Twelve Quilts of Christmas 2015 – #6
DECEMBER 19, 2015
Cherry Tree, maker unknown, c. 1860, cotton, 85 ¼” x 80”. Collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Where do I begin? Those tulips steal my heart!
This a masterful composition with bold trunk and branches balanced by delicate leaves and berries. It remains a striking quilt, despite the fading of what was likely a fugitive green fabric.
Embroidered stems attach the berries to the branches. Square grid pattern on point for the quilting was used, which changes to simple diagonal quilting through the trunk and branches. And an eight line quilted cable anchors the design at the bottom. Oh and did I mention those tulips?
Sigh! I think she had fun making it!
Oh man those … tulips!!!
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I’m enjoying this so so much!! thank you!!
Thank you Barb! So lovely of you to say!
Oh my! I love everything about this quilt! A beauty for sure!! From the colors to the quilting and I agree those tulips! Lovely!
Oh someone else who gets the tulips!!
Big fat tree! Tulips that pushed there way into the scene! Cherries everywhere! LOVE THIS! And yeah, those tulips are gonna find there way into something I applique one day! :o)
I think my one day for those tulips is going to have to be very soon. They leave me breathless!