Indiana Sunbonnet Sue
Please be on the lookout for a Sunbonnet Sue quilt similar to the ones shown here. Nancy Timpe's childhood quilt, made by her grandmother Helen Mezger Reimer Brown, has been missing since the mid to late 1980s. The quilt shown here is her sister's, also made by their grandmother.
Nancy last saw her quilt in Indianapolis, Indiana. Her grandmother was going to mend it and she gave it to a friend who was going to help her. That friend passed it on to some other friends, all of them elderly but all who wanted to help. By the time Nancy realized the quilt was out of her grandmother's possession, some of the friends had died and their estates were sold at auction. It is possible that Nancy's quilt was sold at the estate auction of the "Kegley Sisters," Dot Stewart and Floss Robinson in the early 1990s. They lived in Johnson County, Indiana on Smokey Row Road near Morgantown Road. However in November 2001, relatives of the Kegley sisters contacted Nancy to report that they do not remember a quilt fitting this description at the auction. So, the search for Nancy's quilt continues.
The quilt has 35 Sunbonnet Sues, five across and seven down. It fits a full size bed with a dust ruffle or a twin size without. Each "Sue" is on a white background. The sashing, border and backing is pink. Sue's dresses are made from fabric left over from Nancy's childhood clothing and each bonnet is decorated differently, some with embroidery. It is hand appliqued, hand pieced and hand quilted. The quilt was made in the late 1950s. The quilt shown here is nearly identical to Nancy's quilt.
Please contact Nancy through the Lost Quilt Come Home Page.
Please contact Nancy at [email protected] if you have any information about this quilt. Nancy is willing to buy back her quilt at a fair price plus a $50 finder's fee.
Posted October 18, 2001. Revised November 20, 2001.
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