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Mother Goose Quiltie Pattern #13 – Little Bo Peep

Posted on August 16, 2015September 26, 2016 by Martha

Each week I marvel at the way Ruby McKim manages to add so much detail to these illustrations, using only vertical, horizontal and diagonal lines. This Bo-Peep design is one of my favorites — I love her hat with the ribbon, her staff, and her little snood. With just a few well-placed lines, you can see right away that she’s looking for her sheep.

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Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep,

And doesn’t know where to find them.

Let them alone and they’ll come home,

Wagging their tails behind them.

Poor Bo Peep! She does not know that her sheep will come back acting the way sheep most always do. So she worries and looks for them, instead of being carefree like the rest of the little Quilties. Boy Blue will be along after a while, and he is used to hunting sheep.

I probably won’t have any more stitched blocks, since I have huge project that I need to get done, and we are taking a couple of trips. I’ll be stitching on the road, though, so I plan to have my quilt top done shortly after the end of this series.

Here’s an antique paper doll postcard of Bo Peep. There are several others in this set, which I have added to the corresponding earlier posts.

Postcard-Little-Bo-Peep

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  • 4 thoughts on “Mother Goose Quiltie Pattern #13 – Little Bo Peep”

    1. Mallika says:
      August 16, 2015 at 11:01 pm

      Hi Martha. It is a cute pattern you have posted:)
      The postcard too looks lovely. Thank you for sharing them.

      Reply
    2. Sharrie says:
      August 20, 2015 at 2:18 am

      I hope you get to travel somewhere fun! Thank you for sharing these embroidery patterns. They are so unique and interesting!

      Reply
    3. karenlogcabinquilter says:
      August 20, 2015 at 8:53 am

      Just yesterday, I found some Betsy McCall paper dolls and clothes that I printed out from the internet. I loved playing with paper dolls as a young girl. Thank you for sharing the Bo Peep.

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      1. Martha says:
        August 23, 2015 at 10:19 pm

        You’re welcome, Karen — I wonder if you’re talking about this cute site:
        http://tpettit.best.vwh.net/dolls/pd_scans/betsy_mccall/
        My younger sister and I loved cutting out and playing with Betsy McCall paper dolls.

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