Sun Bonnet Sue wall hanging
12-27-2012, 10:39 AM
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Sun Bonnet Sue wall hanging
A few weeks ago a work friend presented me with an old apron of her grandmothers with the statement that "I could do something with it." I immediately knew it would be something in a 1930s style.
I should have taken a pic of the apron but didn't think fast enough. Before I knew what I was doing I had cut 40 three inch squares for a pattern I had just seen in AP&Q, June 2012 issue titled Sweet Centerpiece on pg. 100. This cute little apron gave me just enough to make 20 pinwheels for the outer border. The apron fabric is the coral/peach colored part of the pinwheels.
I didn't really like the idea of doing applique (not my thing) in the middle so I started hunting my mag's and books for something suitable.
Here is what I found:
The center motif is from Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting, July/ August 2005, titled Little Susan by Loyce Saxton. She used the coloring book method with crayons to color the fabric and then stitched over them. Her trick is to iron freezer paper to the fabric to stablize it before transfering and coloring it. I like the way it turned out.
Just guess the name of the girl who gave me the apron!
Enjoy
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peace
I should have taken a pic of the apron but didn't think fast enough. Before I knew what I was doing I had cut 40 three inch squares for a pattern I had just seen in AP&Q, June 2012 issue titled Sweet Centerpiece on pg. 100. This cute little apron gave me just enough to make 20 pinwheels for the outer border. The apron fabric is the coral/peach colored part of the pinwheels.
I didn't really like the idea of doing applique (not my thing) in the middle so I started hunting my mag's and books for something suitable.
Here is what I found:
The center motif is from Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting, July/ August 2005, titled Little Susan by Loyce Saxton. She used the coloring book method with crayons to color the fabric and then stitched over them. Her trick is to iron freezer paper to the fabric to stablize it before transfering and coloring it. I like the way it turned out.
Just guess the name of the girl who gave me the apron!
Enjoy
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peace
12-27-2012, 12:48 PM
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Ube, YOU did the coloring and the stitching?! Wonderful!! It's really beautiful; I so appreciate well done handwork because not everyone can do it. My Mother taught both my sister and me; her knitting is likely to leave you with one sleeve 10" longer than the other, whereas my sister's sewing, quilting, embroidery was almost machine-like in it's perfection. I'm somewhere in between, especially now that I have arthritis in my fingers and wrists; some days the flares make even buttoning things difficult. You should doing a video for us on how you colored this piece!
Jan in VA
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