Well, it's been a long, long, long time since I actually had an ENTIRE weekend to do what I wanted to do. There wasn't any work for me Friday afternoon so all I had to do Saturday morning was go to Saturday Sampler and pick up Block 8 and then finish my x-rays. Then, my mom and I had lunch and I was able to sew the rest of the day. On Sept 29th, my bestest buddy, Joy, and I took a class at Cozy Cottage in Brea where our exceptional teacher, Ms. Janet, thought she could get away from us and teach a Sunbonnet Sue class....but WE FOUND HER. Anyway, Joy and I had the best time "playing with our dolls". This is the one I actually made in class....my first one.
Joy brought the lace and I ran with it. I wish we would have had more time to play, but the class was only three hours. But it took three hours just to make one...so keep that in mind.
Anyway, I wanted to embellish mine even further than just with lace and ribbon. I wanted to try a mixture of applique and embroidery. Here was my first attempt at an embroidered and appliqued Sue. I made the butterfly first and I was upset at the way it looked so I thought I was just going to have to toss this piece of fabric into the trash, but then I thought why not embroider some other designs just for size and placement.
so I tried a flower. After the flower was embroidered, I thought the size was great and I placed my Sue pieces around.....hmmmmmm, not as bad as I originally thought, so I ironed them in place. Then I "did the dance"....the applique dance all around Sue.
Wanting to make all my Sues different and this was so much fun I then decided not to put lace on her bonnet but use a decorative stitch on my sewing machine. Pretty cute !!! I just had to take this to class with me today and show Ms. Janet. She, Judy, Ellen, and Jenny (poor Jenny who was miserable having her wisdom teeth out and all bruised).....all loved her. I was pleased and oh so motivated. I had the BUG.....the APPLIQUE BUG ....so I came home after quilt class and played with "Sam".
Again, using decorative stitches on my machine and applique, I made Sam flying a kite. He turned out just adorable....so now I have a total of two Sues and one Sam. The quilt is supposed to only be 12 but I may have to make the twin size, because I just can't get enough of "playing with these dolls."
Stay tuned !!!
