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 charming doll quilt featuring a vintage embroidered strawberry. Perhaps you remember it from here.
Motifs like this were typical of the 1940s-50s when they embellished household linens such as tea towels, napkins, and tablecloths. In keeping with the Mid-Century theme, calicos, polkadots, and gingham checks certainly fit the bill.
I finished the top ten years ago and put it away for safe-keeping. This spring, I pulled it out again to confer with someone about finishing it up.
My friend Ruth accepted 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
