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#61
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 1,152
I think the Sun Bonnet figures are adorable and I think the colors are outstanding. I recently made a Sun Bonnet Sue quilt for my granddaughter. Thinking she had a twin bed I made the twin bed size. When spoke with her mother I was informed she had a double bed. This quilt had been finished and quilted, mind you. It also had a lot of purple in it, so I went to a fabric store, bought purple quilted fabric and added an 8 inch border all around. It is beautiful and the idea of using the quilting fabric to extend the size was not only a time saver, but also made the original portion of the quilt stand out.
Sun Bonnet Sue quilt w/quilted border
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#64
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Hartsburg, Mo
Posts: 309
As always, lots of good advice here. How would you feel about quilting the yellow blocks with a purple/blue (one of the other colors in the fabric) - might tone down the yellow a bit...just a thought!
#66
As others have said -- my first thought was that it needed yellow binding. That will set off all the blue just perfectly. I don't think I would put anything on the bonnet -- unless you wanted to outline the band in yellow stitching to bring it out a bit. I think you have a beautiful quilt.
I should have said border. :oops: :thumbup:
I should have said border. :oops: :thumbup:
#68
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 29
Adding something with yellow in it for a border would pull it all together. Also, the idea of flowers on the hats (a lighter yellow or lavender/lt. blue) may be an idea for additional embellishments.
It is a beautiful quilt top - great job!
It is a beautiful quilt top - great job!
#70
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 682
Hi. you sure put a lot of work into those blocks. They are so cute. If you have a program that will print photos you could take a picture of the block and print a lot of small copies. Lay them out like a quilt and use fabric or colored paper to experiment with sashing, corner stones, corner pinwheels. I am not good at visualizing without actually seeing it. A wavy border done with the block with the quarter circle in the corner (I can't think of the name right now) would maybe set it off very nicely. When I think of the name of the block, I will post again.
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