Hi everyone! Hope you had a great summer. I spent mine pulling out an old project and getting help finishing it up. It's a small quilt that features a vintage embroidered strawberry. Perhaps you remember it from here.
Aren't these retro fabrics fun? Calicos, polkadots, and gingham checks were very popular in the 1940s and 50s.
My friend Ruth offered to finish the quilt for me. How could I refuse? Just look at her beautiful handwork.
She crosshatched through the 2" squares...
and stitched cables in the daisy-print border. Can you see how the perle cotton subtly catches the light?
The strawberries on the back add more vintage charm.
Thanks to Vicki Haninger for her inspiration and to Ruth, of course. for seeing the project to fruition. It turns out, a quilt was the perfect way to preserve that embroidered berry!
"Strawberry Preserves"
15” x 17”
machine pieced, hand quilted
2019
