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My Mad Murder Spree - Killing Sunbonnet Sue

Old 03-04-2013, 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Pat G View Post
Don't you feel guilty for killing her off? So funny.
Not really. lol
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Old 03-04-2013, 01:36 PM
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Unbelievable. Love all the detail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 03-04-2013, 01:39 PM
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Outstanding creativity....I may just have to make a special trip to Elverta, CA to see this quilt!! Let us all see the finished quilt.
I also like the idea of SBS being done in by a 'quilt'otine (guillotine(sp?)).
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Old 03-04-2013, 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by kayluvs2quilt View Post
I also like the idea of SBS being done in by a 'quilt'otine (guillotine(sp?)).
Oh what a fabulous picture: The quilt'otine could be powered by a rotary cutter...thinking, thinking, plotting........
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OMG! I just love the bad Sue quilts. I did one for a challenge last summer and came in 2nd place. Will post as soon as I can figure how to get the picture on site. Pegeth
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Old 03-04-2013, 01:57 PM
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There are other quilters with a warped sense of humor out there. I just found this picture of a quilt from a show a couple of years ago. A guild had a challenge of creating a block showing how Sue met her demise. The winner of the viewers' choice received all the blocks. This is what she made.
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What are visiting days in the home? lol
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Old 03-04-2013, 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by MadQuilter View Post
Oh, so you are helping by giving me more ideas? lol

I actually have some more ideas. The shower scene in Psycho came to mind this morning. And then I want to put her in a rough play scene with Raggedy Ann, Raggedy Andy, Strawberry Shortcake and the Sock Monkey where they have SBS by the limbs and are tearing her apart. I have no idea where these thoughts are coming from. I'm really not a violent person. hehe
Oooh!!! How wonderful to include so many other "friends" ... throw a Smurf in there too.

And how about Sue being executed military style by ... THE QUILT POLICE!!! I'm sure you can round a few of them up here on this thread

And .... how about "Get a Clue Sue" ... she can be done in by Colonel Mustard in the conservatory with the lead pipe ....

Oh this is soooo much fun!!

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Old 03-04-2013, 02:23 PM
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Not knowing much about this character, i did a little research. Sue was rather popular during the Great Depression - some writers have attributed her innocence and demeanor to bring hope and sunshine to people during those difficult times. ...
Sue became popular again - not in a good way- during the 1980's and the women's movement. The Seamsters Local #500 of Lawrence, Kansas vented their rage at the state of women’s affairs by killing her off in a group quilt called The Sun Sets on Sunbonnet Sue. The blocks are a historical reflection of the troubled decade. Among twenty blocks depicting her demise, Sue commits suicide at Jonestown by drinking purple Kool-Aid, is killed at the Three Mile Island nuclear disaster, is crushed by a falling Skylab, and is eaten by Jaws. Other, more conventional endings show Sue hit by lightening, tied to railroad tracks, buried alive, and eaten by a giant snake.

Who knew that so much history was tied to this block.
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Thanks for sharing gramajo. That is a lovely assortment for sure. I love the one with "Dr. Sam" bwahaha.
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