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.
These ripe berry reds, sunny yellows, calicos, polkadots, and gingham checks play into the 1940s-50s time frame. Wasn't the daisy print border (American Jane) a perfect finishing touch?
I finally asked my friend Ruth to finish the quilt for me. As you can see, it couldn't be in better hands.
Just look at her beautiful stitches... the perle cotton adds a subtle sheen 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
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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