Updating Vintage Sunbonnet Sue Needlebook
July 16, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under crochet, doll and dolls and dollmaking, easy projects & fast projects, needles, notions and accessories, tutorial
A few weeks ago, I was enchanted by finding this adorable little vintage Sunbonnet Sue Needlebook in a second hand store:
Poor little thing… she’s very stained, and rather frayed around the edges.
Even so, she stole my heart, and I knew that I just had to see if I could rescue and re-create her.
If you are wondering what a needle book is, it’s a rather sweet bit of stitchery history.
Needlebooks are small ‘books’ with cloth pages that are alternatives to pin cushions.
Needles are stored in the inner pages of the needlebook.
Her front and back are way out of kilter with each …read more
