Hi everyone. Hope you had a great summer! I took the opportunity to pull out an old project and get help finishing it up. It's a small quilt that features a charming embroidered strawberry. Perhaps you remember it from here.
To create a retro look, I used calicos, polkadots, and gingham checks, all popular during the 1930s-40s.
My friend, Ruth, was so smitten with the quilt, she offered to finish it for me! How could I refuse?
Just look at her tiny stitches. Can you see how the perle cotton subtly catches the light?
For even more nostalgia, I added strawberries to the back as well
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.
Strawberry Preserves
15” x 17”
machine pieced, hand quilted
2019
