Monday, September 2, 2019

Strawberry Preserves


Hi everyone! Hope you had a great summer. I used the time 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.



Motifs like this are typical of the 1940s-50s when they embellished all manner of household linens from tea towels and tablecloths, to dresser scarves and pillowcases. Equally as popular, were calico, polkadot, and gingham check fabrics, making them a perfect choice for adding vintage charm to my quilt.



My friend, Ruth, was so smitten when I showed her the quilt she even offered to finish it.



Just look at her beautiful stitches. Can you see how the perle cotton subtly catches the light?





I couldn't be happier with how this turned out. Thank you to Vicki Haninger for her inspiration and to Ruth, of course, for seeing the project to fruition!



Strawberry Preserves

15” x 17”

machine pieced, hand quilted

2019


6 comments:

  1. I love that recipe and feel lucky to have one of the four quilts.
    xo

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  2. Terrific recipe for capturing the essence of summertime. I really need to make more little quilts instead of always making lap size versions.

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  3. That quilt is so sweet! And perfectly captures the essence of summer...which seems to be slowly slipping from our grasp.

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  4. Nice post thaanks for sharing

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  5. I love how this quilt combines vintage charm with modern quilting techniques.

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