing machine.
Materials used:
Cotton printed fabrics all from stash!
Acrylic templates to cut fabric pieces and paper pieces (octagons and squares).
Low loft cotton batting.
For the back of the quilt I have a much loved and often used print: Newsprint from the Story collection by Carrie Bloomston. I have found this fabric so wonderfully versatile, the perfect backing fabric that works so well with all of my quilts.
And I have finished the quilt with a stiped fabric. In this instance I have used a dark blue and white striped fabric. I have somewhat of a tendency to accent my quilts with a black/white stripe quilt binding but in this instance I thought the blue/white would work equally well.
With express permission from Emma Di Stefano I am selling this quilt.
The June Dyson Coverlet is listed in my Etsy Store.
You'll find the listing here:
More soon! I have several more quilts that I have finished this year that I would like to share with you before the end of the year. That's the plan anyway.
Thank you again for stopping by.
Rita
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