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All quilts are made of 100% cotton with polyester filling.
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Featured product:
the Vietnamese Sun Bonnet
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Day 1: the cotton is washed
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... and dried
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Day 2 to 14: The pieces are cut
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...ironed
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... assembled
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Day 20: Ironing
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Day 20 to 23: binding
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Day 25: Washed and dried.
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Steps for the popular Vietnamese Sun Bonnet
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One of the two VSB designs, this one is made especially by group leader Nga’s group. A particularly time and detail intensive quilt, it is made mainly in a wall-hanging/ throw size, but is also popular in single and queen size bed quilts.
For children, it looks great in light cotton colours – bright white background with designs in pinks, blues, greens and purples.
For an adult wall-hanging or throw, we use a combination of darker cottons, satin and embroidered taffeta for an elegant look.
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Firstly, the design for the girls is drawn onto the fabric and cut out. Each piece is done separately – the dress, the pants, hat, feet and hands.
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The dresses, pants and hat are then roughly stitched together, before being hand-sewn onto the background fabric.
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Day 2 to 14: The pieces are cut
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The plain fabric panels, border and frame are cut and sewn together. The fabric panels are ironed, the backing fabric and inside batting are added, and the quilting begins.
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In alternate squares to the girls are quilted hearts or shells, and the border is decorated with either straight lines or a heart design quilted in.
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And finally, the finished product…
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