As you can read, most of us can't see a thing wrong with this quilt. Perhaps you are just sick of seeing it since you have been working so hard on it... :D Why don't you just back it, quilt, use a dark lavender(purple) binding and enjoy it......then start on a new project! Sometimes, we just can't love everything we start and that's OK.....just finish and move on......Personally, I like it!

Morning All,

For the Sunbonnet Sue quilt I would stick a feather in her bonnet. Or as others have said fussy cut some flowers for the bonnet. I vote for a darker final border.

There is nothing wrong with this quilt. It adorable!

Nana Kate2 (aka Quilter 68)

Please don't squint. It's not good for your eyes. You can find the peep hole tool at any Walmart, Lowes, or hardware store and it's cheap so buy two. It's a must have tool for me when deciding colors for my quilt.

Isn't it funny how our own quilts look bad to us but great to everyone else??? I think it's really cute, and for your second quilt I would say that's pretty amazing! I also like the idea of flowers for the hats- even 1 per hat, and yeah, get some yellow in the binding.
GREAT QUILT!! :D

I meant to say yellow in the border.

I think it looks great. And, a yellow border would draw some of the attention from the blocks themselves. Make it balanced.I'm bettin you don't really like bright and bold colors?

What a beautiful quilt. I think a dark blue border with yellow binding would look great

Yellow boder. And it is so cute.

Ditto :thumbup:

love the quilt !!!!!!

Let us know what you deceide and show us more pictures.

It's very cute! I might even add a flower or a bow to the bonnet,but not needed it's adorable

I don't see anything wrong with it. Some yellow in the border would be cute. I love yellow and gold.

How about some yellow baby rick rack or ribbon on the bottom of the apron? Then some yellow binding?

I would get some of the big rickrack or ribbon in bright yellow and run it in the middle of the sashing, both horizontally and vertically. The yellow in the butterfly print just isn't strong enough to compete with the bright yellow background.

Was there a reason you used the solid in one direction only?

lol you explained some awful quilt and when you look all you can say oh how cute/ hope you finish it I would go the color of the bonnets if you want to tame down the yellow.

I am a big fan of Sun Bonnet Sue and have several quilts showing her off, also made a few mistakes (or at least I thought so) using yellow fabric in quilts, it does tend to take over and become the focus fabric, however, using it as a background for Sue is good, she really pops on that yellow. But I would suggest not using more yellow in your borders, instead use the blue/purple, pink or any other color from your pattern fabric, or a different variation of pattern fabric, but limit the use of yellow otherwise it might draw the eye toward the border and you want to keep the focus on Sue, which you have done nicely, good job!

Looks great to me. Did you remove the lavendar boarder?
If that is staying on, and this is the size you want it to be, I think a coordinating yellow binding is all you need to bring it all together.

Sue

Hi Ebony your quilt top is very pretty sue bonnet quilts are pretty no matter what color you use,put your top back together then quilt it and put it on your bed or display it .take a deep breath, rest a little bit ,and keep on sewing. LOL Annette

Very cute blocks! I agree to add some dark blue border/sashing for balance. If you want to tone down the yellow backgrounds, I would heavily quilt it with a white or dark blue thread, depending on which effect you want. Good luck, and post pictures when you are done!!

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.

This is the Sun Bonnet Sue with the Purple Quiltee border. It also shows the lining when fabric was used to extend it.

What a treasure from Grandma!!! :D
I love it!!

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!

I think it looks just fine. A yellow border would be great.

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:

Hi Susie All About Quilts

I loved making it.

Thank You!

Virginia

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!

The hint about quilting the yellow squares with a blue/violet/ or another color from the prints used, will tone down the yellow some too.

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.

I like it too ... I might randomly add small butterfly appliques to the 'Sue' blocks and go with a dark purple border, maybe

If you don't like the yellow/gold you might not want to add more. Also quilting is a lot of interpretation, and if the bonnets are that for you, then it is fine. I would quilt it, bind it, and save your changes for the next one. I like It!

OOOOO! I like this one too. I love bright colors.

I think a yellow binding would to the trick.

I think a yellow binding would do the trick.

Helllo again. I found the drunkards path block and have made a mock-up of a border you could make using the yellow and the bonnet color to frame the quilt.

Will try again. I had saved the blocks as JPEG and they didn't come through apparently. I will try to attach again as a GIF

I think the print you used was to big/bold. It takes away from the Sunbonnet Sues. A smaller/quieter print would allow your eyes to go to the Sunbonnet Sues. Because of the large print your eyes are roving the quilt top looking for a place to land.
good luck.

I agree it is wonderful. Sometimes I just get sick of something and it looks awful to me but not anyone else.

YES, that's it the sashing is too 'busy'! sue's hat is a deep purple-so if i (like someone suggested) put a narrow purple sashing around the yellow and then join them with white?
i do think i have too much yellow already and the comment about only using 1/4 yellow makes sense.
now black would make the colors intense is that correct and the white should cool them down--right.
color selection is a tough one for me.