Are you familiar with Pippi Longstocking? She is a fictional character in a series of books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. I remember reading the books as a child and thinking they were hysterical. Pippi lives alone, without parents, and does things in very unorthodox ways. She sleeps with her feet on the pillow and her head under the covers. She has a horse that she keeps on her front porch, and a monkey as a pet. For this month's Cocorico bee block, Muriel asked us to make blocks inspired by Pippi Longstocking.
I found this image in one of the books. Pippi attends school for all of one day. While there, she shocks her classmates by drawing a picture of her horse on the floorboards and baseboard of the schoolhouse.
I used a variety of techniques in this block. Pippi is done in raw edge applique with some "thread sketching." The horse is embroidered. The floor and walls with window and blackboard are pieced.
I look forward to seeing the other blocks and Muriel's finished quilt top!
love it! especially the little bloomers ;)
ReplyDeleteI am speechless. This is wonderful!!!
ReplyDeleteoh. my. gosh.
ReplyDeletethis is so cool, Amy. you knocked it out of the park.
Cute cute! Wow, you never cease to amaze me!
ReplyDeleteOh wow! This is so cool, Amy! I would have recognized it without you putting Pippi Longstocking in the title!
ReplyDeleteReally cute! You've done it again! Bravo!
ReplyDeleteI love Pippi Longstocking, and your block is just amazing. What a great, great inspiration for a quilt. I hope you'll give us links to her completed quilt, because I'd love to see it!
ReplyDeleteWow! That is one seriously amazing block!
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderfully creative piece. Great job.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh this is outrageously awesome!!!
ReplyDeleteOh wow, I absolutely love this, amazing reproduction!
ReplyDeleteWow I love it! I haven't seen those illustrations in so long, why haven't I bought Pippi Longstocking for my daughter?
ReplyDeleteStellar block Amy!!!! Did you ever watch Pipi on TV? On second thought that was probably waaaayyyy before your time. She really was a girl who lived large and you have captured her sense of freedom perfectly!
ReplyDeleteThis block is stunning! And terrifying!
ReplyDelete...to clarify: the idea of having to come up with and piece such a thing is absolutely terrifying to me.
DeleteThis is so fab! I'm working on a Pippi wall hanging for my daughter's room, It's her favourite book and we've read it so many times!
ReplyDeleteThis block is awesome!
ReplyDeleteWow! This is positively amazing!!!
ReplyDeleteI am so amazed and in love with this block!
ReplyDeleteI loved Pipi Longstocking as a kid! What an amazing idea...so cute.
ReplyDeleteexcellent! well done! and inspiring. :)
ReplyDeleteYou made such a wonderful block, Amy! I love it!
ReplyDeleteYou probably know that Pippi draws her horse on the floor because she thinks it's very funny that the teacher thinks it will fit on a piece of paper. She'd be very surprised she herself fits on a quilt block :-)
Thank you so much for making this super quilt block!!
Your Pippi is genius!!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is THE cutest thing I have seen in so long...makes me want to mop the floors by tying brushes to my shoes & dancing around!
ReplyDeleteOh my.... Pippi was one of my favorite book characters as a child. This block is amazing!
ReplyDeleteI have never read Pippi Longstocking! Which I now realize is shocking, since everyone here has read it and LOVES it! Gotta get on that ASAP.
ReplyDeleteSuperb block Amy! Love the details, you always nail it!
WOW...just, WOW!!!
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