The Koi Pond Duckworth Quilt is Complete

 

Koi Pond Duckworth Quilt 

I thought if I worked on quilting this for just 1 hour a day, I could finish it in just a few days--less than a week.  And it worked!

 

Traditionally, Duckworth Quilts get quilted with a simple grid.  Easy enough to do at home!  This is from the back.  I used a Dream Wool batt -- I love the way it puffs so nicely, but stays light and airy.

JoAnn Duckworth, who developed this scrap pattern, recently died.  Thank you for her color inspiration and sharing this pattern so freely.  May she rest in peace. 

  

Here's a detail shot of one of the "fish" on the front side.  The log cabin centers are all orange -- the fish.  The water is any blue scraps I had in the stash.  I did not buy anything to make this quilt top. 

The theme is Koi Pond, but it's pretty abstract.  My friend Laura gave me some koi fish fabric, and I worked that in with the label on the back side. 

This was so much fun!  I will very likely make another one some day. 

Previous posts about this Quilt:

Koi Pond / Duckworth Quilt Top Finished

Progress on the Koi Pond Scrappy Duckworth Quilt

Planning a New Project: Duckworth Scrapbuster Quilt (Koi Pond)

 

 

 

 

Progress on the Koi Pond Scrappy Duckworth Quilt

On the Design Wall - Koi Pond - Scrappy Duckworth Quilt

I was supposed to  spend most of the day working on the next steps for dressing the big loom for a new project.  I started on these Duckworth blocks in the am, and just kept going with them.

 I now have 64 6-1/2 inch blocks, or 36 quatros.  I think that's about half way to the official size of a Duckworth quilt.

You make 4 blocks at a time.  I don't have to think too much about the next blue to  add as you go around the blocks.  All the blues go together.

The throw-away Bin: Bits too small to keep.

 It's definitely a scrap buster quilt.  Many of the bits that get cut off after trimming to the 6-1/2 inch finished size are too small to keep.  They may be longer, but are often too narrow to really do anything with.  I'm not doing the composed fabric these days, so I'm not keeping these bits anymore.  After sewing it to another bit, you may only have 1/4 inch of fabric showing.  Not worth it!   

So YES -- Seeing the throw-away scrap pile grow is also kind of addicting!  It makes me feel like I really am working through some of this fabric stash.  This one truly is scraps from other projects.  And Yes, I have a lot of blue. ;-)