Hello everyone. Hope you had a great summer! I used mine 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.
Aren't these retro-style fabrics fun? Calicos, polkadots, and gingham checks were very popular in the 1940s and 50s.
My friend, Ruth, was so smitten with the quilt, she offered to finish it for me.
Isn't her quilting gorgeous? I love how the lustrous perle cotton subtly catches the light.
Putting strawberries on the back added even more retro charm.
Turns out, a quilt was the perfect way to preserve that vintage berry. Thank you to Vicki Haninger for her inspiration and to Ruth, of course, for seeing the project to fruition. I couldn't love this little quilt more!
"Strawberry 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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