I want to make this! It's called "Tulip Sundae," and it's a creation by Sue Nickels. I found it in this month's issue of Alex Anderson and Ricky's Tims' Quilt Show e-mail newsletter. There are instructions, a materials list, everything except a PATTERN! I can't find the pattern anywhere.
Now some of you talented artists might wonder why I would need a pattern, i.e., why can't I just draw those simple shapes? Well, y'all don't know me and drawing. We don't even come close to be compatible.
Some of my earliest and worst childhood memories involve my inability to draw doodly-squat. When I was in first grade, our teacher assigned us to draw a scene from the book Little Black Sambo. This is quite a good book which has since become somewhat controversial because the name Sambo later became a racial slur, which it wasn't at the time the book was written; it was the name of a little Indian boy who outsmarts some tigers who want to "eat him up." But I digress.
Back to my traumatic 
memory, the assignment to draw a scene from the book. I don't think I had ever drawn anything in my life. I was only 6, you see, and although my mama, daddy, and big sister were all artistic sorts, none of their artisticism rubbed off on me. I was completely bumfuzzled. But I chose a scene of Sambo watching while the tigers ran around and around a palm tree. What I drew bore not even a slight resemblance to that scene. I was so embarrassed. My teacher tacked many of the pictures that the little Rembrandts had drawn on the bulletin board--not mine. I think she threw mine in the trash. I don't remember seeing it again after I turned it--not that I ever wanted to.
Anyway, maybe I can just enlarge the above photo of the quiltlet and trace it to get a pattern.
Anybody else old enough to have read this book in elementary school?
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On 01/27/2009, Carol said ...
That was always a favorite book in our house -- I wish my mother had been a saver!
On 01/27/2009, Nellie said ...
Yes, I remember "Little Black Sambo" being one of my favorite childhood stories.
As for duplicating or enlarging or decreasing an image, here's a method that I use.
- Trace the original image onto tissue paper
- Fold the drawing on the tissue to create a grid pattern
- Fold or draw those grid lines on another piece of paper that is the size you want the image to fill
- Draw the lines of the image you see in each square of tissue on the new enlarged grid.
With this method you can even change the proportions of the original drawing to be a bit wider or taller.
On 01/27/2009, Lisa A said ...
We had a black cocker spaniel when I was a wee child named Sambo after the character in the book.
On 01/27/2009, Penny @ Lavender Hill Studio & The Comforts of Home said ...
Yes, I remember the book. I am not that great at free hand drawing....that's why I break plates :-)
Hugs,
Penny
On 01/27/2009, Barbara Anne said ...
I had the book at home and think it's still here, somewhere. My mother was a saver. I'm just a few years younger, and it wasn't a school book by the time I got there - at least at my school in Memphis.
I have a quiltie friend who drafts all quilt patterns to make them just the size she wants them to be. She must have been a math major!
Good luck with the enlarging. I'd start with enlarging it on a copy machine and keep going until it's the size you want. Make several copies so you can cut one or two up for patterns. It's cute!
On 01/27/2009, Barbara Anne said ...
p.s. On the Alex and Tim newsletter link, did you click on "Projects", then on View Project that's under the photo of your chosen quiltlet? Actually, if you click to enlarge the photo, it's nearly large enough to trace on your computer screen! Will either of those choices get you a usable pattern? Hope so. I'm not a member there, so could not "view the project".
Glad Vann is feeling so good. Your grandson and his date a charming!
Cheers!
On 01/27/2009, Patti said ...
I don't think I read it in school but I know for sure it was read to me by my parents. I don't remember the book it was in, but I sure remember the story. I wondered what tiger butter would taste like.
I believe I'm three years younger than you, as I graduated from HS in 1965.
On 01/27/2009, Kai said ...
Gosh, everyone else had wonderful ideas for duplicating the pattern. I'm such a chowderhead. LOL! I just finished emailing Sue & asked her if she has the pattern for sale & if so, I told her I am buying it for you! Let's see if she answers me. Fingers crossed! I, too am familiar with the book and someday will tell you (via email) a secret about that story. Too long for the blog! I'll let you know if Sue responds to my email! LOVE YOU! Oh! And I bet you ANYTHING your drawing was every bit as wonderful as the others! So THERE, to that old teacher ANYWAY!
On 01/27/2009, Debbie said ...
I love that quiltlet, so cute. My grandmother read Little Black Sambo to me, I loved the part about the tigers turning into butter! The older stories always seemed to have a moral to them. I'm so glad Vann had a good report from the doctor. And...(I'm catching up!) love the picture of your grandson and date...so cute together!
On 01/27/2009, Phyl said ...
What a cute and colorful and happy little quilt! Tell me the finished size you want to make yours, and I'll be happy to draw it off for you, honey chile! (And YES! I was read "Little Black Sambo" many a day and night 60-odd years ago, along with my falling-apart copy of "Uncle Remus"!
On 01/27/2009, Clare said ...
I do remember that book. Other than doodling - I am not very good with a pencil either - copy machines work great for enlarging. I love the colors used in this quilt.
On 01/28/2009, bj said ...
OOOO, yes...I am old enuf to remember the little book. And, I have a copy of it somewhere....
xo bj
On 01/28/2009, Teresa said ...
I am right there with you in the drawing department. I will never forget the day in 3rd grade when the teacher gave everyone some paper to draw a picture of something - I don't remember what. When she came to me, she gave me scissors and a couple of magazines and suggested I cut out pictures and paste them on my paper. I was so embarrassed. I showed her though, I won first place ($35 prize) with a picture I drew. It was a bunny sitting "under" a tree and the sun shining. I had drawn a shadow of the bunny and apparently the judges were impressed because I had the shadow at the right angle. Never mind that the bunny was as tall as the tree and looked more like a snowman, LOL.
On 01/28/2009, Pam Schroeder said ...
Teachers - what are we going to do with 'em? In my teaching career I tried to read that story to my kids - but decided it was too risky in our politically correct society and didn't. It certainly was read to me in my childhood. I also was a fan of the Bobbsey Twin series as a kid and I tried to read that to children in the classroom - that took WAY too much reading ahead to make that series politically correct! Times change, don't they? I think you've made-up for that lack of creativity you felt as a child - you're creating some pretty wonderful things now! PAM
On 02/01/2009, Nicole Reed said ...
Believe it or not, Little Black Sambo is rather out of favor these days. As a kid, it was one of my favorite books, and I thought Sambo was so brave, and admired him for his devotion to his mother and father. He was loved by his family and had a mom who made pancakes--how great is that? When I was teaching, I read it to my kindergarten and they were always enthralled. One time when the director of the school saw me pull it out, she frowned at me disapprovingly, so I didn't bring it back to school. As soon as I get a grandchild, it is coming out again!
On 02/01/2009, Violette said ...
OMG are we really that old. I remember having to read this outloud in class in elementary school. I didn't particularly like it then and I certainly don't now.
On 02/01/2009, Violette said ...
OMG are we really that old. I remember having to read this outloud in class in elementary school. I didn't particularly like it then and I certainly don't now.
On 02/01/2009, Violette said ...
OMG are we really that old. I remember having to read this outloud in class in elementary school. I didn't particularly like it then and I certainly don't now.
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