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Create a bright and cheery full-size calendar quilt with Sunbonnet Sue, All Through the Year by Sue Linker. Easy-to-follow instructions for 24 blocks, two blocks for each month, allow you to mix and match designs.
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Sunbonnet SueAuthor:
Sue Linker |


Create a bright and cheery full-size calendar quilt with Sunbonnet Sue! Easy-to-follow instructions for 24 blocks—two blocks for each month—allow you to mix and match designs. Creative dimensional techniques give these blocks even more visual appeal.
Depict Sunbonnet Sue doing seasonal activities, such as skating on a frozen pond, flying a kite, and dancing around a Maypole
Includes clear, concise directions for making each block, plus pullout appliqué patterns
Gather expert tips for using embellishments, adding framing and sashing strips, and finishing your quilt
| Introduction |
4 | Trimming the Blocks | 20 |
| Tools and Supplies |
5 | Gallery |
21 |
| Taking Trips Through Your Fabric Stash |
6 | The Patterns | 33 |
| Fabric Suggestions |
6 | Pattern Notes | 33 |
| Yardage Requirements |
6 | Block Basics |
33 |
| Using Needle-Turn Appliqué |
7 | January |
34 |
| Grain Line | 7 | February |
36 |
| Preparing the Motif | 7 | March |
38 |
| Appliqué Stitches | 7 | April |
40 |
| Appliquéing the Motifs | 8 | May |
42 |
| Problem Areas in the Appliqué | 9 | June | 44 |
| Making Bias Tubing |
11 | July |
46 |
| Using Dimensional Techniques | 12 | August |
48 |
| Small Flowers | 12 | September |
50 |
| Bows |
13 | October |
52 |
| Shamrocks |
13 | November |
54 |
| Bell-Shaped Flowers | 13 | December |
56 |
| Folded-Petal Flowers | 13 | Putting the Blocks Together | 58 |
| Buds and Tulips |
13 | Adding Framing and Sashing Strips | 58 |
| Yo-yos |
14 | Adding Borders | 59 |
| Reversed Yo-yos |
14 | Cutting Borders | 59 |
| Ruching |
14 | Sunbonnet Sue One Floral Border | 59 |
| Rickrack Leaves |
15 | Sunbonnet Sue Two Floral and Cutwork Appliqué Border |
59 |
| Rickrack Flowers | 15 | Attaching Borders | 62 |
| Puffed Bonnets |
15 | Quilting Suggestions | 63 |
| Puffed Sleeves |
15 | Finishing the Quilt | 64 |
| Adding Embellishments |
16 | Choosing the Batting | 64 |
| Embroidery Stitches |
16 | Layering the Quilt | 64 |
| Drawing Details |
17 | Making the Binding | 65 |
| Preparing the Background Block |
18 | Adding a Sleeve | 66 |
| Piecing the Background |
18 | Signing Your Quilt | 67 |
| Adding Other Elements |
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| Appliquéing the Blocks | 19 |
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