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From time to time, we'll upload a new design that you can make with Perfect Patchwork Templates. Well, you could make them without the templates, but it wouldn't be as easy!

Sunbonnet Sue & Overall Bill

Fabric Shopping with Sunbonnet Sue! This cute quilt block is part of a Marti's calendar quilt that was featured in ASN Publishing's 1995 book, Sunbonnet Sue is Alive and Well! The book is out of print, but you might find a copy on eBay or in Amazon's used books. In the meantime, here are Sunbonnet Sue and Overall Bill patterns that you can download.

You can make this quilt from a variety of fat quarters and scraps, plus 1 yard for the second border and 1/1 2 yards for the backing. **Click the images below to see a larger photo of Marti's Sunbonnet Sue calendar quilt and to download a PDF of the full-size patterns.**

This is a great "conversation" quilt. Pull out all your favorite seasonal fabrics and converation prints to make this applique quilt fun. Fuse the pieces in place and machine applique around them to make it fast.

There are 80 or 100 different fabric prints in Marti's quilt! Individual blocks have pieces cut from 10 to 25 fabrics. Marti used a variety of black and white prints for backgrounds, and dressed her characters in 4 to 6 different prints for sleeves and dresses, etc. She livened up the quilt with hearts, clovers, fall leaves, vegetables, Americana and Christmas prints. March winds are flying a kite cut from an Elinor Peace Bailey fabric. April showers are repesented by a background of umbrellas and there's an Easter bunny peeking out from behind Sue's dress. Have fun fabric shopping with Sunbonnet Sue and Overall Bill!

Fabric Requirements for the quilt top shown:

8: 6 1/2" x 9 1/2" block backgrounds (January, March, April, May August, September, October, November blocks)

4: 13 1/2" x 9 1/2" block backgrounds (February, June, July, December blocks)

12: 1 1/2" x 6 1/2" horizontal sashing strips
8: 1 1/2" x 9 1/2" vertical sashings
9: 1 1/2" sashing squares
2: 1 1/2" x 39 1/2" border 1 sides
2: 1 1/2" x 27 1/2" border 1 top and bottom
2: 3 1/4" x 41 1/2" border 2 sides
2: 3 1/4" x 29 1/2" border 2 top and bottom
4: 3 1/4" corner squares

Make individual patterns for each applique piece from the patterns provided. Add seam allowances for hand applique, however, DO NOT ADD SEAM ALLOWANCES for fused applique (see below for abbreviated instructions for Fused Applique method).

Make the blocks. Construct the quilt interior in 4 rows of 3 blocks as shown above. Add border 1, sides first, then top and bottom. Sew a corner square to the ends of the top and bottom strips of border 2. Add border 2, sides first, then top and bottom. Sandwich the quilt with batting and backing, quilt and bind.

FUSIBLE APPLIQUE

1. Cut out all the pieces for each block.
2. Fuse paper backed webbing to the wrong side of all shapes.
3. Arrange them to your liking on the block background. Remove the papers and fuse in place. Marti machine blanket stitched around the sleeves, dresses and some of the hats before fusing in place.
4. Machine applique all pieces using an invisible stitch.

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NOTE: Most of the instructional information and artwork shown is excerpted from my books. Like other published material, it is protected by copyright law, but you have my permission to print and download these materials for your own non-commercial use.