Hello everyone! Hope you had a great summer. I used the opportunity to pull out an abandoned project and get help finishing it up. It's a small quilt featuring a vintage embroidered strawberry. Perhaps you remember it from here.
Aren't these retro fabrics fun? Nothing says 1940s-50s like calicoes, polkadots, and gingham checks.
My friend Ruth offered to finish the quilt and I couldn't be any happier with the results!
Just look at her beautiful handwork. She crosshatched through the 2" squares...
and quilted cables in the daisy-print border. It was Ruth suggested to use perle cotton and I love how it subtly catches the light.
There are strawberries on the back too.
Isn't it charming? Turns out a quilt was the perfect way to preserve that embroidered berry! Thank you to Vicki Haninger for the inspiration and to Ruth, of course, for seeing the project to fruition. XO
"Strawberry Preserves"
15” x 17”
machine pieced, hand quilted
2019
