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no-bonnet sue

I was trying to come up with my own version of the Sunbonnet Sue applique quilt patterns but I just couldn’t work the bonnet in. So instead, here’s my no-bonnet Sue. I dig how she turned out. I’m thinking a few more applique squares and then I need to think of how to work them into a quilt design. Feels good to be getting back to this abandoned color scheme.

47 thoughts on “no-bonnet sue

  1. LOVE your no-bonnet Sue! She’s such a darling! 😉

  2. can’t wait to see the finished result.

  3. i can’t wait to see where this goes. it will make a wonderful quilt.

  4. She’s very sweet!
    Are you printing more embroidery patterns???? I was on vacation when they went up for sale : (

  5. Love the Sunbonnet-less Sue!
    I just got my patterns in the mail and I wanted to tell you that you are truly onto something with your packaging, etc. It’s very, very well-done.
    Thumbs up!

  6. I too love this idea. I love coming up with new takes on the old ways. Thanks for the inspiration.

  7. oh wow-wow!!! I love her!!!

  8. Oh, she is adorable! I especially love the tights/legs!

  9. Love it! Great update for Sunbonnet Sue. I like yours much better than the original!

  10. I adore it! Really nice colors – you ought to make a matching doll to go with it.

  11. oooooo, what an inspiration that is, thanks so much!

  12. she’s awesome. i love her!!

  13. this is so good…

  14. So darling! She almost looks like a little geisha with the dark hair. What a great modern take on a classic! You are so talented.
    Lori

  15. what a perfect modern take on an old classic.

  16. Hillary, this is SO SO cute!

  17. she has a japanese look! love it.

  18. she has a japanese look! love it.

  19. love her.. she’s one adorable lady. can’t wait to see the rest of this project!

  20. Love this! I have quite a few of the fabrics you incorporated into Sue. Very inspiring indeed!

  21. I just don’t know how you do it! Everything you touch turns to gold.

  22. Awww! I wish my hair looked like that. (Seriously.)

  23. I’m a long-time lurker, breaking out to say WOW your “Sue” is fantastic! Can I have your permission to ‘steal’ the idea? I agree with the poster above that she looks geisha-like and I can sense a project brewing: I have a bunch of Asian fabrics, a neice/nephew on the way, and a SIL who would groove on a Japanese Sue baby quilt. Please? I won’t bite your idea without permission.

  24. Usually, I don’t like so much Sunbonnet but your no-bonnet Sue is so lovely !!!!

  25. She is great. I love the swoop of her leg and the shape of her shoe.
    The colors are yummy, too. I remember that color scheme post fondly.

  26. Love, love, love it. Did I say I love it !! Clarice

  27. Oh – she is great! I love the idea of updating traditional images. Great job Hillary!
    PS – got the stitchettes in the mail yesterday … yippee!!!

  28. : 0
    She is luvverly !

  29. oh that’s really cute! screw color theory for a few weeks, that’s what I say (although I do love it most of the times).

  30. She is gorgeous! The quilt is going to be so great.
    {I received my stitchettes yesterday, I love them!}

  31. Wonderful! Truly…I wish I’d thought of her. I very much admire all you do.
    Because I don’t embroider, I didn’t order the Stitchettes, but yesterday I told my mom about them and she smacked me in the head (in that maternal way) and said “Why didn’t you get ME some?”
    So, um, I know they’re sold out; will there be a reprint so I can redeem myself by Christmas?

  32. That “No-Bonnet” Sue is WONDERFUL! I absolutely love it. Great update to the old style and something I would definitely use. Would love to have this pattern!

  33. Oh my lord! she is so cute 🙂

  34. OMG. I love her striped stockings and her polka dotted hair. Lovely as usual. You always come up with new things to make. I am constantly inspired by you! YOU ROCK! LOL…..sorry….I had to say that :o)

  35. You inspire me with everything you do, we are like-(crafty)minded, and I enjoy seeing what you come up with next and you insure me that possibilities are endless!

  36. This is adorable! I love the color combo and would totally wear those shoes!

  37. Hi!
    Honestly I prefer your work than the sunbonnet sue… It’s very sweet and the combination is very good… Keep up with the good work, manela

  38. I think this no-bonnet Sue is much more adorable!!!

  39. Oh I love her! I’ve been looking forever for something like this to make with my daughter’s infant clothes!

  40. I love your no bonnet Sue…so cute and updated!

  41. Your creativity is endless! I love your modern take on Sue. Can’t way to see a series of them.

  42. No-Bonnet Sue is genius. The design, and the fabrics.

  43. I just love this! I especially love the fabric you used for her dress, and the small polka-dot fabric for her hair!
    Melissa

  44. WOW! It took me a few days to comment…I’ve thought about this myself. How do I make a modern sunbonnet sue? Hoodies, baseball caps and beanies are too unisex. The big sailor/summer hats on the embroidered dolls are really just about perfect, but I think the no sunbonnet is better because she is so different. She does look a little Asian to me, but is there something Amelie about her, too? Very sharp, very female, very cute and wonderful color and fabric choices. She’s a keeper! Just wonderful and thank you so very much!

  45. Please make that a purchasable (word?) pattern. LOVE it! and I see I am not alone. nancy

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