Sunbonnet Sue Quilt

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This quilt is one of my favorites and came about accidentally.  I was making a different quilt where the little girls are to be place on an angle.  However, I didn't notice the error until I had made all sixteen.  Rather than discard them, I made them into this simple wall hanging quilt.

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