WE WENT TO A festiveal and it was a ladt there and she was selling quilts and she had one that she called a doll pattern it had a bonnet and a long dress and a parasall i think that is the way you spelled it it was kinda like a sunbonnet sue but it was eleagant and she had facial features if someone could please help it was expensive all of her quilts was expensive or i would have bought it if anyone could help thanks dorothy from tenn

Was it appliqued or embroidered? It might be the parasol ladies or vintage ladies. Sorry, not much help.

sounds like this might be the pattern?

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-COLONIAL...item2556595b42

I'll look some more to see if I can find a pattern to make one.

Check out this site. It has victorian ladies of all types. Even whole town scenes. This is my "some day" quilt idea.

http://www.bonnetgirls.com/

Oops -- I got stuck on that site again! Every time I look at it I just can't stop.

I found the following online, which is a book by Darlene Zimmerman:

http://books.google.com/books?id=gXu...age&q=&f=false

or http://tinyurl.com/yzdz7lq . Scroll down to see the quilt.

You can look inside that book at Amazon; the title is Granny Quilt Decor.

and this book from AQS:
http://www.americanquilter.com/books...il.php?id=6676

OOOPS, now you and I are BOTH in trouble! Wow - LOVE that site! Thanks

I have the book by Darlene Zimmerman- it has the pattern in it- looks easy to use. On my "someday" list.

Here is a link I found that might help.

http://www.sunbonnetsue.com/September2000.htm

thank you so much that helped alot thank you you so much mich ya'll are very good freinds thanks again dorothy from tenn

Went to your site and shouldn't! Did you see the kitty wall hanging? Really adorable! :D

I really do have a thing about that site. I want them ALL!

Thanks for sharing this site. I have the book "Ladies Day Out with the Bonnet Girls" by Helen Scott out from the library. Her applique is so detailed and clever. I don't know if I'll ever have the time or patience to make a Bonnet Girls quilt, but I do love looking at the pictures!

Oh, I meant to add, there was a quilt in the PICTURES section with both Sunbonnet Sue and, I think, Parasol Lady. I don't recall who posted it, but if I remember correctly, her mother had made it for her. In fact, I think it was that quilt that caused me to get the Bonnet Girls book out from the library. I have to make a couple of phone calls, then I'll come back and look for it unless someone else finds it first.

I love Sunbonnet Sue and would like to make SS quilts for my granddaughters, but they show absolutely no interest. I think she's too old fashioned for them. They do like the Parasol Ladies and Bonnet Girls, though. Maybe I should just make a four seasons SS wall hanging for myself. That shouldn't take forever and at least then I'll have made one.

Sandy

I couldn't wait to look for it and finally found it. Sulabug posted the pictures; her mom made it for her. I was wrong about the parasol ladies though, the ladies in this quilt aren't holding parasols, but they're beautiful. Overall Sam is also on the quilt along with Sunbonnet Sue. Now let's see if I can make a link to the pics; I haven't done that on here yet.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/posts/list/25296.page

Yay, I did it!

the one in the middle looked like the quilt that i saw where did you get that pattern she didn't have a parasal but she had facial features but that one one was very expensive i had bought a cotton bole quilt and it was 95 but this lady wanted 150 and it was not that thick but it was pretty thanks dorothy from tenn

If you can get to a public library you can likely borrow a book with these types of patterns . You can also go to half.com and get a good quilt book at a reasonable price!! Good luck!

Last night was our quilt guild meeting - and the topic was memory quilts.
One of the quilts seems very much like what you want.
It was an old pattern, from the Kansas City Star (I think the newspaper), and they published a pattern regularly. Don't know if there is a book, or a site you can view those old patterns, or not, but at least maybe this gives you a "title" of sorts to search for. Good luck.

middysmom,

I PM'd Sulabug and asked her to check out this thread and respond if she knows where her mother got the pattern. If she can't help, I second the library option. I ran across the Bonnet Girls books while searching for a similar pattern, but I know I've seen books with patterns of other ladies, although I don't remember now which books or where I saw them. Our library belongs to a consortium so when searching for books I'm not just searching our library, but about 60 libraries in Ohio. One or more of the other libraries often has the book I want and I just reserve it, then they ship it to my library. And the nice thing is it's free. If I really like a particular book, I buy it on the internet, usually from Amazon.

Good luck! I hope you find a pattern you like.

Sandy

Yes!! :D You did find it!! :D I am going to ask my Mom today if she still has those patterns or can remember the name of it. Wish me LUCK.
Cheryl

Now, I found it!! :D My Mother's quilt patterns were made by this company. Look under Bonnet Relatives & you will find one pattern my Mom made & also one with her parasol. I hope this helps.
Cheryl

Is this the one?