Strawberries are everyone's favorite fruit. We are fortunate in So. Cal. to have the best strawberries in the country. We can buy and eat them the very day they are picked. There are several strawberry stands in our area and we never, never buy them in the grocery store.
Recently a friend told me about a market about six miles from here. She claimed their berries were the best. We took the drive while on other errands and she was right. They are the best. You can see people picking from the parking lot. The berries bought were still warm from the sun. We realized we can not tell anyone about this stand anymore. There are long lines and times when they run out early in the day.
So it is time to get out some strawberry decorations. Today's pictures are of a quilt bedecked with embroidery, hand quilting and some machine quilting.
A bit of digging turned up a strawberry candlemat appliqued in wool on wool. One day the candle leaked wax all over the mat. All the regular attempts to clean it up failed. Finally, on a very sunny hot day, I took it outside, placed it upside down on many sheets of paper towels and let the sun cook it. No kidding, most of the wax is gone. The wool is a bit stiff and smells of cinnamon from the candle wax, but who cares anyway.
Recently a friend told me about a market about six miles from here. She claimed their berries were the best. We took the drive while on other errands and she was right. They are the best. You can see people picking from the parking lot. The berries bought were still warm from the sun. We realized we can not tell anyone about this stand anymore. There are long lines and times when they run out early in the day.
So it is time to get out some strawberry decorations. Today's pictures are of a quilt bedecked with embroidery, hand quilting and some machine quilting.
A bit of digging turned up a strawberry candlemat appliqued in wool on wool. One day the candle leaked wax all over the mat. All the regular attempts to clean it up failed. Finally, on a very sunny hot day, I took it outside, placed it upside down on many sheets of paper towels and let the sun cook it. No kidding, most of the wax is gone. The wool is a bit stiff and smells of cinnamon from the candle wax, but who cares anyway.
What a great idea about melting wax out of felt using the sun, sweet strawberry candle mat. I am a fan of embroidery in quilts. Most of what my grandmother made had embroidery in it and I have been drawn to that kind of work, inspired by her I'm sure.
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