Summer is quickly turning to fall, but I’m just not ready for the change of seasons. I’m still focused on this summer’s project, a sweet little doll quilt featuring a vintage embroidered strawberry. Perhaps you remember it from here.
Embroidered motifs like this are typical of the 1940s-50s when they embellished household linens such as tea towels, tablecloths, and napkins. Calicos, polkadots, and gingham checks were also popular which made choosing fabrics a breeze.
I finished the quilt top years ago but set it aside when I couldn't do the handwork. This spring, I brought it out again to show a friend. My friend Ruth, a highly accomplished needlewoman, agreed to finish it and I couldn't be happier.
Just look at her beautiful stitches. i love the luster that perle cotton adds to the overall design
It turns out, a quilt was the perfect way to preserve that vintage strawberry. Thank you to Vicki Haninger for her inspiration and to Ruth, of course. for seeing the project to fruition.
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Strawberry Patch Preserves
15” x 17”
machine pieced, hand quilted
2019
