Sunbonnet Sue ATCs

My beloved mother was a quilter and loved Sunbonnet Sue. As the mail date for this swap should get them here in time for Mother's Day (in the US), I'm going to have to join in on this in her memory. I already have some ideas about how to make this my interpretation.

Question: Is "Suspender Sam" an acceptable motif as well? Or do you want to stick with just Sue?

LMM,

Suspender Sam! oh yes, What fun. I know there are so many versions of this one concept. Will be interesting if those who live outside of the US know about sunbonnet sue.

Chris

I love Sunbonnet Sue and Sam. Thought you might be interested in this web site. :)

http://www.sunbonnetsue.com/suehistory.html

We know them better as holly hobby in Belgium, she was hot when I was young

I'm new to ATC's, but this caught my eye as I can't convince my husband that we should keep my Little Bo Peep quilt on the bed. It's similar to Sunbonnet Sue. Anyway, does a trading card sleeve have to be included in these swaps and if so what are they and where do you get them? Thanks

Nathalie-- Holly Hobby is actually a copyrighted design from "American Greetings" that started in 1967....Sunbonnet Sue is much older than that.

The major difference to me is that Sunbonnet Sue never shows her face and is a bit stouter. Holly Hobby is shown in many different poses and outfits and continues to have a following especially among young girls here in the states. See: http://www.hollyhobbieclassic.com/ http://www.hollyhobby.com/

Kelly--I have never known the plastic sleeves to be required in a swap, but if they were the host would have said explicitly, so I assume they aren't. You can buy them on-line in tons of places, such as http://www.yourATCstore.com which just happens to be one of the current advertisers on this page!

Kelly,

You don't have to send your ATC in a plastic sleeve. Some people do but it is not required. The important part is they must fit inside one. So it is important that they are only 2.5 x 3.5 inches. Plus the embellishments must not be so thick as to prevent you from inserting them into the sleeve. Many people use baseball card albums and pages to store their collection of ATCs. Each page holds 9 ATC (or baseball cards).

So glad you are going to join us.

Thanks!

Sue in Australia and Shirley and Linda in USA, your cards are in the post from UK. Please let me know when they arrive. Regards, Margot.

The quilting pattern book that I have refers to the boy version as Overall Bill.

Mine are out to Australia, UK & 1 set is staying here in the US!

One set of cards is on it's way to the UK and two sets are on their way to the US!

Hope my cards arrive at their destinations soon....I know mail to UK & Australia can take a while, but thought the US set would have arrived by now....

Thank you Kim and Laura for your Sunbonnet Sue ATCs which were waiting for me when I arrived home from holiday. Only one more set to arrive and my quilt is complete!!

I've gotten all of my Sue's! Thank you so much to everyone =)

I just wanted to let people know I uploaded a picture of my awesome Sue's!

Despite a message saying the ATCs would be posted on May 18 I have still received nothing from Suzie64.