Strawberries and Flowers
Alice Olsen Williams
Anishinabe, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
1991
Cotton with polyester filling
60" x 60”
MSUM 1997:71.1
Photo by Doug Elbinger, all rights reseved by the Michigan State University Museum

In Anishnabe culture, the strawberry is one of the first fruits to be gathered in the spring; thus, the fruit figures prominently in harvest celebrations, burial rituals, dances, and legends. It is no surprise that it is also used in quilts.

From To Honor and Comfort Native Quilting Traditions