Vintage Thingie Thursday : Vintage Quilt and A Sunbonnet Sue Giveaway in Honor of Our Dear Friend CC

Welcome everyone to Vintage Thingies Thursday. If you have a love for vintage things, well....you have come to the right place. We have a "dog-gone" good time each and every week!!!
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By now I am sure you are aware of the loss of our dear blogging friend CC last week. It has been a very sad shock to all who loved this sweet lady. We will surely miss her here on Vintage Thingie Thursday. CC always had a kind word and encouragement for everyone she visited and her post were always so fun and interesting.

It was no secret CC loved Sunbonnet Sue and she shared her patterns with so many across the globe. It was always a real treat to anticipate her post and see what sweet Sue's were going to be on display that week. CC had been participating in Vintage Thingie Thursday for over a year and a half. She was ever faithful to have a delightful post and something to share each week. CC my Sunbonnet Sue friend, you will be so very missed.


So in honor of CC....this post is about some Sunbonnet Sue things, I had been saving for her return......I will never see anything that has Sunbonnet Sue on it that I will not think of our sweet friend. Always.

 This is a very old quilt. The quilt top was made by my grandmother's mother. My Great-grandmother, whom I never knew.  My memaw had this quilt top for years along with a couple of others. She gave them to my mother who had her step mom quilt them. I have always loved this quilt and it has always been one of my favorites.

 I actually had this stored, and had forgotten where it was. It was in a cedar chest full of a couple of other quilts along with a lifetime of treasures.

 This dress was always my favorite as a child. I love all the fabrics in this quilt, but for some reason, this one always held a real interest for me.

 One block at the top of the quilt does have some damage. I hope to get this repaired. I am not sure I could do it myself so I may have to find someone who specializes in repairing antique quilts. I have to say this is so ultra soft, all the fabrics are as soft as butter and I worry a repair will not blend in with the feel of the quilt. Any suggestions from an authority out there would be helpful and appreciated.

 I also have these two quilt swatches in a Sunbonnet Sue pattern. I plan to turn these into pillows at some point, I think they are super cute. I think I picked these up at Canton Trade Days a few years ago....and yes, they are still waiting to be turned into something useful.....ahem.

Now, I hope you remember the post about this quilt. Click here to refresh your memory. I had spent a lot of time thinking about this quilt and decided I needed to pass it on to CC. I had this packaged, boxed and ready to go when the news came of her passing. I felt so bad that I had not gotten this in the mail weeks before hand. I just knew in my heart that CC would have loved and treasured this quilt.

So, in honor of our sweet friend, I am going to host a giveaway for this quilt.

CC loved giveaways and she held them quiet frequently on her blog. In fact, I was the lucky winner of one of her aprons. I just feel in my heart that this would make our sweet friend happy, and in passing on this Sunbonnet Sue quilt to a blogging friend, the love of Sunbonnet Sue will keep on going. 

Just leave a comment to this post and I will announce the winner next week on Vintage Thingie Thursday. There are no restrictions on mailing, anyone worldwide is eligible. You don't have to have a blog to enter...just leave a comment to this post or to the facebook post.  If you feel like passing on the information about this giveaway on your blog and or facebook, leave me a separate comment for each that you have done that and I it will get you an extra entry for each one.

I hope to have lots of support for this giveaway in honor of our sweet friend. I will let Random Generator choose the winner....and hope the powers to be have a hand in choosing  the lucky winner.

Have a great weekend everyone....I have missed you guys....thanks for being patient and faithful in keeping VTT going in my absence. It was hard not to be here during my break.....I missed you and your treasures. It is good to be back in the swing of things.