Sunbonnet Sue Pattern Links
I found some interesting items about this pattern on these sites.
http://www.sunbonnetsue.com/suehistory.html
has a bit of historical information about inspiration for the Sunbonnet Sue character.
While this article suggests that the popularity of this type of drawing faded, I think we can see the survival in the works of Joan Anglund and of the Hollie Hobbie character. These also feature sweet children dressed in old fashioned garb and large hats or hair that largely obscure the face.
This link shows pictures of Sue quilts exhibited in in Houston in 2000 . Check out the Endangered Species quilt, Sue as a toddler, as an elegant girl in Sunbonnet Sue Through The Seasons and as a young lady in Green Summer Sue.
http://www.equilters.com/library/gallery/SSue/SunBonnetSueGallery.html
There’s also a category of Bad Sue blocks and quilts . Here Sue is engaged in naughty activities. She kicks a snowman, goes skinny dipping and , oh the horror, drags her quilt throught he mud!
http://badsuequilts.com/
Finally, a selection of quilt blocks of Sue in all 50 states.
http://www.swmpratt.com/nf20/nf20.htm
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