Hello everyone! Hope you had a great summer. I used the opportunity to pull out an old project and get help finishing it up. It's a small quilt that features a vintage embroidered strawberry. Perhaps you remember it from here.
Of course, nothing says 1940s-50s like calicoes, polkadots, and gingham checks. Aren't these retro-style fabrics fun?
My friend Ruth volunteered to finish the quilt. Just look at her beautiful stitching!
She crosshatched through the 2" squares...
and did cables in the daisy-print border. Can you see how the perle cotton catches the light?
There are strawberries on the back too.
Turns out, a quilt was the perfect way to preserve that vintage embroidery! Thank you to Vicki Haninger for her inspiration and to Ruth, of course, for seeing the project to fruition. XO
"Strawberry Preserves"
15” x 17”
machine pieced, hand quilted
2019
