by maryanns66 21 Aug 2011

Y'all have probably figure out...I love Sunbonnets! LOL My love for them goes back to a quilt top my Grandmother pieced many years ago of Sam and Sue that I'm blessed to have. Anyway, they are all hand stitched and although it's a bit tattered, it's very special to me. My Mama tells me at that time, the Sunbonnets as we know them were called 'Little Dutch Girls and Boys" This particular quilt top is not finished and I'm hoping to have parts of it framed for my family. Any ideas from y'all would be so greatly appreciated as I know nothing about quilting or how to go about framing the squares. Mama tells me that most of the fabrics used were flour sacks or her's and her brother and sisters worn out clothing.

Anywho, the design is a freebie donated by Libi to members of FSL Lovers Yahoo Group that I'm a member of. She stitched really nicely. The first creme colored was as per her instructions using two colors. Then after she stitched and I saw how the sequence of fill stitched (don't know if that's the correct digitizing term),I started playing with different colors. The dark navy has gold metallic for one of the fills. The remainder I played with Variegated for fill and solid for outline. When I get a design I go by instruction first...for the most part,take notes as to what stitches when and start playing with the next one.

Libi also has a nice web site and is such a sweet person and easy to work with. I purchased the FSL Decorative Angels set from her last December and still working on getting some of that series stitched.
Here's a link to her site...I hope!LOL This angel is part of a set on her site.
http://www.libisembroiderycreatio...

Yikes, sorry I got a little long winded and hope I didn't bore y'all. :-)

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Comments (21)

by crafter2243 Moderator 22 Aug 2011

They are so cute. I share your love for Sunbonnet. Very nicely done.

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by maryanns66 23 Aug 2011

Thanks so much!! I'm finding there are a lot of us who love Sunbonnets and that makes me happy!

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by lenamae 22 Aug 2011

they are beautiful I love the color choices. you really did great I am making a sunbonnet girl quilt right now for my sister. I have the old sunbonnet pattern and I have the duch boy and girl they are beautiful.
Lenanae

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by eastwitch2 22 Aug 2011

Your FSL Sunbonnet Angels turned out so pretty.

Is this the right link for the set of the Sunbonnet
Angels.

Libi also sells them as individual designs too so you have the choice of the set or just one or 2 of the sunbonnets.

Thanks for sharing your project with us.
EastWitch2

1 links:[1] http://www.libisembroiderycreationstwo.com/cart/index.php?ma...
www.libisembroiderycreationstwo.com

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by maryanns66 22 Aug 2011

YES!! Thank you so much for posting the link for everyone. I just tried and tried and couldn't get it to work.
Thanks so much for your sweet comment and your welcome!
I'm still debating on whether to buy the set or individual.

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by marisabizz 22 Aug 2011

Bellissimi!!!

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by maryanns66 22 Aug 2011

Thank you for commenting and looking!

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by rmj8939 22 Aug 2011

I am in love with FSL and sunbonnets also. Love your colors.

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by maryanns66 22 Aug 2011

Thanks so much! I love FSL and it's about all I stitch these days. I'm addicted and may soon need therapy of some sort! LOL

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by pennifold 22 Aug 2011

These are just gorgeous Maryann I love Sunbonnets too. Thank you for telling your beautiful story about your Grandmother and her quilt.

With regard to your Grandmother's quilt top what I'd do is look for some "antique" looking fabric from around that era. Are you going to be cutting the quilt into pieces for different family members? If so, then it depends on how big the squares/rectangles/oblong shapes are. I would put a couple of borders around them in corresponding fabric to match the quilt fabric. I normally would put a 1" border, then a 2" border etc. I hope this is the sort of thing you are wanting to do. Anyway, good luck with it all and I am sure it will turn out beautifully. Love and blessings Chris

P.S. Will you be including one of these angels in the quilt as well, as they would be a wonderful addition to your Grandmother's quilt? Something new onto something old.

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by maryanns66 22 Aug 2011

Thanks a zillion and I'm so happy to see another lover of Sunbonnets!! And yes the quilt will be cut into pieces for each family member. I'm hoping there will be enough for everyone to have Sam and Sue that are both on Granny's quilt top. I want to frame them is archival frames so they can be handed down from generation to generation.

I probably won't include one of these particular angels with the gifts. I have several FSL Sets and am going to try to match the 'gift' angel as close as I can to the ones Granny stitched. They are really the simple Sam and Sue similar to the ones I shard in projects other day from The Country Needle Wedding Sunbonnet Set.
I sure hope to get this done in time for Christmas!!

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by maryanns66 22 Aug 2011

I so sorry, the link I posted for Libis site is not correct.
Try this one:
http://libisembroiderycreationstw...

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Holy Cow! You're fast! LOL I was just checking to see if I uploaded the picture correctly.
Thanks so much for your kind comment and looking!

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