Showing posts with label Sunbonnet Sue. Show all posts
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Jan 3, 2011

Skating Sue Welcomes January Fun


I had to laugh when my youngest of four brothers confessed that after I left home in '68 to attend college 'in the States'...he inherited my ice skates. That's how it goes when there are five kids in your family...you make do with what you have, and pass it all down the line... one by one.

What made me laugh (and laugh hard!) was that my ice skates...oh, how I loved those ice skates!...were white with a blue lining and had beautiful fluffy white fur ruffs on the tops! I can just picture my burly brother skating along in those....out on our frozen Alaskan lake!

If you want to skate through life, you take what life gives you and make the best of it...and not only that, but you have fun in the doing!

Free Sunbonnet Sue and Sam Patterns


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May 13, 2008

Sunbonnet Sue: Free Quilt Patterns




We all know Sunbonnet Sue. Some of us love her, some of us have appliqued or quilted her and some even remember her from childhood days.

Whether you know the pattern as the Sunbonnet Sue, or the Dutch doll, Bonnie Bonnet, or as the Sun Bonnet Babies....she's been made into quilts, painted on nursery walls, appliqued onto clothing and goes back to our grandmother's or even great-grandmother's time.

Many of the illustrators of the late 1800's and the early 20th century drew playful children with big hats or bonnets, but only a few are recognized as being Sue's earliest illustrators. The first is Kate (Catherine)Greenaway (1846-1901) who as a British book editor who often drew pictures of children, especially sweet girls in bonnets on her greeting cards. 


Many of her designs were used on the patches of fine Victorian crazy quilts or appeared in early editions of Smithsonian magazine. These were probably Sue's very first appearance in quilts.


 

 




But it is another illustrator, Bertha Corbett Melcher, who is officially regarded as the "Mother of Sunbonnet Babies." Bertha illustrated children's Primer books in the early 1900's and her books depicted girls with their faces hidden by their bonnets. 

Her drawings caught the eye of a Primer illustrator Eulalie Osgood Grover, and the two women began a collaboration what would last for many year, through many different Primer books.







An early Housekeeper magazine reprint of that article describes this time of her life. Although most of her time was spent on her Sunbonnet Babies, she was a recognized artist in her own right and worked in water colors, oil, and ivory miniatures.

0, we are the Sun-bonnet Babies.
Good morning, and how do you do? We came all the way the other day,
From a bottle of ink for you.

We all are so very polite,
We never so much as look,
But laugh away about our play,
All through this wonderful book....

A little girl that once I knew
Read this book completely through;
Read it every word, and then
Read it all right through again!
by Bertha Corbett Melcher




Reprinted from THE HOUSEKEEPER, September 1907





Sue & Sam Paper Pieced Block























Sunbonnet Sue Doll

Sunbonnet Sue Gardens..requires McCalls sign in

Sunbonnet Sue and Overalls Sam Quilt - Here's My Heart Quilt ...


Sunbonnet Sue's Click here for the Sue Pattern
Click here for the Sam Pattern



Umbrella Lady Quilt

Bride Sues

Free Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Pattern


Shown below...a Sunbonnet (shaped like a bonnet) Sewing Case...a Vintage Pattern!

This pattern is quite the charmer, it’s a unique Sunbonnet Sewing Case which has the brim of the bonnet holding needles while the bonnet itself is a small drawstring pouch to hold sewing supplies (like threads, a thimble, small pair of scissors, etc.). This pattern is from 1936.

Fabric: Use gingham, cotton print, silk or velvet.

Cutting Instructions:

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  • Cut section (1) on fold of material.

  • From section (2) cut 1 pair for outside and another pair for inside facing.

  • From section (2) also cut 2 cardboard pieces for stiffening and 2 white flannel pieces (for inside needle section) omitting the 1/4 inch seam allowance.
Directions:
  • Join each section (2) to facing leaving long straight side free, insert cardboard. Repeat for other side.

  • Sew tape to form casing on underside of section (1) finish lower edge with narrow hem and draw gathers at other edge into 6-1/2 inches. Join the gathered edge to one edge of section (2).

  • Buttonhole the curved and short side of each white flannel section (detail 2) using 2 threads six strand cotton. Turn in seam allowance of facing and slipstitch to position over the raw edge of each flannelette section.

  • Slip ribbon through casing, draw together and tie a bow.

Pattern Download

Both the image file and a pdf are available below

(First save to your desktop before printing; Don’t check “Fit To Page” and it should print out true to size.)

The pattern won’t print off true to size so you’ll need to enlarge it (measurement details are included in the pdf).
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Free Vintage Sunbonnet Pattern: {Sewing} : TipNut.com

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Sunbonnet Gal Days Of The Week: {Embroidery} : TipNut.com
Aug 6, 2008 ... Here's the latest freebie embroidery pattern set I'll be sharing on Tipnut–a Sunbonnet Gal Days Of The Week dishtowel set. I believe this sweet ...
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6 Vintage Sunbonnet Girl Embroidery Motifs : TipNut.com
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Sunbonnet Sewing Case PDF Pattern Download
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
Pattern Found At Tipnut.com. Vintage Sunbonnet Sewing Case. This pattern is quite the charmer, it's a unique Sunbonnet Sewing Case which has the brim of ...
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Bonnet Gal Days Of The Week: {Embroidery & Applique} : TipNut.com
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