Production Stories: Georgia Bosson Studio x Haines Collection

We are introducing our collaboration with the sustainable textile brand, the Haines Collection. For this project, we worked with the textile remnants sourced by the Haines Collection from designer interior brands to create two quilts that are mirror images of each other.

The fabrics have been chosen to complement each other so that both pieces can sit in the same space, either as wall hangings or bed quilts. They were hand-made in our London studio from linen & velvet remnants and filled with wool wadding.

To launch the project, we have compiled a picture essay of the journey through our collaboration with the Haines collection. From the first meeting through the sketchbook stages to the finished quilt.

All of our quilts are made to order, so if you like the look of this project but fancy it in a different colour, size, or shape, hit the button at the bottom of the post and let’s talk.

The project began with a shared love of stripes; Jules (Haines) and I both showed up to our first meeting wearing stripes, so it was meant to be. I sourced all of the imagery for this project from my sketchbooks and drawing archives, pulling out all of my favourite drawings of stripes to create a mood board for the project.

Sketchbooks and collages are essential in my design process, helping refine ideas and play with different scales before creating more formal gouache designs.

The colour for this project came from a fabric swatch from Sophia Frances; all initial drawings were made in this palette, which we then refined based on the fabrics available from the Haines archives.

The quilts had to be part of a family as they will be shown together, so I kept two fabrics consistent across the designs, which means that whilst the finished quilts feel very different, they can sit together very happily in one space.

I created a large-scale drawing, which was then cut up to create pattern pieces for the quilt; in this case, there were 26 pieces in total, many of them a similar size, so numbering each piece was crucial.

Stripes had to stay at the core of this project, so there was some careful measuring and marking before the cloth was quilted. Luckily, the striped fabric provided some ready-made markings.

Trimming and binding hides the beautiful wool wadding inside the quilt, creating a crisp edge. These quilts were backed and bound in the same pale blue striped fabric from the Haines storeroom. You can find your piece of this cloth here.

It is always a pleasure to work on a quilt commission, and it was a particular joy to work on two pieces in parallel so they could feed into each other. You can find the Haines quilt in the online shop and on show at Chelsea Harbour from 16th - 22nd September.