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Hello Quilting Friends! Have you ever heard of a Duckworth quilt? I didn't until recently. A Duckworth quilt is a quick and easy scrap busting quilt. Not just any quilt pattern but a wonky log cabin quilt. I started seeing these being made in a Facebook Group called Scrap Quilt Enthusiasts. Why are they called Duckworth quilts? Duckworth refers to a quilters name....Jo Anne Merrill-Duckworth. She is an amazing quilter in the group who makes almost exclusively scrappy wonky log cabin quilts. She can whip these things out super fast and donates them to friends, family or whoever. And she has become a quilting Rock Star to many of the members in this group. Duckworth has inspired quilters to dig into those scraps and just sew. To me this style looks vintage and modern all at the same time. It also has that Gee's Bend feel to it. With every quilt she made and shared in this group she was overwhelmed with comments and questions. So to help others create one of these beauties from their scraps, she was kind enough to make a PDF to explain her process. The PDF can only be found in the group files. So if you have a Facebook account you might want to join the Scrap Quilt Enthusiasts group and grab that free PDF. It's a fun group of quilters making more than Duckworth quilts. So much scrappy goodness! Yes, the Duckworth bug has bitten me as well! It's all I can do to not start one. Now I have another tool in my toolbox to use up those scraps...someday. A Duckworth quilt. It makes me wonder... in a hundred years when you see articles written about wonky log cabin quilts will it read something like this... The wonky log cabin quilt has more than one name. It is also known as an improv log cabin quilt and a Duckworth quilt. (Jo Anne gave permission to write this post and use her quilt images) Until next time... I hope you find time to stitch up something sweet! EDITED 12/26/23 A YouTube video has been made about how to make a Duckworth Quilt. The Channel is called Jelly Roll Club and is hosted by Ivonne Davila-Beegle. She saw this blogpost and decided she too needed to use up scraps and help others to do the same. Watch the video below! Pin It
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Bubbles, bubbles and bubbles.... I even dream bubbles.... all the living room is full of them ;-). I think I really have to finish this top and the patter quick!!! Bubbles, Bubbles und noch mehr Bubbles... Ich träum sogar schon von Bubbles.... das ganze Wohnzimmer ist voll von ihnen ;-). I denke, ich sollte mal schnell mit dem Top und der Anleitung fertig werden!!! I finally finished my last bubble at the monthly Meeting of the Berlin Modern Quilt Guild where my orange bubble met his orange / Aqua bubble-friends made by makatrin :). Ich habe dann endlich den letzten Bubble bei unserem Monatstreffen der Berlin Modern Quilt Guild fertig genäht, wo es auf Bubble-Freunde in orange-Türkis von makatrin getroffen hat :). And what did you do the last week? Show us your lovely projects. Und was hast du die letzte Woche gemacht? Zeig uns Deine tollen Projekte. You will find the same Linky Party on Susannes blog - Stoffbreite. Die gleiche Linky Party findet ihr auch auf Susannes Blog - Stoffbreite. Button-Code für euren Blog / for your blog: Thanks for stopping by... / Danke für´s Vorbeischauen... Aylin... PS: linked with WIP on Wednesday, Let´s Bee Social, Show and tell Tuesday, Fabric Tuesday, Creadienstag and to another MondayMakers :) An InLinkz Link-up
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