Churn Dash – Finished

I have a confession to make. I took these pictures a year ago and have only now written the blog post to share the finished quilt. Oopsie.

These pics are very obviously summer pictures, and I missed my summer weather window last year to get them posted, so here we are now.

Not only are these summer pictures, but it feels like a summer quilt to me. It features Sleeping Porch fabric by Heather Ross, which is a cotton lawn fabric. I love cotton lawn and I especially love the light feel of it during the warmer months.

I actually made this quilt top way back in 2016. The reason I waited on finishing it was because I couldn’t decide on the back, but then I realized I was overthinking it. While I normally like to do a different fabric for my quilt backs than what I used on the front, I had extra Sleeping Porch fabric and it just made sense to use it.

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the Sleeping porch floral, so why wouldn’t I use a big piece of that for a quilt back?

It wasn’t wide enough so I used the orange as kind of a border. It’s a little tricky to line it up so everything is even on each side, but I like the look of it and I’m happy I took the extra time to make it work.

The other good thing about using the extra Sleeping Porch fabric for the back is that the whole quilt is cotton lawn, so it really is so light and summery.

One last word about this quilt. If you’ve never made a Churn Dash quilt I highly recommend you do! The pattern is so classic yet feels so modern to me. Plus, the block is easy to make and can be made as large or small as you want it to be. Love that!

Thanks for reading, and I’ll be back again soon.