WE HAVE A WINNER!

One lucky person has won this week's drawing for the free pattern!  We are waiting for the winner to contact us back.  Meanwhile, here's the prize for next week's drawing.  Please get your entries (comments) in by Midnight, Monday, February 27th, PST.

Just leave a comment on any post here between now and midnight, the 27th.  You will be automatically entered in the weekly drawing!

Next week's prize is a free quilt pattern:

"Hawaiian Sue Quilt Pattern"

Twelve Sunbonnet Sues barefoot on the beach in Hawaii...what could be more fun? The Sue applique blocks alternate with a half-square triangle block to make a 61 x 79 inch quilt. This is a very simple quilt sewn in bright colors. You can order the Sues, ready-made, or sew them yourself. Ten page pattern in a 6 x 9 poly bag includes colored illustration, instructions and traceable pattern pieces.

Enter today to win this popular quilt pattern!

New Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Pattern

Today, the Hawaiian Sue quilt pattern made its debut. Twelve precious little Sues in bright Hawaiian colors mixed with Splash fabrics by Blank. Susan Ryan quilted the quilt with huge lilies inspired by one of the Sunbonnet Sue's dress fabrics. (Lots of Sues and Susans in this story!). See my earlier post on this quilt for more details.

This quilt is fast and fun to make. The Sues were sewn by Norma Downing who sells them on ebay under the name, Norrich. Look for her many pre-made Sues on Ebay. If you find you don't want to buy the Sues, though, a traceable pattern is included with ideas for fabrics etc for the little ladies.

To buy the pattern, go to http://www.prairiecottagecorner.com/free

Happy Quilting!

Looking for the Perfect Sue?

I had seen these pre-made Sunbonnet Sues on Ebay several times last year when I finally decided to buy a set of them and see if they were really as beautiful as they looked in the pictures. So I bought a set and when they came, I was so happy. There were 12 in a set; good cotton fabric of quilt quality sewn very carefully all around the edges to one-sided fusible (slit in back and turned inside-out).

I called the set I bought, Hawaiian Sue, and made a twin quilt from them which I showed in the Odessa Spring Fling quilt show this year. It was my first attempt to produce anything that could be shown. As it turned out, I actually showed the Hawaiian Sue, Green Thumb Sue, and Sunday Sue quilts.


The Hawaiian Sue set and all the other lovelies on Ebay of this sort are made by Norma Downing of the Tri-Cities area of Washington State. Her email address is downing2@verizon.net

She makes all kinds of Sues for quilts and will do custom designs as well. The Sues I received came pinned together. Each figure had five pieces and they were exquisite. I hand-stitched them to the block on point, then machine-pieced the alternating blocks to make the whole quilt top.

Susan Ryan, a wonderful professional quilter (her email address is dbltapmomma2@gmail.com), quilted it for me making huge flowers in the alternate blocks to match a lily design in one of the Sue dresses. Then, she echo-quilted the Sues. A vine quilt stitch was used in the borders. It's my favorite Sue quilt, so far and very easy to make. I'm just getting ready to release the pattern for it this next month.

Be sure to look on Ebay or Etsy for Norma Downing's Sues. They are really wonderful. And, if you want a really good quilter person who is artistic and easy to work with, send your quilts to Susan. Happy Stitching!