Sun Bonnet Sue
#1
Super Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 2,005
Sun Bonnet Sue
I always liked the Sun Bonnet Sue Quilts I have seen. I found the directions too complicated so I never did one, however I came across some premade ones on EBay for a reasonable price and I took a chance and ordered them. They are beautiful and very well made. All 30's fabrics. Do you have to hand applique them or can you do it on the machine? What stitch would you use. I have some white on white I want to use for them. Any suggestions? Maybe sashing between the blocks?
#3
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: The middle of an IL cornfield
Posts: 7,014
I would do it on the machine. The stitch would depend on the edges of the Sues. If they have been turned under, I would use heavier black thread and the blanket stitch so it would look more like 1930. If they had fusible all the way to the edges, I would use a satin or button hole stitch in colors that matched the pieces.
#4
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 602
I made a Sun Bonnet Sue quilt a few years back with Mary Engelbreit fabric for one of my granddaughters. If I remember correctly, I used a white on white background fabric and did a machine blanket stitch. Since it was for a child, would be put to good use, and would be laundered frequently the machine blanket stitch worked out perfectly.
#5
I love SBS also as you can tell by my avatar. I do only machine work. I fuse the applique to the fusible then to the background block. Most of the time I use some kind of stablizer under it also. I use either the applique stitch or the buttonhole stitch on my Baby Lock. I have also used a very narrow, short zig-zag stitch, whichever is easier for you to manipulate around your applique pieces.
#6
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Montana
Posts: 414
I have used Sunbonnet Sue for all kinds of things besides quilts(bed) using machine blanket stitches with fusable and Elenor Burns method of using fuseable interfacing . In her book she uses the interfacing with the glue side sewn to rightside of piece and then slits the fuseable and turns them rightside out. This leaves no raw edges and can be hand sewn or machine sewn. My favorite book is "A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF SUNBONNET SUE". A different wall sized quilt for each month. I'm off to do Aprils'-Sue in the rain waiting for May flowers. P.S. I usually blanket stitch with black thread.
s
s
#7
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Northern California, Sonoma Co.
Posts: 2,814
Thanks!
#9
I would do it on the machine. The stitch would depend on the edges of the Sues. If they have been turned under, I would use heavier black thread and the blanket stitch so it would look more like 1930. If they had fusible all the way to the edges, I would use a satin or button hole stitch in colors that matched the pieces.
#10
Perhaps if you show a picture of the stitches on your machine, that people sould suggest a stitch for you to use girls. I am in full agreement about using the stablizer behind the piece while you stitch them down. It makes all the difference in the world in how they look when they are finished.
Last edited by RedGarnet222; 02-20-2013 at 07:59 AM.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post