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 small quilt that features a vintage embroidered strawberry. Perhaps you remember it from here.
I set the top aside years ago once I quit doing handwork, but those ripe berry reds, sunny yellows, and crisp greens remained on my mind.
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
