Cindy's Tips
COOL SLEEPING...THE OLD-TIME WAY
How did our ancestors do it? With a "summer spread," an unlined (or lightly lined) quilt, often simply pieced and embroidered. (Redwork was a favorite technique.) Sometimes the quilt top was backed with a sheet, the edges turned and whipstitched together. Sometimes the top was left unbacked, and the raw seams turned over and handstitched, french seam-style. White, cool muslin was the main ingredient in these refreshing pieces. |
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Dear Cindy, I have acquired a sunbonnet sue quilt that I wanted to find out how old it may be. This sue is not the classic little girl I'm used to seeing. Do you know who I can contact to get some information? Pam Dear Pam, You'll definitely want to consult Barbara Brackman's ENCYCLOPEDIA OF APPLIQUE, but also a book like Betty Hagerman's MEETING OF THE SUNBONNET CHILDREN. Betty has a great deal about Sunbonnet Sue's look and history. If this Sue looks a good bit different, there is always a possibility it's more related to those drawn by Kate Greenaway, a 19th century English artist whose little girls are thought to have either heavily influenced and/or started the Sunbonnet Craze. She died in either 1900 or 1901. The SSues as we best know them are generally related to the 1920s-1940s, although they were produced later than that, up through today. Cindy |
