Beautiful work -- both the pretty daughter and the pretty quilt. I love those "Sues." I don't know that I've ever seen one with the little arms and legs.

What a wonderful way to show how much she's loved. She will cherish that all the days of her life. You've done a beautiful job.

Wow...what a great story - beautiful daughter - pretty quilt.....and an award to top it all off. Congratulations !!!

It is not Sunbonnet Sue. The pattern is Garden Girl, and she is wearing her big hat and carrying a watering can.
I used a blanket stitch to appliqué it and hand embroidered her legs and arms.
I appreciate all the comments.

Love the quilt. I just finished a year in the life of Sunbonnet Sue. They were wall hangings, one for each month of the year. It was so much fun to change the fabrics and all the trims. I might need to make another set for myself.

That is just beautiful!!! I really admire your work. I had a wonderful antique quilt made in the 1930's by a lady in Tennessee. It is sooo similar. Due to financial difficulties I recently sold the quilt to a lady in Australia. This is a picture of mine.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/attachm...d=494696&stc=1
Please let me know if you had a pattern. I would love to try to reproduce one. I just love the work you have done on the one for your daughter. It is a real treasure.

How wonderful. An heirloom your beautiful daughter will always treasure.

A picture speaks a thousand words. She loves it and what a wonderful momento of her growing up years. Mom, you did fantastic, and I agree, it should have gotten more than an honorable mention.

Sweet quilt.

Congratulations to you...what a precious quilt you have made....I just love it.

Very pretty! Your daughter sure has a treasure.

I had a choice of quilt pattern for my wedding 41 years ago and asked my grandmother to make a colonial girl quilt out of my clothing scraps, as she had done for my mother's wedding quilt. Today it is much too small for my bed, a little stained and some of the fabrics are a bit frayed, but it is still my most treasured quilt (and I have many). I'm sure Lawrie will enjoy her's for years to come.

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A sure winner & more than an honourable mention, IMHO. Lovely quilt & terrific quilting.

Such a beautiful quilt and full of special memories! Congratulations as well.

What a spectacular idea! Such a nice quilt. :)

So proud she appears to be! What a beautiful quilt and it will always mean so much to her.

What a beautiful memory quilt! Your daughter looks so happy and proud of it and you!

That is such a precious thing to do. My mother told me the other day that she has a case of scraps from our clothes (I'm 56 mind). You have inspired me!

Too pretty!! It's lovely!!

I, too, started saving two 5" squares of everything I sewed for my daughter through the years ALSO BEFORE I ever thought of quilting!!! You are ahead of me....I haven't put them together yet, but plan to do one from one of the Nickel quilt books using a tone-on-tone Teddy Bear print for sashing (she collects TB's) and an allover Teddy Bear print for the backing. Hopefully, in the next four years before she turns 50, I'll get it together. Thanks for sharing your beautiful quilt.

What a treasure for your daughter!! Congratulations on your honorable mention and she looks very proud of her quilt. :)

Great idea and congrats on the ribbon!

Beautiful quilt and daughter!!

What a great quilt, it's evident she loves it. Congratulations on the Honorable Mention, it was justly deserved. When my daughter was in her Sr. year of high school, and had chicken pox (don't know why she didn't get it when her older brother did), boredom set it, so she wanted me to help her make a quilt for her dorm room at college. Her words were "but I don't want to make the kind of quilts you make, I want one with just squares and only one square of each fabric". She dug through my stash, using pieces of clothing I made for her and her dolls, etc., etc., then we picked out the border together. I still don't think she has discovered that she does have 2 squares of one fabric, but I'm not going to tell her, but then I only discovered that fact when I was quilting the quilt. So far that is her one and only quilt, maybe someday.

That is awesome...

Love your quilt. What a joyful trip down memory lane. This is a real treasure and I hope your daughter will really enjoy it.

Nice memory quilt.

How adorable !! and what a great idea to save it all for a cute quilt

What a beautiful quilt and a wonderful way to remember growing up. .

I love that idea! I have always wanyed to do a Sunbonnet Sue, and have scraps from all of the outfits I've made for my little Grandgirl. Thanks to you and your beautiful quilt I now have great inspiration!

Great looking quilt!