I love red! I used to tease my Mom that she brought me home from the hospital wrapped in a red blanket. I have collected red fabric–solids, print on print, grunge, stripes, prints, seasonal prints and especially polka dots, probably my favorite. My quilting friends learned of my obsession and have gifted me or pointed me to more.
And, I also love cherries, especially my Grandma Ella’s cherry crisp, cherry and chocolate ice cream and Cherry Fabric Prints. Cherry prints that give off a vintage 30’s flavor are best. I have made placemats and table runners featuring cherries.
Cherry print fabric is perfect for aprons–with or without ric rac!
I had never by fortunate enough to attend a Red and White Quilt show but my DIL gifted me a coffee table book featuring NYC quilt show and I have admired the versatility of red and white quilts. So when I happened on Nancy Mahoney’s Cherries and Cream quilt published in Fon’s and Porter’s Love of Quilting May/June 2020 magazine, I knew this was the one to start my own collection!
I loved piecing it! But when I put the pieced top on my bed, I decided nope–it wouldn’t live there happily so I am donating mine to the Quilt Etc. Sale and Auction. It is still at the long-arm quilters. I am tempted to add some tiny cherry prints in the binding but won’t—
Here is my version hanging from our deck before it went to the quilter.
If you’re looking for the perfect quilt to start your own Red & White Quilt Collection, come to the sale.
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