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 small quilt that features a vintage embroidered strawberry. Perhaps you remember it from here.
Motifs like this are typical of the 1940s-50s when they embellished household linens such as tea towels, tablecloths and napkins. I added calicos, polkadots and gingham checks for vintage charm and tied it all together with a wonderful retro print from American Jane. It's the essence of summer in a little quilt!
The top has been done for years but got set aside when I gave up doing handwork. "What a shame," I thought, "to leave something this sweet unfinished." Apparently, my friend Ruth agreed because when I brought it out to show her, she offered to finish it for me. How could I refuse?
Just look at her beautiful stitches. She used perle cotton for the quilting which added a subtle luster to the overall design.
Thank you to Vicki Haninger for her inspiration and to Ruth, of course, for seeing the project to fruition. I couldn't be happier with the result!
Strawberry Patch Preserves
15” x 17”
machine pieced, hand quilted
2019
