Summer is quickly turning to fall, but I’m just not ready for the change of seasons. I’m still basking in the glow of this summer’s project, a small quilt that features a vintage embroidered strawberry. Perhaps you remember it from here.
These ripe berry reds, sunny yellows, and fresh garden greens are the very essence of summertime. calicos, polkadots and giingham
I set the project aside years ago when I gave up doing handwork, but . Fortunately, my friend Ruth offered to hand quilt and bind it.
seems the weakness and lack of dexterity in m. A sweet quilt like this deserved better, so I showed it to my friend, Ruth, who's an , she offered to finish the project for me!
Just look at her beautiful stitches. When the perle cotton catches the light, it adds a subtle sheen to the overall design.
As it turns out, making a doll quilt was the perfect way to preserve that vintage strawberry! Thank you to Vicki Haninger for the 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
I love that recipe and feel lucky to have one of the four quilts.
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Terrific recipe for capturing the essence of summertime. I really need to make more little quilts instead of always making lap size versions.
ReplyDeleteJust happy as can be!!
ReplyDeleteThat quilt is so sweet! And perfectly captures the essence of summer...which seems to be slowly slipping from our grasp.
ReplyDeleteNice post thaanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteI love how this quilt combines vintage charm with modern quilting techniques.
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