Evan

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quilt-evan-flatKrisanne Watkins is a regular contributor to Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting. Her quilts, which typically feature sashing, on-point settings, and quilt blocks framed with more patchwork, are some of the more challenging we publish…And we love every single one. Evan is a spectacular example.

Working in traditional, reproduction-looking fabrics (another hallmark of her style!), Krisanne made Evan using a darker, richer palette. The cranberry red of the border and setting triangles is dramatic, and the cheddar-y gold in the blocks shines. The black and green strip-pieced sashing does an amazing job of framing the blocks, and the Nine-Patch Star cornerstones within the sashing is that extra bit of patchwork that adds to much charm to the design. The blocks themselves are built with an Eight-Point Star at the center, with a radiating patchwork frame. Krisanne created the block in two different colorways to incorporate into the design.

The strip-pieced inner border mimics the sashing, and the strip-piecing is reversed in the Nine-Patch corner blocks.

It’s a larger twin-sized quilt, and the borders and setting triangles provide some wonderful space for quilting.

Evan is just a wonderful quilt design! Thank you, Krisanne!


Pattern Details

Quilt by: Krisanne Watkins
Skill Level: Challenging
Finished Size: 77-1/4” x 95-1/2”
Finished Blocks: 18 (10”) Blocks
Fabrics: Conestoga Crossing collection by Pam Buda for Marcus Fabrics.


Get the Evan pattern and More from Love of Quilting July/August 2018