Sunbonnet Sue

[Hawaii Roxy]

Is Sunbonnet Sue and Holly Hobby the same thing? I loved Holly Hobby when I was a kid and would love LOVE to know how shes made if anybody can show me a tute that be Great thanks!

[kensington]

Re: Sunbonnet Sue

Nope... Sunbonnet Sue is a applique quilt block pattern. Holly Hobby was a doll.

[Hulamoon]

Re: Sunbonnet Sue

They are so similar.

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1080&bih=492&q=holly+hobbie+quilt+pattern&oq=holly+hobby+quilt&gs_l=img.1.1.0i10i24l2.2942.12618.0.16624.17.16.0.1.1.0.206.2676.0j15j1.16.0....0...1ac.1.32.img..0.17.2696.vgaMN4Xhw70

Appliques

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1974-vintage-applique-transfer-pattern-HOLLY-HOBBIE-DOLLS-/231135250603

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1974-vintage-sewing-pattern-Holly-Hobbie-WALL-HANGING-girl-cat-/380816699345

[Mpyles]

Re: Sunbonnet Sue

https://seehowwesew.wordpress.com/2012/06/12/holly-hobbie-a-finished-quilt-30-years-in-the-making-and-a-free-block-pattern/

Hers a blog about a holly hobby quilt

[bubba]

Re: Sunbonnet Sue

They do look a lot alike! When we lived in Okinawa, we bought my neice a Holly Hobby doll named Heather. I was pregnant at the time, and if it was a girl, her name would be Wendy Dyan. As luck would have it, I had a very rough delivery after which my husband named her Heather, after that doll! I never liked the name all that much, but it does fit her.

[kensington]

Re: Sunbonnet Sue

I think one is an adaptation of the other. The Sunbonnet Sue being around a long long time before Holly Hobby and someone changed it to be a Holly Hobby.

[Hawaii Roxy]

Re: Sunbonnet Sue

Thanks ya'll !! The info was very helpful ......but now Im wondering......can I make a doll??!! lol I bought a REAL raggady Ann doll for Maggie while she was here over Christmas, I had not seen them in YEARS!! I got so excited when she was marked 11.99!! I had a doll my momma got me once at a craft fair made like a rag doll but had real doll hair not yarn,and the whole holly hobbie ,sun bonnet sue thing has brought back so many memories for me. Have any of you ever made a doll?? If so was it difficult ?

[redcaboose1717]

Re: Sunbonnet Sue

I found the McCall's Pattern I used in the 1980's ( it's a McCall's Pattern ) on Ebay....You probably could find a pattern to purchase somewhere. The Raggedy Ann dolls were a big thing in the 1980's. MY MIL made one for each one of our kids, and I made several more for my nieces & nephews. This were life-size ( 3- 3 1/2 ft tall ) ....and really easy to make. My MIL crocheted the eyes & the mouth on the dolls we both made...
Here's the Link I found at Ebay.
McCall's Raggedy Ann and Andy 36" Doll Patterns Also Childes Apron Pattern | eBay

Here's a link from Amazon...they sell the Raggedy Ann & Andy pattern too:
Amazon.com: Simplicity Sewing Pattern 9447 Raggedy Ann and Andy Dolls, One Size: Arts, Crafts & Sewing

[Hawaii Roxy]

Re: Sunbonnet Sue

OMG!!!!! Thats awesome thank you soooo much !!!!!!

[tesspug]

Re: Sunbonnet Sue

I used to make dolls and teddy bears. Not really difficult, just kind of "fiddely." Lots of curved seams. so clip and smooth when you turn them. You can buy plastic joints for arms and legs at the big craft stores. They lock together so the joints move. I used poly stuffing for the limbs, head and top part of the body. Then filled the rest of the body with plastic pellets, so the toy was squishy. Some had embroidered faces and some I painted.

[Cat n bull]

Re: Sunbonnet Sue

Thanks ya'll !! The info was very helpful ......but now Im wondering......can I make a doll??!! lol I bought a REAL raggady Ann doll for Maggie while she was here over Christmas, I had not seen them in YEARS!! I got so excited when she was marked 11.99!! I had a doll my momma got me once at a craft fair made like a rag doll but had real doll hair not yarn,and the whole holly hobbie ,sun bonnet sue thing has brought back so many memories for me. Have any of you ever made a doll?? If so was it difficult ?

yes I have made dolls and no they are not difficult! Go for it!

[Iris Girl]

Re: Sunbonnet Sue

I made a Holly Hobby doll way way back when I was oh maybe 12 or so years ago.

I also have a sunbonnet sue quilt on my *to do* list with the 30's fabrics I been collecting

[Patrice]

Re: Sunbonnet Sue

raggedy Ann is very easy to make. Here is mine
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[Hawaii Roxy]

Re: Sunbonnet Sue

awww shes awesome!

[Kateskloset]

Re: Sunbonnet Sue

I made Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls for all 3 of my kids...the dolls were easy...it was sewing on yarn hair that was killer. My fingers were raw meat. But on a brighter note, they were precious! LOL